Look what I found on the Naked Truth website?

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Researcher Dr. Mary Whowell, of the School of Criminology at SFU is doing a research project exploring the regulation of escort agencies, strip clubs, and body rub parlours through Criminal Code and municipal by-laws in 13 municipalities across Canada. She wants to hear the voices of adult entertainers - check out her site! http://www.regulatingsex.com/

 

Your thoughts?

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I found this after I posted about it. Sorry for the double post

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I just answered her questions in an interview, and she is trying to help make things better for us!

 

Here is an idea of what she will ask:

General interview topics/themes

General Information

? Where in Canada have you worked

? In what parts of the industry

? For how long

Issues around licensing

? Have you ever worked an adult entertainment job that required you obtain a business license?

? If so did you choose to buy one? Was it good value for money, benefits, process of obtaining the

license, terms and conditions, impacts (or not) on health and safety, relationships with by-law

officers and the police, did you have different experiences in different cities or in different parts

of the industry, were there changes over time, were the terms of the license restrictive or useful in

your work? If you decided not to buy a license what were the reasons?

? If you have never been required to work under a license how have you found negotiating the

legalities surrounding your work, have you had access to information and support, health and

safety information, rights around labour/employment, police protection if necessary? What type

of information surrounding legalities would be useful to adult entertainers working in the areas of

the industry you have worked in?

? Is licensing an effective way of regulating adult entertainment?

By-laws

? Do you feel the by-laws surrounding adult entertainment impact your daily working life?

If so how?

? How much accessible information is there available on the legalities of adult

entertainment for workers? What sort of information would be useful?

? Are by-laws ever enforced (for example in Vancouver, there is a by-law that prohibits

phone sex) - if so how and by who?

? Opinions generally on by-laws and licensing as a system of regulation.

Other

? Opinions on the current legal system in terms of regulating adult entertainment in

Canada ? criminal code - municipal by-laws ? licensing - different from city to city.

? Law and impacts on health and safety of adult entertainers.

? Law and stigma.

 

 

I highly recommend and MPA's, SP's, or adult entertainers of any kind to volunteer to help with this research.