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'I'd love to be doing this in my 60s': The debate over selling sex in Scotland

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27.11.2025

Porcelain Victoria has been selling sex for eight years.

The 26-year-old says that being self-employed allows her to be flexible with her working hours, which helps with childcare.

"I very much enjoy how freeing it is and, of course, bringing a smile to my clients' faces," she says.

"In any customer service job, you want to bring a smile to your client's face, whether you're a chef, or a plumber, or just somebody working at a shop."

Porcelain Victoria says she started selling sex when she was 18 and used it as a way to escape an abusive household.

"I plan to do this until I can't, basically. I would love to be doing this in my 60s," she says.

"My plan is to hopefully semi-retire and become a counsellor helping couples and solo people figure out their sexuality when it comes to kinks and fetishes."

But she is concerned that a potential change in the law in Scotland could drive her and other sex workers into poverty.

Independent MSP Ash Regan has put forward a bill that would make it an offence to pay for sexual services. It's an approach often referred to as the Nordic model and was first implemented in Sweden.

Regan, who previously ran in an SNP leadership contest, argues that challenging men's demand for prostitution will help protect women.

At the moment, sex can be sold and bought in Scotland but certain elements - such as soliciting, kerb-crawling and brothel-keeping - are illegal.

Under Regan's plans, selling would be legal and buying would be criminalised. Sex workers would have a statutory right to support and convictions for soliciting would be expunged. The law would not change with regard to brothels.

But the plans are divisive.

Porcelain Victoria, who works in the Fife area, says sex work has given her an income that allows her to give her child the........

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