This professional dominatrix explains why the Covid pandemic has had a huge financial impact on her and thousands of sex workers.
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00:00My issue is, before, when it was our job and stuff,
00:04it was dirty, it wasn't really a job,
00:06um, you know, we were just called gold diggers
00:10and all types of bullsh**.
00:11But now, all of a sudden, because these people
00:14are in a position where they need it,
00:16now it's okay.
00:17And now it's okay for them to take it and use it.
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01:10If all of those people who recently made
01:14an OnlyFans page out of the blue
01:16or started doing online sex work out of the blue
01:18because they need it,
01:19if all of those people turned around
01:22and actually advocated for sex workers,
01:25which means, like, tipping us, supporting us,
01:28standing up for us against things,
01:30we would not...
01:32We wouldn't be in this situation right now.
01:34They don't care.
01:35They don't care that we're getting kicked off
01:37and banned off a site that we basically built
01:40and have made the most money for.
01:43They don't care.
01:44They only care about themselves.
01:46And that's where the whole issue really lies.
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02:40I have a vanilla job as a pet care professional
02:43and pet care provider.
02:44If it had anything to do with, like, my Dom stuff,
02:47there's no way.
02:48No way.
02:49Um, sex workers are not receiving unemployment.
02:52Um, you're supposed to be getting your stimulus check
02:55if you're paying taxes,
02:57but some people just haven't received them.
03:00Like, I was lucky to get mine.
03:03So sex workers are literally just...
03:07put in a situation where we're completely fucked
03:09because there's no resources being given to us,
03:12and at the same time,
03:13all these people who never gave a shit about us
03:16are flooding our market
03:18and essentially just, like,
03:22essentially just trying to do what we do
03:25without, you know, showing any kind of acknowledgement,
03:27any kind of respect, any kind of advocacy, nothing.
03:31So I think it just all goes back
03:34to, like, the dehumanization of sex workers
03:37and just the, like, the dire lack of respect
03:42for the work that we do,
03:44even though it's clearly work that's needed.
03:46And you can say whatever you want about me,
03:51but your dad calls me God
03:53because that's what I am to him.
03:54So respect us.