Episode 13 - Tipsy Tart Part 2

(Theme: Feminism and mental health)

We chat to Lauren, a psychologist and feminist, on the possible psychological effects of sex work on the sugar babies. Then journalist and broadcaster Bibi Lynch and ex-sex worker and comedienne Miranda Kane from the Good Sex Bad Sex podcast talk internet dating, incels, unsolicited tit pics, Cat Person, millennial sex, everyday sexism and why we should combat sex worker stigma.

It.

Is.

Fire! 

Bibi Lynch - www.bibilynch.com

Miranda Kane - www.mirandakane.co.uk

The Good Sex Bad Sex podcast: https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/28/good-sex-bad-sex-podcast-episode-1-with-annabelle-knight-do-men-name-their-fleshlights-7413362/

Notes:

Shana Vrangalova Ph.D., Psychology Today,‘Do Sex Workers Have More Mental Health Problems?’, https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/strictly-casual/201410/do-sex-workers-have-more-mental-health-problems

Rossler W, Koch U, Lauber C, Hass A-K, Altwegg M, Ajdacic-Gross V, Landolt K. (2010). The mental health of female sex workers. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20105147)Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 122, 143–152. Doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01533.x [free pdf- https://www.collegium.ethz.ch/fileadmin/autoren/pdf_papers/10_roessler_sexwork.pdf]

‘Beyond The Gaze' – University of Leicester: https://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2018-archive/january/largest-study-of-uk-online-sex-work-highlights-findings-and-recommendations

'Reviewing the occupational risks of sex workers in comparison to other ‘risky’ professions' - July 2017 by Professor Teela Sanders; Stewart Cunningham; Dr Lucy Platt; Pippa Grenfell; Dr PG Macioti

Https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/criminology/people/teela-sanders/briefingpapersexworkandmentalhealth.pdf

Jessie Sage, Men’s Health, May 16, 2018: ‘4 Sex Workers on What They've Learned About Men's Mental Health’: Https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a20717745/sex-workers-on-mens-mental-health/

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