The Myth of ‘Choice’ in Global South Sex Trafficking Discourse

The Myth of ‘Choice’ in Global South Sex Trafficking Discourse

“Sex work is work,” is an oft-repeated refrain.  But who is behind the megaphone? And who is paying the price?  For most women and girls, especially from the Global South (and poor, racialized and displaced women everywhere), the notion that prostitution is freely chosen collapses under scrutiny. More often than not, entering the sex trade is not a choice, but an act of survival under patriarchal and capitalist constraints. So, who is sex work l…