Sharni
06-07-2003, 06:34 AM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian state has pulled funding for a sex workers' support group after it published a pamphlet teaching prostitutes tricks to make sure customers keep coming back for more.
The pamphlet by the Phoenix organization in Western Australia gave sex workers tips such as "always act like you enjoy it" and don't wear shoes in bed." It was called "Regulars."
A spokeswoman for the Western Australian health minister, Bob Kucera, said an audit of Phoenix also found it was using state government money to publish a magazine the minister considered to be virtually pornographic.
Phoenix received A$242,000 ($160,000) in state funding last financial year and was supposed to spend that on promoting health care among sex workers in Western Australia, where prostitution is illegal but to some extent tolerated, the spokeswoman said.
"The material Phoenix has produced appears to glamorize and promote the sex industry and much of it has nothing to do with health outcomes," Kucera said in a statement.
Phoenix did not immediately return calls to Reuters.
The pamphlet by the Phoenix organization in Western Australia gave sex workers tips such as "always act like you enjoy it" and don't wear shoes in bed." It was called "Regulars."
A spokeswoman for the Western Australian health minister, Bob Kucera, said an audit of Phoenix also found it was using state government money to publish a magazine the minister considered to be virtually pornographic.
Phoenix received A$242,000 ($160,000) in state funding last financial year and was supposed to spend that on promoting health care among sex workers in Western Australia, where prostitution is illegal but to some extent tolerated, the spokeswoman said.
"The material Phoenix has produced appears to glamorize and promote the sex industry and much of it has nothing to do with health outcomes," Kucera said in a statement.
Phoenix did not immediately return calls to Reuters.