X-rated English taught to foreign sex workers in London

A group of foreign women who sell sex in London have turned their hand to teaching English—but the words they are imparting to their students are unlikely to be featured in tourist phrase books. The classes are aimed at migrants working in London’s sex industry. Alice (not her real name), a 25-year-old Australian studying for her masters in post-colonial theory, is the brainchild of the language classes. Alice also works as an escort and is involved in the International Union of Sex Workers. She formed a group with 14 other women—many of whom are working in the industry—to set up the classes. “Women are [working in the sex industry] for the money, not because they like meeting four or five strange men a day,” she says. Read the article at Guardian Unlimited.