bbc 3 programme on prostitution

[Shallishanti]

I'm watching this now- about 10 mins in and I'm already appalled (why am I surprised?)- is anyone else watching?

[mimithemindfull]

Thanks .Will try and watch tomorrow. Is it glamorising like belle de jour or is it telling like it is?

[Shallishanti]

there were some sections that came close to glamourising- it dwelt a lot on a woman who was making ££££ through on line sex work as well as actual prostitution- at the end she admitted that this impacted her personal life significantly 'but now, I want the money more'
there was a section on street prostitution, that was clear about the dangers - but they said this constituted only 10% of prostitution (? is that right)
Tbh, the most shocking bits were what the young men were saying. Will be interested to see what others think

[PuffinsAreFicticious]

I'll have a look tomorrow on iplayer. Thanks for the heads up.

[MaybeDoctor]

I did watch it and felt faintly queasy about it.

I liked the presenter.

Major omission was the issue of trafficking. :(

[Clairej81]

I watched it tonight and it was certainly an eye opener.

I think the webcam girl was clearly making a lot of money but maybe she was the exception as the stories of the other women working the streets painted a very different picture.

I also just wonder how some of the young men will every be able to have healthy physical relationships with women as their expectations will be out of touch with reality.

[Shallishanti]

they did mention trafficking briefly when they did the 'what's legal' quiz. I would really like to know if street prostitution really is 10% of all prostitution (or is it 10% of all sex work- including web cam or pole dancing or whatever)
One of the young women commented that she was in favour of women doing what they wanted with their bodies. I thought that was a missed opportunity really to unpack that thought, which seems to underlie this permissive attitude towards prostitution- that it's a fair exchange between consenting adults.

[sausageeggbacon11]

The 10% has probably come from American Policing Policy figures which estimates between 10% and 20% is street work but it dates back to 2006 (here). Given the access to internet and mobiles you would expect the detectable street work to be very low.