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> [In the current situation with criminalization, we've created situations where sex workers have very little power and control over their lives. Increasing one group of women's power and control over their lives does not take anything away from other women.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-the-current-situation-with-criminalization-we-ve-created/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

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> [Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could be very dangerous, particularly in an unhealthy relationship, where it could be a recipe for conflict, for something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner-knows-you-re-a-sex-worker/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

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## More by Melissa Gira Grant

> [I went to college in Amherst and lived in Northampton for many years and we had our quaint little feminist sex toy shop that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-went-to-college-in-amherst-and-lived-in-northampton-for-many-years/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [We hear from sex workers who have through their own volition become media figures, or have despite their own wishes become media figures. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/we-hear-from-sex-workers-who-have-through-their-own-volition-become/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [One person was basically saying that feminists aren't interested in criminalizing prostitutes, that they don't want to do that. I responded that whether or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/one-person-was-basically-saying-that-feminists-aren-t-interested-in/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Our feelings alone don't change what happens with the police, what happens in jail, what happens when someone tries to go to the welfare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/our-feelings-alone-don-t-change-what-happens-with-the-police-what/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [It's actually not much of a risk to say, "I don't think we should put sex workers in jail." That's a decent, normal thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/it-s-actually-not-much-of-a-risk-to-say-i-don-t-think-we-should-put/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [In the current situation with criminalization, we've created situations where sex workers have very little power and control over their lives. Increasing one group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-the-current-situation-with-criminalization-we-ve-created/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Almost everything I've learned about journalism has been from other friends who are journalists, taking advantage of the money I hope they don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/almost-everything-i-ve-learned-about-journalism-has-been-from-other/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [I remember being in high school in the '90s, and even then somehow hearing about the the Canadian Supreme Court's Butler decision which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-remember-being-in-high-school-in-the-90s-and-even-then-somehow/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Kristin Gwynne has been writing some great stuff about the sexually violent element of "stop-and-frisk." This isn't just "turn out your pockets." This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/kristin-gwynne-has-been-writing-some-great-stuff-about-the-sexually/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [In New Zealand, sex workers are regarded as workers, as people who are members of the community, people who have a stake in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/in-new-zealand-sex-workers-are-regarded-as-workers-as-people-who-are/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Even at legal brothels, sex workers have very little power and control over their workplace. They might have power with their customers on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/even-at-legal-brothels-sex-workers-have-very-little-power-and-control/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [I've moved away from writing about and describing actual experiences of sex work, whether mine or anybody else's, because the culture is obsessed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-ve-moved-away-from-writing-about-and-describing-actual-experiences/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [I have to do this all the time - choosing what to print based on how it might come back to harm people from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/i-have-to-do-this-all-the-time-choosing-what-to-print-based-on-how-it/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [When I interviewed the evangelical Christian youth group who were protesting the Village Voice, I wanted them to feel they could freely tell me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/when-i-interviewed-the-evangelical-christian-youth-group-who-were/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

> [Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-gira-grant/say-you-re-a-sex-worker-and-your-partner-knows-you-re-a-sex-worker/)

[Melissa Gira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-gira-grant/)

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