Ep 50: SWer Mamas and Misogyny on the Internet

*Content Warning: This episode contains frank discussion of adult themes, specifically adult film and adult content creators, and the accompanying mention of sex and sexual relations. Please take care around sensitive/little ears!*

For this week's solo episode, Jenna finally dives into a very specific topic she has been wanting to take on for weeks: a discussion of sex workers as mothers and what happens when they are open about both their work and their families online. Using recent events involving fabulous adult content creators and mamas Lena the Plug and Riley Reid as case studies, Jenna talks about the misogyny, stigma, and over all misunderstanding and hate women receive when they openly participate in sex work. Jenna tells the recent story of Lena the Plug making content with a man (other than her husband) and the extreme hate and backlash she received, with people condemning her as a horrible wife but also as a horrible mother. Some commenters went so far as to say that adult content creators should never be allowed to have children...  

The intended audience for The Dancer Mama podcast is both pole dancers/athletes and/or sex workers of various kinds. Jenna takes destigmatizing sex work seriously, and she was profoundly disturbed to see the level of misogyny, patriarchal double standards, and misunderstanding playing out online in the case of these two women. 

This episode is part one of two separate but related episodes: this episode ends with questioning NOT whether porn stars should be moms, but whether or not they should be sharing their children online. Next weeks episode will dive much deeper into that second question. 

Resources mentioned in the show to learn more about sex work from sex workers themselves:

https://strippedbysia.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/touchy-subject-with-lena-the-plug/id1632271097 

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