I had an epiphany about sex work in my thirties. I was, of course, taught to think it was bad and dirty and immoral and that only damaged people do it (dear gods...). But in my thirties, I toyed with edging into the industry dozens of times because I needed the money and my salary as a teacher was not cutting it. One day, I realized that a) I'd been contemplating doing sex work for years and there was nothing wrong with me or making a decision like that and b) that it would likely be a slow slide into other kinds of sex work, which meant lots of women probably had toyed with the same thoughts I was toying with and had gone down that path. And again - there was nothing wrong with that or them.

Changed my entire perspective on sex work.