Platforms, Sex, Work

How is online sex work being reshaped by the rise of platform labour and the gig economy? In this book, Helen Rand examines the legal, economic, cultural and technological forces shaping online sex markets and the lived experiences of those working within them. Drawing on qualitative interviews with sex workers, customers and activists, she explores how digital platforms structure sexual labour, and how workers navigate, resist and reshape those structures.Bringing together feminist theory and digital labour studies, the book reveals how platforms and policies, from FOSTA/SESTA to the Online Safety Act, reorganize sex markets, shaping agency, consent, exploitation and value.