Unique forms of informal sex pedagogies are created by the sex workers and around sex work.
The sex pedagogies emanating from sex work is important because it produces informal
knowledge from unpopular perspectives. This knowledge is not derived from tradition or culture.
Rather it is orchestrated based on the experiences of sex workers who observe mainstream cultures
from the margin. That said, sex work is not a mere paid contract. It is a lifestyle in many ways. A
thorough analysis of narratives on sex work points to the unique features of the sex workers’
informal sex pedagogies. For example, such a pedagogy is shaped by the inter-personal
relationship between the sex workers and their clients; and the relationship between the sex
workers themselves. Friendship, companionship, mutuality and wholesome understanding of sex
shapes such informal sex pedagogy. Usually, the sex workers’ public engagement with sex is used
against them to marginalize them from the mainstream society. However, I see their experiences
as a rich source of knowledge. Therefore, I explore narratives on sex work as documents of
profound knowledge on sex and sexuality. I consider autobiographies, fictions, films and blogs on
and by female sex workers whose clients are predominantly male. Autobiographies, fictions, films
and blogs that deal with sex and sex work borrow some traits of informality and therefore remain
beyond the canon. The sex pedagogy emerging from informal narratives on sex work present sex
as a lifestyle. It is a transformative way of understanding sex beyond reproduction, marital duty
and gender-based interpretations.