The labour of paying for education: An exploration of student sex work in Canada

The Labour of Paying for Education: An Exploration of Student Sex Work in Canada by Emily Hammond A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario © 2019, Emily Hammond Abstract Thi. [...] Although the authors of this study were able to identify several factors affecting students’ choices to enter the sex industry, as well as some of the challenges students encountered as a result of their work, they concluded that there have been an insufficient number of studies in a Canadian context to draw definitive conclusions with regards to the experiences of student sex workers in Canada (S. [...] In Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada held that certain provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada relating to the communication and engagement of prostitution violated sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Horlick, 2014; Canada v Bedford, 2013). [...] Through an analysis of the data collected for The Student Sex Work Project, the authors were able to conclude that although the post-secondary institutions in Wales did not explicitly ostracize student sex workers, these institutions were concerned that student involvement in the sex industry could bring the reputation of the university into disrepute (Sagar, Jones, Symons, Bowring & Roberts, 2015. [...] These findings were irrespective of the legality of the selling of sex in the UK, and the anti-bullying and harassment policies in place that support individual privacy (Cusick et al., 2009).