Yes, I am hardened and don’t get the feels as easy as I used to. I love it, I’m tough and I don’t take shit, The only way this is a bad thing is if you’re a dude who wants me to treat you like you’re entitled to something.
Yes x1000
This is why guys whine about seeing “pros” – they know we are less easy to manipulate
I look back and think that if I had started working in this industry before meeting my horrible abusive ex I would never have stood for his shit, not for a second.
Also this x1000. I am so, so much tougher for having done sex work and that is one thing I am really grateful for. I’m not sure a lot of the ways in which my life is starting to come together, and I’m starting to seriously feel capable of holding down professional careers, would be possible if I hadn’t.
Doing sw had a huge part in helping me learn to say no and set boundaries with men. A skill every woman should have but one that’s rarely taught.
This is really interesting to me, as someone who’s never been a sex worker and has only recently begun to learn about it, because I didn’t realize until reading this that I had this stereotypical concept of sex workers as people who can’t stand up for themselves very well. But this post actually makes so much sense. I think it’s very telling that the only image I really had, despite learning more about sex work and the reality of it recently, is one of a woman who can’t say no very well.
Yeah, we get pretty tough, it also gives you the hide of a rhino when it comes to people trying to insult you, a really relaxed attitude towards nudity and bodies
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 