Sex and the Library Research Study

Research and Technical Advisor, June 2009 - Present

Sex Work Awareness has been named the United States country research partner for the Exploratory Research on Internet & Sexuality (EROTICS) research project, funded by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). Other country research teams are from Brazil, Lebanon-Egypt, South Africa and India. SWA is investigating the use of content filters on library and college computers with Internet access. SWA’s priority research areas are access to information about sexuality and sexual reproductive health. Data for the study was collected through an online survey that gives people the opportunity report on their experiences using the Internet to get sex-related information.

Audacia is the research and technical advisor for the study, and has been responsible for creating a website about the study, Info and the Library, as well as the online survey. The researchers have also relied on Audacia’s expertise on sexuality and the internet and her contacts with online communities to distribute information about the study. She will assist the researchers in presenting the study findings on the study website and on a variety of blogs.