Unlikely bedfellows: How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike
- Written by Hannah Wohl, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Flexibility is a big draw for workers in the gig economy.d3sign via Getty ImagesOn a porn set in California’s San Fernando Valley, a performer we’ll call Jake explains why he joined the industry after dabbling in escorting. He says he was drawn to porn work because of the freedom he finds as an independent contractor.
He works 10 to 15...