Ali Dawah - November 18, 2018MUSLIM VS GAY SEX ADVISOR - NEW YORK
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Summary
In this episode, I speak to a sex worker who has been working in the sex industry for over 20 years. She talks about the challenges she has faced in her career and how she has dealt with the societal pressures that society puts on sex workers.
Transcript
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If you're ready, because my friend over there in the red jacket,
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He's very depressed because he's got his hands in his pocket because he's uncomfortable.
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He might possibly change his eyes around and make him a happy man.
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You know, I get questions, everything from hookups, Instagram, breakups, you know...
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What are the most common problems you face as a sex worker?
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I would say, you know, if I could boil it down to maybe a few,
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I would say people not trusting their instincts.
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People feeling like there's a certain way to be sexually,
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or usually multiple people, sources, and then...
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They're not confident in themselves or what is it exactly?
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Yeah, confident in themselves is another way to look at it.
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I look at it that one of our biggest challenges
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that people tell us how we're supposed to be about sex
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or our bodies or how we're supposed to perform or not perform
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You know, sometimes at age three or four or five or 15 or 30,
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So you might have an instinct like, I just want to masturbate.
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But some people are like, you should also be wanting to get married
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to this type of person and be having this type of sex with them once a week
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But you might be thinking, I just want to masturbate.
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Whatever it may be, you have your own beliefs about what works for you.
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Is pornography a big theme here in your work because...
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But I think that usually people have more questions around interpersonal.
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If porn is in some way interpersonal, it's more the interpersonal reaction
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of someone's, you know, coming up against what works for them or someone else.
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If I could ask you a question, do you find that there's a...
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In terms of males and females, age groups, different demographics.
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Who seems to be like, let's say for example, tends to exhibit...