Coronavirus: Offline sex workers forced to start again online
Max Bennett, from the Stripchat website, where audiences pay to watch livestreamed sex, says:"Adult performers are moving to livecams, as traditional [markets] have largely shut down."
StripChat, for example, is handing out hundreds of free tokens to new viewers worldwide, enough for each recipient to pay a sex worker for a 10-minute private session. "That anyone has to choose between having enough money to live on and risking their and others' health during a pandemic is ridiculous."For example, Butterfly - an Asian and migrant sex worker support network - has published a Covid-19 guide that recommends sexual positions that minimise face-to-face contact, among other precautions.
Prostitution itself is not illegal in England, Wales and Scotland - though it is unlawful to pay for sex in Northern Ireland - but the trade is often cash in hand and unrecorded.Image copyrightSome women are concerned online jobs do not earn them as much as"full-service sex work"
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