Christian Science Monitor got incorrect information about sexwork in Sweden

Have read in SCM article Britain eyes Swedish law on sex workers by Mark Rice-Oxley |and Karin Rives
and have found lots of wrong information.(Quote)-

“But sex workers argue that the law has made life more dangerous and precarious for them. “

Who “sex workers” ? Those lies makes me very p*ssed off any time I read it.

Myself is sexworker with 16 years experience of sexwork in Sweden and I say as before - the law has NOT made my work neither more dangerous nor precarious than before .

Once Again -

a. I have never been a street-walker. Before Internet-era I used to advertise services in the porn-mags and sometimes even in the common swedish news-papers .

Street-scene maked only 5% of all prostitution in Sweden before the law. Now it’s about 1 %, i suppose.

Picking up clients on the street was dangerous and cheap even BEFORE swedish anti-johns law.

b. The same as me, other 95% advertised on the pornmags before Internet era and before 1999. Why people is so fixed only on the street-scene, despite it makes only 4-5% of all prostitution in Sweden? Because streetwalkers are visible.

 

 

c. I have never seen any ‘pimp’ in my life, neither before nor after swedish law. I’m very curious what do they look like? Do they have sharp claws , horns and teeths ? I have seen them only in american and french movies.

There is different prostitution-culture here in Sweden.

 

Another quote from CSM: “Swedish prostitutes say that rather than reducing prostitution it has merely driven it underground….”

This is a real crap talk. What they mean “underground”? Is it “underground” to work 150% INDEPENDENTLY (without any other’ help) advertising servisex via Internet as I do ?

Is it “dangerous underground” fussily selecting and meeting clients at the clean and safety 5 stars hotels (which the clients pay for) or at clients’ home?

90% of the Swedish/Scandinavian clients are law-obedience men who treat women with respect.

Other 10% maybe not so nice, but they still lawfearing and would be afraid to make some harm to any prostitute.

I have never met some violent client in Sweden . The same men who probably was/are violent toward “own” wifes or girl-friends behave respectfully towards a prostitute.

Is it “dangerous underground” when I (Myself) dominate in my sexwork ? I.e. ME and only me who decide with whom, what kind of sex, when and where we will meet??

For example, I refuse anal-sex and I had never done it.

I dislike doggy style and I refuse to do it because I like to hold on eye-contact during sex. Because I keep better control over my sex-work when I do it in my way.

No one in the whole world can force me to do that what i dont want to do.

Is it “dangerous underground” when me, 45-old lady, meets up with younger good looking guys , who kiss and hug me while paying me for that ?

Many other prostitutes got paranoid and refuse to kiss the johns . But I like kisses (and hugs). Btw, one (female) friend of mine who’s a doctor said me that kissing is not a way to trasport STD.

After this swedish law the clients has become more obedient and disciplinated. Simply, because they’re afraid . They’re afraid that sexworker can report to police if client would behave incorrect towards her .

All other prostitution-activists in Sweden have not so much experinece in sexwork as myself. Isabella Lund is only 3-4 years in this job and she not aware about sexwork before 1999. But I have 16 years experience and i can tell them that it was NOT better to be a prostitute in Sweden before 1999.

For example,

1. some clients was not discreet before 1999. Some of them used to give my tel.number and home adress to other men Without my permission to do that. Now they would never behave in that way. Now they keep in secrecy their bying of sex !

2. One client cames too fast and start yelling that he’s “not satisfied” and wanted money back or else he threated me that he can go out and tell to all my neighbours and police that i am a “whore”. It wasn’t my fault that he came too fast. But I was very afraid that he can really compromise me and I did gave him back his money. Only to keep him quiet.

Can anyone imagine the same situation today?

It would be mad if some swedish punter could go out loudly boasts/braging/complaining of their happy or unhappy sex-buying in Sweden 2008 !!

Yes, Now they do it (anonymously) on the Internet. We have 2 websites where the johns chat with sexworkers, complain or praise/recommend some escorts which they meet. But swedish clients do it very carefully and discreetly. Admin of this site said:
“Every Sex Worker has a right to claim posts removed about her/him -self. Respect the privacy of Sex Worker.”

The webservers of those sexwork-sites located in other country, so swedish authorities can not shut it down.

 

Nasty and rude clients was not so many, about 10 % .Most of Swedish/Scandinavian men behave nice and respectfully towards prostitutes.

And I had never in my life met some violent client in Sweden. Neither before nor after swedish law.

An opposite, it is more likely to be a victim of violence in the common ( non-prostitute) relationship.

It is more likely to be raped in the “normal” (non-prostitute) relationship. Why ? Dunno.

 

So Please “Swedish sexworkers”, stop complaining and self-pity! This law protect us against nasty clients ! We are still working, prostitution is still going on in Sweden, the prices goes up. Swedish sexworkers have nothing to complain about.

 

 

p.s. I have never workerd as a prostitute in any other country. All what I wrote above is only about sexwork in Sweden.

I suppose, sex-work looks different in other countries.

 

Tags: Prostitution, Sweden