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Quinn Everly in new Stan reality series Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money.

Sex work is all over TV right now. Which shows are telling the real story?

New Aussie reality series Turned On is about sex work in the same way The Real Housewives of Sydney is about real housewives that live in Sydney.

  • Lucie Bee

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Sex worker Kayla Jade is well known for her social media videos about her work.

The golden rule of sex work is to not fall in love with a client. Kayla Jade broke it

She tried to keep her guard up, until one day “Mr Sheffield” arrived.

  • Kayla Jade
Charley Allanah aka Natasha Ambrose

A client owed Natasha $2200. She had no idea he was a serial rapist

The man had hired Sydney-based Natasha Ambrose for almost a year before things turned “weird”.

  • Emily Kaine
The Pink House … the oldest brothel in Australia.

I visited Australia’s oldest brothel with my mum. It was eye-opening

Kalgoorlie’s infamous pink house has had its doors open for over a century. No questions about the women-run enterprise seem to be off-limits for McGowan.

  • Julia D'Orazio
Bonnie Blue.

Jokes about boys and a banned porn star aren’t ‘edgy’. It’s exploitation

Bonnie Blue bragged about having sex with young men. If the genders were reversed, no one would be laughing.

  • Melissa Hoyer
Sex worker Dallas Rayne wants the Punter Planet website which reviews sex workers to be taken down.

‘A breeding ground for misogyny’: Calls to shut down popular review website

A Melbourne-run sex review website with more than 250,000 members has been labelled a breeding ground for misogyny and unacceptable behaviour towards women.

  • Cara Waters
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Curated guest lists, ‘consent angels’, ‘female energy’: How swinging’s changed

More people – including “unicorn” single women – are checking out the nation’s sex parties. One stalwart’s top tip for the curious: practise saying “no”.

  • Konrad Marshall

‘I have no regrets’: My husband the escort

When a young married couple fall into financial straits, the husband turns to escort work – at his wife’s urging – to pay the bills.

  • Anonymous

I worked at an escort agency. This is how it changed my attitude to sex

What started as a side hustle born out of curiosity became a window into a hidden truth: everyone wants to be touched.

  • Jade May
Australian influencer Anna Paul, English adult actress Bonnie Blue and singer Lily Allen are well-known OnlyFans creators.

How adult content platform OnlyFans transformed porn

The platform, reportedly up for sale for billions, has made a smutty industry far more lucrative.

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