How can a sex worker be a feminist? How is sex work DIY anarchist?

The “oldest profession” exists outside of law, on the fringes of society. It has always existed this way throughout history, underground and persecuted, yet not completely eliminated. Lawmakers systematically turn a blind eye towards the industry, profiting from it when it is useful, shutting it down when it becomes a threat, seeing it as inevitable and thus acknowledging that it serves a necessary purpose in society, yet allowing it to exist in a constant state of oppression: sex workers are threatened by social stigma and criminality, subjected to the worst conditions and abuse from both civil society and police.

Anarcha-feminists recognize monogamous marriage as a form of state control over human relationships between the sexes. Marriage in a patriarchal society historically evolved as a primarily economic institution that ensures that a man’s property is passed onto his genetic heirs, thus the wife’s fidelity must be enforced for the proper regulation of wealth and land distribution from generation to generation (Engels). Yet modern biology has shown that human beings and most other animals on Earth are not naturally monogamous; rather our oxytocin-induced feelings of love last for an average of seven years, enough time to raise a Neanderthal child to an age where he or she can take care of himself and join the tribe (Barasch PhD and Lipton MD). The timing of the fading of chemistry concurs with the infamous “seven year itch,” at which time it is said husbands begin to have an “uncontrollable” urge to cheat on their wives.

AnnaKissed anarchafeminists know that changing social attitudes towards
sex work, gender, and family radically destabilizes patriarchy. We believe
in roses not bombs. We know that in fact, a rose can be just as explosive as a
bomb, and we are prepared for direct action.

Whore's rights are women's rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Free the Caged Madonna by Raising Up the Whore.

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