{"id":1011468,"date":"2021-11-14T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1011468"},"modified":"2021-11-14T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T19:14:03","slug":"durham-u-denies-teaching-students-how-to-be-prostitutes-says-it-only-offers-support-and-advice-on-sex-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-u-denies-teaching-students-how-to-be-prostitutes-says-it-only-offers-support-and-advice-on-sex-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham U. Denies Teaching Students How to Be Prostitutes: Says It Only Offers &#039;Support&#039; and &#039;Advice&#039; on &#039;Sex Work&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdurham-u-denies-teaching-students-how-to-be-prostitutes-says-it-only-offers-support-and-advice-on-sex-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1011468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Durham University in Durham, England, denies that it is teaching its students how to be prostitutes, saying that it is only offering them \u201csupport\u201d and \u201cadvice\u201d on engaging in \u201csex work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university clarified that it only supports existing \u201csex workers,\u201d and is not in the business of creating new ones, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/about-us\/notices\/sex-worker-support\/\">statement<\/a> released after Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/12\/durham-university-is-offering-students-lessons-on-how-to-be-a-prostitute\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;the school is offering students online lessons on how to stay safe while working as a prostitute.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_12367952\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-506888971.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12367952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-506888971.png\" alt=\"prostitution\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following widespread coverage of the university\u2019s controversial education choices, the school felt the need to release a statement claiming it is \u201cextremely disappointed by the way the intentions for, and content of, this session have been misinterpreted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDurham University is a safe place to live, work and study,\u201d a Durham spokesperson insisted in a statement. \u201cAs a responsible University, we strive to ensure that students who may be vulnerable or at risk are protected and have access to the support to which they are entitled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university went on to explain that it brought in a session from the external \u201cStudents Involved in the Adult Sex Industry,\u201d because the school had received requests \u201cfrom a small number of concerned students\u201d over the years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is not unique to Durham University, and engagement in sex work, which includes online activities, is a feature within the HE sector across the UK,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe session was developed and is delivered by external trainers who are experts in delivering support to those engaged in sex work,\u201d the spokesperson explained.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p>The decision to provide this support was made following consultation with student representatives, members of the University\u2019s Sexual Misconduct and Violence Operations Group, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Unit, Counselling and Mental Health Service and safeguarding representatives.<\/p>\n<p>We are emphatically not seeking to encourage sex work but we are seeking to provide support to our students. We don\u2019t judge, we listen, support and give practical help. We run many courses for students and staff on topics from mental health and wellbeing to drug and alcohol awareness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe intent here is to ensure that social stigma does not prevent students who might be vulnerable or at risk from accessing the support they need and to which they are entitled,\u201d the Durham University spokesperson continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff and students took part in a one hour session to understand the challenges and obstacles that students involved in sex work might struggle to overcome when wishing to seek support,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>The university explained that such sessions teach staff and students \u201chow those&nbsp;stigmas can be overcome to ensure that any affected student can receive appropriate support and feel comfortable in requesting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe make no apologies for working to ensure that Durham is a safe environment for all of our students and staff,\u201d the spokesperson concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durham University in Durham, England, denies that it is teaching its students how to be prostitutes, saying that it is only offering them \u201csupport\u201d and \u201cadvice\u201d on engaging in \u201csex &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}