The Briefing Podcast | How has Covid impacted the sex industry?

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Everyone has had to make changes to cope with the pandemic, but what about when your income is derived from intimacy?

Samantha X is an escort and owner of Samantha’s Angels escort agency.  She tells us she was taking lots of calls during lockdown, from women looking to begin work in the industry.   Fiona Patten is a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council, best known for establishing the Sex Party 15 years ago.  Fiona tells us the pandemic accelerated new technology in the sex industry, enabling workers to engage with their clients in entirely new ways.

Everyone used the word ‘pivot’ during the pandemic.  Well, how has the sex industry pivoted to deal with the challenges it faces….?

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Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of the Reason Party and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan region. She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement – including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups. Before that she was an established independent fashion designer with her own label called Body Politics.

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