To celebrate International Women's Day, which falls on March 8th, Bababam is replaying Do You Really Know episodes which look at the struggle against inequalities between women and men. All week long, refresh your knowledge about ideas and concepts which promote female empowerment.

What is sex work?

Sex work is basically a term used for any practices involving a sexual service, whether physical or not, in exchange for money. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not simply limited to prostitution. The term also includes lap dancing, phone sex, erotic massage and escort services for example. Not to mention online services like webcam performance and adult content creation. The term sex workers is sometimes abbreviated to SW.

Where does the expression come from? What does it do? How does that fit in with the feminist movement? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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