Sex Work - A job like any other?
Sex Work - A job like any other?
My good friend Abbey, a former stripper and advocate for sex workers‘ rights, suggested organizing a discussion about sex work. Nervously but intrigued, I agreed and in almost no time we had a great panel together:
We were joined by Nadja Zillken, a sex worker rights activist and feminist, as well as by Harvey Rabbit, a trans filmmaker who does not shy away from sexual content, and has been outspoken about the rights of sex workers for as long as he can remember.
Nadja, Harvey and Abbey are tired of bad debates on this topic, so let’s see if we can have a deeper, more meaningful discussion with the help of the discussion experiment method.
Together with you, we want to explore whether – when we look past the taboo and stigma – sex work is just a job like any other, or if there are aspects that fundamentally set it apart from other kinds of work.
Please note: While we will be open for thinking very critically about sex work, we will conduct the discussion with respect for sex workers‘ perspectives and experiences. If you are firmly convinced that there can be no self-determined sex work and that sex work should not exist in the first place, this discussion is not for you.
Join our discussion!
This discussion is part of the event series “The Discussion Experiment”. It serves to test and further develop new, more fruitful and fun methods for group discussions.
Participation is free. You don’t need to prepare anything or have deep knowledge of the topic — just bring your curiosity and about two and a half hours of your time.
When & where:
Sat, 5 October – 17:00 (in English)
Berlin, Schöneberg
Please reserve your seat via Eventbrite
Here are answers to some questions you might have:
The discussion experiment is a method designed to discuss complex and controversial topics in groups in a way that creates more clarity, reduces misunderstandings and makes conversations more interesting, inspiring and fruitful.
This is achieved with a new moderation technique that slows down and relaxes the discussion and supports all speakers in formulating their statements in a more clear and focused manner.
The aim of each discussion is to further improve the method based on the experiences we make – at the same time, of course, we want to have an interesting evening and an engaging discussion.
No, this format is not about competing against each other or about convincing people through rhetorical skill. Rather, it’s about finding common ground despite different opinions and exploring various aspects of a topic together.
It’s perfectly fine to just listen. You can decide for yourself at any time how active you want to be and will not be asked to speak. The only exception is at the beginning of the conversation, where we do a quick round where all participants say their names.
The event lasts about 2,5 hours, i.e. until about 9 pm. After the event, anyone who still has time and wants to can enjoy a drink to round off the evening.
The venue is on the ground floor and accessible with wheelchairs. However, there are unfortunately no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms!
The image above was created with AI (DALL-E) and altered with Photoshop.