International Whores Day 2018
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Not the domestic Spruill Avenue variety, but those in foreign ports. Some of them were very accommodating offering various comfort items in addition to the primary commodity and Barcelona in particular had one lady I actively sought out for that very reason.
We became rather good friends as it were.
It's easy to cast judgement on those who require means of putting food on the table, paying rent, buying necessities and so forth.
I have always been lucky to have a skillset which was somewhat in demand. Everyone is not so lucky.
Today is International Sex Workers Day. On June second the day honors sex workers and recognizes what is frequently exploitation of both their persons and their working conditions.
The day commemorates the occupation of a church called Église Saint-Nizier in Lyon by more than a hundred sex workers on the second of June in 1975 in an effort to publicize their inhumane working conditions.
It has been celebrated annually since 1976.