#58 – Sex Work in America

Sex work is one of the most stigmatized and misunderstood aspects of human sexuality. There are many different types of sex work, including phone sex, camming, stripping, &#8220;happy ending&#8221; massages, professional domination, and porn, to name a few. But the greatest stigma is probably reserved for the &#8220;full service&#8221; type of sex work (i.e., penetration and all), like that done by the workers at the Nevada brothels. (There are many other ways of doing &#8220;full service&#8221; type of sex work, from street walkers to illegal brothels to independent or agency-run escorts, but the Nevada brothels are the only fully legal and transparent avenue for this work). So what does it look like to live and work in these brothels? Who are the people doing these jobs, why are they there, what kinds of services do they provide, how much do they like the job, how often do they have orgasms with their clients&#8230;? Our guest on episode , Christina Parreira, answers these questions (and more) from both personal and professional experience &#8211; she actually worked at a couple of these brothels so she could collect data for her doctoral thesis research on sex work! Don&#8217;t miss this fascinating interview! About our Guest Christina Parreira, sex work researcher and practitioner Christina Parreira is a PhD candidate in the department of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She obtained her Masters degree in clinical psychology in 2010 from University of Hartford. Parreira is currently conducting an ethnography of Nevada legal brothels; her areas of interest are emotional labor and stigma in sex work. Parreira also works at Trac-B needle exchange & harm reduction center in Las Vegas, doing STI testing, counseling, and outreach. In addition to studying the topic of sex work, Parreira is a 10 year veteran in the sex industry, currently doing phone & webcam work as well as BDSM in Las Vegas. You can read about more of Christina&#8217;s work here . Before Next Time… Remember to like The Science of Sex Podcast on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ! Dr. Zhana and Episode guest, Kenneth Play, recently put together the world&#8217;s largest and most comprehensive survey on squirting &#8211; head on to squirtingsurvey.com and take it! Anyone regardless of gender or squirting experience can take it!! If you live in Boston, Dr. Zhana is coming to you on Wed, March 27, to do a workshop at the Good Vibrations store in Brookline on the topic of navigating sexual health and difficult emotions in nonmonogamous relationships. More info and tickets here . Remember to submit comments, questions, and everything in between on our Get in Touch Page ! Do you love The Science of Sex Podcast and all the work Dr. Zhana does? Support her by becoming a monthly Patreon Supporter ! <button class="simplesocial-fb-share" target="_blank"...

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#58 – Sex Work in America is an episode from The Science of Sex by Dr. Zhana & Joe Pardavila.

This episode is 01:02:55 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2019.

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