The Sex, Safety and Security Project‏

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from the john's voice researchers.......

Dear friends, colleagues and supporters,

I hope that this email finds you well.

Sex, Safety and Security is the research I am currently conducting on experiences of persons who have paid for sexual services in Canada. I am writing to let you know about the project and to ask if you would be willing to help me spread the word about it.

This study is a continuation of "Johns' Voice," (www.johnsvoice.ca) the 2009 research which, thanks to my friends and colleagues in the sex work and research communities and the many people from across Canada came forward to have their voices heard, became the most successful Canadian study of people who pay for sexual services ever conducted. Information from the study led many to re-examine some of the stereotypes they held about the commercial sex industry and the people involved in it. Findings from the study also played an important role in informing conversations surrounding Canadian prostitution law and policy.

One of the many important and previously underemphasized findings that the Johns' Voice study revealed was that people who pay for sex come from diverse backgrounds and have markedly different attitudes and experiences relating to their purchase of sex. While many participants reported having safe, satisfying and unproblematic encounters with sex workers/sellers, several shared stories about experiences that revealed that not all commercial encounters are equally safe, secure and conflict-free. The study allowed us to begin scratching the surface of the issues that may come up in commercial encounters. It also pointed to the need to examine some of these issues further.

Sex, Safety and Security examines in more detail situations of conflict, safety and security within individuals' experiences of purchasing sex. It is part of a larger project, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), which is designed to understand the ways that gender, conflict and health collectively impact the experiences of people involved in all aspects of Canada's sex industry. This initiative is one of the most ambitious research projects undertaken to date.

It is our hope that the results from our project can be used to provide an evidentiary foundation for debates about "what to do about prostitution" in Canada. Bringing these different voices and perspectives together will help to better understand the complexities of the sex industry in Canada, and in particular the factors influencing health and safety within, and in relation to, the industry.

In order to accomplish our goals we need you to help us spread the word to anyone that you think might be interested in participating and having their voices included in this important project. There are a number of ways you can do this:

Visit our research web sites at: www.sexsafetysecurity.ca AND www.understandingsexwork.ca.
Talk to or text people you know who have experience purchasing or selling sexual services and let them know about our project and the project web site (www.sexsafetysecurity.ca);
Forward this email to anyone you think might be interested in learning about our project;
Follow us on Twitter @SexSafetySecure; or,
"Like" us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sex-Safety-and-Security/105611512938349;
Thank-you all for your continued support.

Be well,

Chris



Chris Atchison
Department of Sociology
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 2Y2
email: [email protected]

web: www.sexsafetysecurity.ca

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sex-Safety-and-Security/105611512938349

Twitter: @SexSafetySecure
 

susi

Sassy Strumpette
Jun 27, 2008
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here is a chance for pooners to have their say!! sign up and add your voice to the conversation! this project will go a long way to preventing the implementation of the nordic model here in canada.

its confidential and i know the researchers well. they are ethical and will treat you with dignity and respect. all kinds of different perspectives are important so the more the merrier. some of you took part in the john's voice research and may remember chris from that work. you can take part again.

so step up to the plate men and let's get your perspective included as we move forward!!

love susie
 

susi

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so.... i just want to say that 1 brave pooner came to the conference and i believe it may have been the first time i ever witnessed a pooner actually engaging and being presnet in one of these meetings...

he was so cool and had relevant important questions. i am so greatful he came....no jokes intended...lol

his confidentialitly is protected and will be forever, his name was not taken, he was " an allie" not named a "pooner"

i know its hard for men to trust the processes we created for their protection, but i hope this will help to prove you can trust us. we want to include you, please think about taking part in the contininuation of the john's voice research.

love susieXXXO
 

johnsvoice

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Nov 2, 2008
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of PERB who have taken the opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences with me either directly or through the questionnaire. I would also like to thank all the service providers on the board who have either contacted me directly with your kind words of support and/or helped out by passing information along about this important project to your clients that may not be on PERB. With all of your help we are on track to include an even larger group of people’s voices than we did with (Johns’ Voice)!

While each and every person’s individual opinions and experiences are vital, it is the collective voices of people who pay for sexual services that have the most influence when it comes to presenting a more fair, honest and complete picture of the diversity of the patrons of this industry for making arguments about how to ensure that the industry and ALL people involved in it remain safe.

For those of you who are still on the fence about participating in this project or for those of you who are not convinced of the need or don’t fully understand why we have placed so much emphasis on context (i.e., why the questionnaire has to be as long as it is), I would encourage you to take a look at another project that recently began that is designed to present ‘information’ about people who purchase sexual services. The project is called “The Invisible Men” and you can find it HERE For those of you on Twitter, you can also check them out @InvisibleChoice This project is being heavily publicised by prohibitionist and abolitionists here in Canada that are advocating for the Nordic model. I guess the question I would ask is would you rather the image of people who pay for sexual services that makes the 5 o’clock news or that is used by policy makers and legislators in discussions about how Canada’s sex industry should be regulated post-Bedford be the salacious cherry-picked quotes that the group behind “The Invisible Man” project or self-proclaimed ‘authorities’ such as (Victor Malarek ) use?

Please do not hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions, comments or concerns or if you want to contribute one-to-one (either in-person, on the phone or through Skype).

Chris Atchison
Department of Sociology
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 2Y2
email: [email protected]
web: www.sexsafetysecurity.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sex-Safety-and-Security/105611512938349
Twitter: @SexSafetySecure
 

johnsvoice

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Chris, I tried your survey about about 30 minutes in, it crapped out. Sorry, but I won't be redoing it, too long and too busy. Not sure if the partial responses were recorded, it was a SQL error on your end, and it said to contact you about it.
Really sorry to hear about that haymitch. Our server has been working overtime since we started. I will look into the issue further to make sure that it does not happen again. Our server has been working overtime since someone posted information about the project on an US site (I'm not sure why Americans would want to participate in Canadian research?).

If you are up to talking to me directly (I don't throw SQL errors) please drop me a line PM me or feel free to give me a call 604.558.0489.

Chris
 

YoungGun25

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Really sorry to hear about that haymitch. Our server has been working overtime since we started. I will look into the issue further to make sure that it does not happen again. Our server has been working overtime since someone posted information about the project on an US site (I'm not sure why Americans would want to participate in Canadian research?).

If you are up to talking to me directly (I don't throw SQL errors) please drop me a line PM me or feel free to give me a call 604.558.0489.

Chris
Same thing happened to me:

"WARNING!!! An error has occurred [ERROR #1].

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Red light districts' should be created with laws against operations outside this' at line 42"

I also will not re-do the survey.
 

johnsvoice

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Same thing happened to me:

"WARNING!!! An error has occurred [ERROR #1].

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Red light districts' should be created with laws against operations outside this' at line 42"

I also will not re-do the survey.
Thanks for the detailed feedback YoungGun.

I looked into the issue you have described and was able to locate and fix the problem.
 
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