Scarlet Exodus: A study of sex work in Finland by Anna Kontula

Author:Anna Kontula
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Into Kustannus

Sex workers’ experiences of power are interesting not simply because they counter constructions of victim myths, but because we find in the same material frequent mention of oppression in their private relationships. Over time Tiuku felt pressurized by her first sexual experience. Lilja’s first love dumped her as soon as she had lost her virginity. The relationship Ramona had when she was a teenager involved one-sided oral sex as often as three times a day. Ramona, Krisse, Sirkka, Gerda, Nelli and Kaarina all have sexually frustrating marriages behind them in which they felt they were merely the giver:

“Maybe I hoped all the time that I’d get affection somewhere. And then I’ve never had any or ever expressed any personal wishes. I hoped that the man would naturally understand.” (I, Kaarina.)

“[At secondary school] I went out with some boy, and he didn’t even believe that I was a virgin, and he pressured me. I always feel, I don’t know, I felt at the time that it was rape. Not that I was actually threatened in any way, but it was really oppressive and so on. I didn’t want to be with him. [Afterwards I felt] filthy, dirty, revolting, repulsive and terrible.” (I, Milla.)

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