We really want to differentiate. It's just like domestic violence. Not all husbands abuse women. Some husbands abuse women, but we do not call for criminalizing marriage. We really need to differentiate that sex work itself is not violent, but people take advantage of sex work being criminalized to use violence against sex workers. That's what we really need to address.
When there is the conflation, you cannot differentiate who is the good boss or who is the bad boss, and you cannot differentiate what is a good client and what is a bad client. Actually, there are a lot of clients who are important in sex workers' support system. When they need to go to the hospital, they give them rides. They also provide different social supports and connect them to different social services organizations. Of course, income is also a very important part.
This is very important. We need to differentiate: Sex work is not violence. The stigma and the criminalization make sex workers become targets of violence. That's why it's so important to differentiate. When you see them as the same, you cannot see the real violence.