Slutdom in the media

'Guess what? Mummy is a sex worker': the sexologist who wants to build a 'slutopia' for women

"Slutdom is a joyous affair, and a mission to work towards establishing a “slutopia”, where all women can be sexually free and there is no gender-based “pleasure deficit”.

Dr Hilary Caldwell's story of coming out as a sex worker after 20 years in the industry, published in The Guardian 29 June 2024.

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Sex worker and academic Hilary Caldwell waited 20 years to share her story. Now she's using it to empower others

"If we valued sexual experience as something wonderful instead of something slutty and shameful, then women might not feel they don't like sex."

Dr Hilary Caldwell speaks to ABC Radio National, 8 August 2024

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I'm a single mum who was struggling to pay bills. So I gave up nursing to become a sex worker.

"Sex workers are still shunned and judged harshly, and the discrimination and stigma surrounding my new career path made coming out unsafe for me. I hid my sex work from friends and family because I wanted to protect my safety and that of my four daughters. Keeping my sex work a secret was isolating."

Read an excerpt from Slutdom in Mamamia, 7 July 2024

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Sexologist says it's time to 'shed the shame'

"Flexible family-friendly hours, the opportunity to dress up, choose your clients, have fun and make a lot of money in a few hours."

Dr Hilary Caldwell talks to the Newcastle Herald about Slutdom and the joy of sex work, 28 October 2024.

The joy of sex: She kept her "other life" secret for years, but Hilary Caldwell is now proudly embracing being a sex worker

Hilary Caldwell lifts the lid on her double life, working as a nurse and a sex worker. And shares with Good Weekend magazine the one barrier stopping women enjoying sex as much as men