Happy Whores' Day everyone! If you haven't taken the Whores' Day Quiz on instagram yet, look away as these are the answers! You can find the quiz here (or by searching for tryst.link on Instagram if our profile is blocked)
1.What’s the most important part of an escort’s ad?
Answer: All of the above
2.What is the best legal model for sex workers?
Answer: Full Decriminalisation. Extensive research has proven that full decriminalisation is the most effective way of not only reducing violence against sex workers but also victims of exploitation.
3.As a non sex worker what terminology can you use for sex workers?
Answer: Sex worker. If you are not a sex worker you should avoid using terms which have historically been used to oppress sex workers such as Whore, Prostitute and Pro.
4.Who coined the term Sex Worker?
Answer: Carol Leigh, aka The Scarlot Harlot, was a sex worker, writer, filmmaker, and activist. She was a prominent figure in the sex workers' rights movement, advocating for the rights, safety, and dignity of sex workers. Leigh coined the term "sex work" to advocate for the recognition of sex work as labor and for the rights of sex workers, in response to the derogatory and infantilising language used by anti sex work advocates.
5.Who does whorephobia affect the most?
Answer: Sex Workers
6.Who decides what can appear on a porn platform?
Answer: All of the above.
7.What is the Whorearchy?
Answer: An arbitrary ranking of sex workers based on the levels of stigma they are subject to
8.How many fingers can you insert before it is considered a fist, according to two of the largest credit card companies?
Answer: 4 (and no thumb!) While it is legal in the US to sell fisting videos, credit card companies will only process payments for this content if less than four fingers are inserted. Thumbs must stay out!
9.Which of the following is not permitted for depiction in online pornography, but was shown in feature film, Saltburn?
Answer: Period Blood
10.What is an appropriate first message to send a Sex Worker?
Answer: None of the above. If you need an explainer, please check out some of our articles on The Good Client Guide.
11.What is ‘White Knighting’?
Answer: Coming to the ‘rescue’ of a marginalised person or community
12.Which Vice Presidential candidate was a noted driving force behind FOSTA/SESTSA?
Answer: Kamala Harris. Harris co-sponsored the FOSTA/SESTA bill, and was a prominent and committed leader in targeting websites that offered sex workers a means of identifying and vetting potential clients. A practice done for individual and group safety.
13.According to Queer Lore, which sex worker is widely considered to have thrown the first brick at Stonewall?
Answer: Marsha P. Johnston
14.Which “feminist” is anti sex work?
Answer: All of the above. Andrea Dworkin, Germaine Greer and Gloria Steinem have all taken anti sex work/sex work exclusionary stances.
15.What terms have historically been used in the persecution of sex workers?
Answer: All of the above.
