'I was in Barcelona on a night out with some friends, and this woman came over and asked me if I was a model or an actor. I said I was just a student. Then she asked me to do a porn film. '
Luke
Sex workers don't get enough respect, nor are they usually afforded the same rights and safety associated with most other jobs and careers. Much of this may have to do with how misunderstood the profession is, something the new UK reality show Student Sex Workers wants to address. The claims one in twenty British students have entered into some form of sex work in order to fund their studies. Luke is one of them.
The 21 year-old physics student was literally whisked off his feet and onto the screen by director Erika Lust, who cast him in two of her films. Luke (Kristopher Kodjoe) says he wasn't so much shocked as intrigued at the prospect and after weighing the pros and cons, as well as the risks and potential safety issues. Luke finding decided that the money he could make working a few days in porn would allow him to focus on school without the hundreds of hours he would to put into another job to make the same amount of cash.
Sex work is a serious business, as are the issues involved. Putting the word 'student' into anything involving sex usually brings in an audience, and although I haven't seen the show yet, I hope there's some education thrown in with the obvious titillation that goes along with producing a reality show.
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