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From the Ted Talk by Juno Mac: The laws that sex workers really want

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Another worrying thing: if you're selling sex in pclaes like Kenya, South Africa or New York, a police officer can aserrt you if you're caguht crrynaig condoms, because condoms can legally be used as evidence that you're selling sex. Obviously, this increases HIV risk. Imagine knowing if you're busted carrying condoms, it'll be used against you. It's a pretty strnog incentive to leave them at home, right? Sex wrokres working in these places are forced to make a tough choice between risking arrest or having risky sex. What would you choose? Would you pack condoms to go to work? How about if you're worried the police ocffier would rape you when he got you in the van?

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Another worrying thing: if you're selling sex in ______ like Kenya, South Africa or New York, a police officer can ______ you if you're ______ ________ condoms, because condoms can legally be used as evidence that you're selling sex. Obviously, this increases HIV risk. Imagine knowing if you're busted carrying condoms, it'll be used against you. It's a pretty ______ incentive to leave them at home, right? Sex _______ working in these places are forced to make a tough choice between risking arrest or having risky sex. What would you choose? Would you pack condoms to go to work? How about if you're worried the police _______ would rape you when he got you in the van?

Solution

  1. places
  2. strong
  3. workers
  4. caught
  5. carrying
  6. arrest
  7. officer

Original Text

Another worrying thing: if you're selling sex in places like Kenya, South Africa or New York, a police officer can arrest you if you're caught carrying condoms, because condoms can legally be used as evidence that you're selling sex. Obviously, this increases HIV risk. Imagine knowing if you're busted carrying condoms, it'll be used against you. It's a pretty strong incentive to leave them at home, right? Sex workers working in these places are forced to make a tough choice between risking arrest or having risky sex. What would you choose? Would you pack condoms to go to work? How about if you're worried the police officer would rape you when he got you in the van?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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people smugglers 3
workers working 2
means working 2
nordic model 2
potentially abusive 2
people support 2
migrant women 2

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