01/05/2026
性工作和勞動者
S*x work and Labour
五一國際勞動節，提醒我們重新思考一個看似簡單、卻經常被選擇性忽略的問題：誰，被視為勞動者？在香港，有一群人長期付出時間、身體與情緒勞動，承擔風險、換取收入，卻往往被排除在「值得被尊重的工作」之外——性工作者。性工作是否存在，從來不是疑問；真正的問題是，我們是否願意正視它作為勞動的事實。
Labour Day, reminds us to rethink a question that seems simple but is often selectively ignored: who is considered a worker? In Hong Kong, there is a group of people who have long devoted their time, bodies, and emotional labour, taking on risks in exchange for income, yet are often excluded from the category of “work worthy of respect”—s*x workers. The existence of s*x work has never been in doubt; the real question is whether we are willing to recognise it as labour.
承認性工作是勞動，並非要求價值觀一致，更不是浪漫化任何行業，而是回到最基本的原則：凡以勞動維生者，皆應享有尊嚴與保障。當一份工作被污名化，後果往往不是消失，而是轉入更不安全、更難求助的狀態，令支援更難抵達，讓暴力更容易發生。去污名的意義，不在於說服，而在於減少傷害；不是為了美化任何行業，而是為了讓健康、尊嚴與安全不再附帶條件。
Acknowledging s*x work as labour does not mean demanding uniform values, nor romanticising any industry. It simply returns to the most basic principle: anyone who makes a living through labour should enjoy dignity and protection. When a form of work is stigmatised, the result is rarely disappearance; instead, it shifts into more unsafe, harder-to-reach conditions, making support less accessible and violence more likely. The meaning of de-stigmatisation is not about persuasion, but about reducing harm; not about beautifying any industry, but about ensuring that health, dignity, and safety are no longer conditional.
國際勞動節若只為被接受的工種而存在，那麼它本身就失去了公平的意義。真正的勞動精神，應容納差異，並拒絕以道德喜惡劃分誰值得被保障。在這個屬於勞動的日子，或許我們可以多踏一步，擴闊對「工作」的想像，為被忽視的人留一個位置——因為尊重勞動，從來不應該附帶條件。性工作者也是勞動者。承認這一點，是尊重勞動，也是為一個更安全、更公平的香港，踏出務實的一步。
If International Labour Day exists only for accepted occupations, then it loses its fairness. The true spirit of labour should embrace difference and reject dividing who deserves protection based on moral preference. On this day that belongs to workers, perhaps we can take one more step: expand our imagination of “work” and leave space for those overlooked—because respect for labour should never come with conditions.
S*x workers are workers too. Recognising this is not only respect for labour, but also a pragmatic step toward a safer, fairer Hong Kong.
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