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What Next - What Sex Workers Want

What Next - What Sex Workers Want

Who do we listen to when making policy?

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

May 4, 202123m 29s

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Show Notes

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance recently announced the end to prosecuting some charges related to sex work, following decisions in other New York City boroughs. But is this policy shift something sex workers actually want? And does it go far enough? 

Guest: Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer at The New Republic and the author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.

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