29/03/2024
Pink News reports on a new survey of public attitudes towards sex work conducted by the respected opinion following website YouGov. The results are positive for sexual freedom activists, with a majority believing that it should be legal for people to pay for sex in the UK. Men are more likely than women to believe that sex work should be legal, but there is consensus across genders where it comes to classifying what constitutes sex work. You Gov's press release states "Unsurprisingly, almost everyone considers prostitutes and escorts to be sex workers (94%). Very high numbers likewise say that porn actors (88%) and cam-girls (86%) are sex workers, as are phone sex line operators according to 69%." But there are still areas where there is conservatism amongst the British public. Pink News notes "the public does not think that sex workers should be stigmatised, with 51 per cent saying so. However, many wouldn’t want to be in a relationship with a sex worker or even be friends with one. Close to 90 per cent of people would be unwilling to date an escort, prostitute or porn actor."
