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Neoliberal hell for women
LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference exposing the reality for women caught up in the porn industry, where rape, torture, degradation and fear are the norm – and where victims are told this is ‘liberating’
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Some of the following testimonies, delivered with precision, calm, anger and exasperation, by survivors of the prostitution and porn industries, are horrifying.
The women’s experiences and expertise, at the Nordic Model Now! (NMN) conference in London recently, sat alongside presentations from experts in social work, charities and academia.
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