Safety Issues

These pages will address safety issues you will face as a worker. They include rape, physical, mental and verbal abuse. This subject is incredibly important so special attention will be given to enriching this area in the future. Information we have ready for you at the moment you can navigate easily to by either using the menu on the left or hitting on any of the red underlined topic areas below. Information written includes:

Current safety information available includes:

1.  Contact numbers - this is a page where you'll be able to get some quick referral numbers and website links in case something happens to you or a friend in the industry

2.  Ugly Mug Report Form - this is a report form similar to the one many sex worker organisations would use so it gets you use to knowing the sort of information you will need to remember if something does happen to you. It is also the kind of information the Police will want if you decide to report it. We also talk a little bit about how to recognise and Ugly Mug.

3.  Time Wasters and Nuisance Callers - this is a page that addresses the issues of phonecalls, emails and text messages from time wasters and other undesirable people. It goes thru how to recognise them, what they are, what to do if you get one, how to avoid them, call screening etc.

4.  Stalkers - how to spot them, how to manage them and what you can do about them 

5.  Drink Spiking - what is drink spiking, what drugs are being used, what to do if your drink is spiked, how to stay safe in a booking to avoid having your drink spiked and all sorts of other information

6.  Caller ID Spoofing  -  this is a new trick to Australia where men are now able to use technology like VOIP / Skype etc to change their caller ID so we are no longer able to screen them.

Articles to come:

1.  What to do if assaulted - this will include information on what you could possible do during the assault and after it

2.  What is the process if you want to report a rape - Police reports, rape kits, crisis counsellor and how to deal with these people

3.  Keeping contained - how to make your workplace safer to be in with a man if you're working from home or on an escort job