Safety and Legal Information
Sex work - what is it?
Sex work is the exchange of sexual services for money or goods.
Sexual Services - what are they?
The definition of sexual services adopted in Victoria has three main activities under it. They are:
- Taking part with someone in an act of sexual penetration. This includes oral, anal and vaginal sexual penetration. If you put a tongue, finger or other part of the body or an object, into a vagina, anus or mouth - or let any of these things be done to you - it's an act of sexual penetration (Crimes Act 1958).
- Masturbating someone. To be considered masturbating, their genitals can be clothed and they don't have to cum.
- Letting someone view acts of sexual penetration or masturbation when there is any form of physical contact between any watcher and any watched or when any watcher is allowed or encouraged to masturbate.
If you get money or goods for doing any of these things, you are doing sex work.
Is Sex Work Legal?
Sex work is a legal job in Victoria, if you adhere to the Sex Work Act (1994).
No matter where you work:
- you must be over the age of 18 to do sex work, and
- the choice to do sex work must be yours, that is, it is against the law for anyone to force or bully you into sex work.