Survey: www.street-to-screen.ca

[escapefromstress]

If you are a female, male, or trans* person who has experience:

Providing sexual services for money in Canada

OR

Paying money for sexual services in Canada

We want to hear about how technology influences the way you communicate, share and gather information.

Participation is anonymous, confidential, and secure.

www.street-to-screen.ca to take survey


From Chris Atchison (permission obtained to post this for him):

Hey folks,

While many members of the perb 'community' have taken part in my past projects, I know that some have not had the chance. I would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone to visit our project web site to learn a bit more about my latest study. As is the case with all of the research that I have been involved in, the express purpose of this study is to hear from as broad a range of people who sell and purchase sexual services (i.e., sex workers and clients) as possible so that we are in the position to provide an evidence-base for the continued development of policy and practice.

As many of you are aware, Canada's previous conservative government and Justice Minister did not have much regard for evidence-based policy; instead, they preferred policy-based evidence when they were drafting the Protection of Community and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). Fortunately, as part of PCEPA, the government had to include a mandatory 5-year review of the impact of the new laws. Many sex workers and people who provide outreach and support for sex workers maintain that the new laws are no different from the old ones (overturned in the Bedford case) in that they continue to make it impossible for sex workers to work without being placed at undue (read unconstitutional) risk to their safety. These same sex workers and outreach and support organizations are calling for the evaluation of the new laws to happen before the mandatory 5 year point. The street-to-screen study is, in part, a response to this request. We are also doing the study so that we are in the position to have solid empirical evidence to present when it comes time for the formal evaluation of the law to take place.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with me or the work that I have done, here is a bit more background:

As I said before, I've been researching the sex industry and working in a supportive capacity with sex work(er) researchers and outreach organizations in Canada since 1995. For those of you who are interested, here are some links to a few of the projects I have conducted: ORCHID project and the ‘Johns’ Voice’ study; SPACES; Understanding Sex Work and Sex, Safety & Security.

In addition to the numerous articles and technical reports I have published, I have also been involved extensively with committees and working groups formed to study and develop evidence-based social, health and legal policy and procedure to improve the health, safety and conditions of people involved in Canada's sex industry. The results of my research were presented in testimony by Dr. John Lowman in the Bedford case. Prior to the enactment of the Protection of Community and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) I was called to presented the results of my 20 years of research in testimony before the House of Commons, Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

Finally, my projects have appeared pretty regularly in mainstream news media coverage over the years, a few of the features can be found at: Vue Weekly, CBC, Huffington Post, The Toronto Star, Times Colonist, CBC, National Post, Maclean’s, National Post, and Policy Options

For those of you who have any questions, comments of concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly (info@sexsafetysecurity.ca or [email]info@street-to-screen.ca[/email]).

 

[picante55]

Might want to fix this:

WARNING!!! An error has occurred [ERROR #2].

Data truncated for column 'Q2_4_2' at row 207

Please contact Chris Atchison for assistance.

 

[SexSafetySecurity]

Many thanks picante55. An odd error, will look into it.

 

[escapefromstress]

UBC researchers want to know how people who buy and sell sex communicate with each other

http://news.ubc.ca/2017/02/28/ubc-researchers-want-to-know-how-people-who-buy-and-sell-sex-communicate-with-each-other/

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have launched a national study to find out how people buying and selling sexual services use technologies like smartphones and websites to communicate with one another, develop relationships and negotiate service conditions.

The Street-To-Screen project is the first of its kind in Canada and researchers hope it will help fill a vital gap in information about the sex industry, said Vicky Bungay, principal investigator and the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Equity and Community Engagement at UBC.

The survey also aims to explore the impacts of current Canadian laws which criminalize a wide range of activities associated with providing sexual services, including communication.

“We know that good communication is key to ensuring the health and safety of those involved in the sale and purchase of sex, but we don’t know how people are getting around the legal restrictions placed on that communication in Canada,” said Bungay.

People can take part in the project by completing a survey or participating in phone or in-person interviews.

“This is an opportunity for people to safely and confidentially participate in a project that has the potential to change current laws and attitudes around the sex industry,” said Chris Atchison, co-principal investigator and research associate at the Capacity Research Unit at UBC.

Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, was enacted in 2014 and criminalized activities such as the purchase or advertisement of sexual services and communicating with a sex worker about the services they are selling, among others.

“Selling sex is a legal form of income in Canada, but the set of restrictions built up around the practice make it impossible for those involved to do so safely,” said Atchison.

The restrictions can have serious impacts on both worker and client safety.

“If you can’t communicate, how do you establish consent? How do you establish what you will or won’t do?” said Bungay.

When the bill was signed into law, the review period was set at five years, despite calls from experts for a two-year review process.

“We have over thirty years of research that shows unequivocally that bad laws put people in harm’s way,” said Atchison. “We want to collect this data now so that we can provide empirical evidence about the impacts these new laws have on both sex workers and clients when it comes time to review the law.”

The Street-To-Screen Project is funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

BACKGROUND

Bill C-36, Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

Bill C-36, otherwise known as the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act was introduced in response to a 2013 Supreme Court of Canada ruling known as the Bedford decision. It ruled that three Criminal Code offenses related to the provision of sexual services increased the risk of harm faced by sex workers and thereby violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

 

[badbadboy]

I did it.

Takes about an hour to complete.

I liked that it allowed the ability to discuss the way I actually operate in this environment. It wasn't targeted toward trafficking etc. When I clicked on "seeing seller's in their homes" etc, it allowed the questioning to be more about a pooner like me visiting Indy's.

 

[escapefromstress]

It took me about 45 minutes and was pretty easy to navigate and understand. They ask good questions and you can tell they understand the industry pretty well.

 

[Warl0ck]

What's really important is the differentiating of the layers of sex work. As I see it this is the biggest impediment to a safer sex industry. I showed my SO a comment I came across on Facebook last week. It was this guy, complete with "pedo glasses" who said hookers were whores and should basically all be jailed and destroyed.

A whole bunch of people who don't pay for sex (and some that do) don't understand the difference between an independent sex trade worker & some drug addicted pimped woman standing on a corner. They hear "prostitute" and they think the worst. If the industry wants change it needs to change it's perception. It needs to presented by women who are level headed and intelligence women as advocate. What it does not need is the cheerleader types many who are their own animated versions of the stereotype. Now, to predicate, I'm not saying there is anything WRONG with being a leather body suit wearing whip holding sexual vixen. What I'm saying is the industry needs to market itself as a place for normalized "regular" people. THEN..the stereotypes will fail. My own father was a real homophobic asshole for a long time. He saw gay men as "pansy faggots with lisps". Then it was discovered a family member (no not me) was gay. Said family member was a highly successful businessman who built his own multi million dollar He was charming, intelligence, well spoken and good looking. He was also married to a man. My father went from hating the "pansy faggots" to accepting them and admitted he was wrong.

Look at Trudeau. They could catch that guy in a fucking limo with two trannies and a bag of coke and a whole bunch of the population would say "I wish I was the tranny". The sex industry advocates could learn a little from that.

 

[Lo-ki]

Look at Trudeau. They could catch that guy in a fucking limo with two trannies and a bag of coke and a whole bunch of the population would say "I wish I was the tranny". The sex industry advocates could learn a little from that.

Jesus....their goes my breakfast.....uke:uke:uke: