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‘Women are putting male escorts on retainers’: Why more women are paying for sex

Historically, male escorts, particularly those who service women clients, have not been particularly visible. That’s slowly changing.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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The scene outside the property on Cowper Street. Footscray on Saturday morning.

Homicide squad investigating woman’s death at Footscray brothel

Police are probing the deaths of a man and woman in separate incidents in Melbourne on Friday night.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
There has been a boom in sex parties in WA in recent years.

‘Sex parties’ are booming in WA. So, what really happens behind closed doors?

They’re so exclusive there’s an extensive vetting process you need to go through before you can even get an invite. But once you’re in, the parties are not for the faint-hearted.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Grecian goddess statues, flocked wallpaper, velvet throne chairs and an equally rich history are behind the doors of Tiffany’s Girls.

Developers circle Sydney’s oldest brothels as sex work goes freelance

The world’s oldest profession meets Sydney’s biggest obsession as the city’s biggest players reveal brothels are facing a tough future and the old-school bordello business model is fast becoming a relic of another era.

  • Andrew Hornery

I hired a male sex worker for my 70th birthday. It didn’t go as planned

Mitch, in his 30s, seemed like a perfect gift to self. But then...

  • Gail Rice
“My lifelong interest in sex has enabled me to transcend society: from the lowest sexually shamed woman to the highest professional.”

I’m a retired nurse and academic. I’m also a sex worker

Slut-shaming kept me in the closet for 20 years. It’s time to reclaim my story.

  • Hilary Caldwell
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AI-based relationships could spur - or disrupt - real ones. An image from Replika, an AI-companion service.

The girlfriend AI experience could spur, or destroy, real relationships

AI has the potential to make the market for fake intimacy much larger. People can subscribe for a fraction of the cost of a human sex worker, and with no stigma or legal consequences.

  • Allison Schrager
Sex worker Matthew Roberts

Sex stays the same, but sex work changes

The internet has changed so many basic things in society – and the world’s oldest profession is one of them.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Julie Bates AO, sex worker rights activist and principal of Urban Realists Planning & Health Consultant.

‘Freezing my tits off on Liverpool St’: The unfiltered history of Kings Cross

From Sydney’s first strip club, to drag cabaret and late night parties – Kings Cross was once the centre of Australia’s after-hours entertainment scene.

  • Helen Pitt
Left to right: State coordinator for Respect Inc Lulu Holiday, Secretary Queensland Council of Unions Jaqueline King, and Campaign Leader DecrimQLD Janelle Fawkes.

Parliamentary committee accepts framework to decriminalise sex work in Qld

Twenty-five years after prostitution was legalised in Queensland, the industry will be decriminalised to improve the lives of sex workers.

  • Courtney Kruk

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/sex-work-jmd