ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I explore and introduce a concept: endarkened consciousness. I begin by outlining connections between student work and student learning and why those connections might matter in relation to college-student sex workers. Then I outline the impact of sex work and how students in this study developed critical consciousness about themselves, the world, and oppression more broadly. I discuss how sex work contributed to the growth and development of the college students in this project including a general distrust of men, an appreciation for intersectional feminism, and confidence in their bodies, voices, and choices. The students share that sex work helped them develop agency in a way nothing else in their life had. These realizations made them better equipped to deal with dominance in the world and fueled their passion for equity and justice.
