EDUCATION
Since 2019, Sex and Rage has been building a platform for alternative sex education, led by sex workers and educators ourselves. We understand that our relationships with our sexuality is as much to do with our psychology, our spirituality and the ways we have been socialised. Learning about how our minds and bodies interplay within the realm of sex and desire can be a daunting prospect. Our approach is embodied, meaning we understand the importance of ‘experiencing’ an education just as much we do ‘having’ one.
The word “education” is associated with academia, with sitting down and knowing your place, with teacher-student relationships and with the principle of ‘right’ and ‘wrong.’ Sex education at schools is often a precarious and troubling memory, if it happened at all, for many of us. In our adult years, when it comes to sexuality and pleasure, we often find ourselves reassessing our relationships with our minds, our bodies, and our relationships with ourselves and others.
In many ways, sex workers are a demographic of people who have an intimate understanding of interpersonal dynamics and how sex relates to subjects as diverse as politics and economics, psychology, moral philosophy and the social sciences. While some of us are qualified in these areas, it is not the academic institutions that gives us insight into these fields; it is spending time with people from a diverse range of backgrounds, using our bodies and minds in ways that are deemed morally reprehensible or questionable to the mainstream, and facing very specific political and social challenges. When it comes to the domestic and global economy, sex work plays an essential but controversial role; a job that is held under intense scrutiny but that brings billions of pounds to the British economy every year.
In many ways, sex workers are a demographic of people who have an intimate understanding of interpersonal dynamics and how sex relates to subjects as diverse as politics and economics, psychology, moral philosophy and the social sciences. While some of us are qualified in these areas, it is not the academic institutions that gives us insight into these fields; it is spending time with people from a diverse range of backgrounds, using our bodies and minds in ways that are deemed morally reprehensible or questionable to the mainstream, and facing very specific political and social challenges. When it comes to the domestic and global economy, sex work plays an essential but controversial role; a job that is held under intense scrutiny but that brings billions of pounds to the British economy every year.
