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Veronica Monet
File:Veronica-monet.jpg
Born (1960-04-01) April 1, 1960 (age 64)
Alma materOregon State University
Occupation(s)activist, author, therapist
Websitetheshamefreezone.com

Veronica Monet (born April 1, 1960) is an American activist for the sex worker rights movement and is the author of Sex Secrets of Escorts (Penguin, 2005)[1] Her early media appearances (on CNN, FOX News, Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect, and in the New York Times) were focused on debunking stereotypes about sex workers, and advocating for the decriminalization of all sex work. From 1989 to 2004, she was a high-end escort and courtesan, charging up to $16,000 a date.[2] Monet's later work focuses on anger management, healing shame, and helping couples integrate their sexuality with their spirituality.[citation needed]


Early Life and Career

Veronica Monet was born to working class parents in the rural town of Prairie City, Oregon. Her mother raised her according to the beliefs of a conservative Christian doomsday cult.[citation needed]

She was homeschooled and did not participate in public education until entering college in 1978, when she was granted Honors at Entrance at Oregon State University. In 1979, Monet left the denomination she was raised in, and in 1982 she graduated from Oregon State University with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration.[3]

The first seven years after college, Veronica was employed as an office manager, department manager, and marketing representative. She experienced on-the-job sexual harassment, as well as gender pay discrimination, and these negative experiences would influence her subsequent work trajectory.[citation needed]

Monet's early adult life was complicated by a severe addiction to drugs and alcohol that led her to a twelve-step program in 1985. She has remained clean and sober ever since, and attributes her long-term sobriety to the twelve-step programs and ongoing therapy.[citation needed]

Career

Monet became a high-end escort in 1989, after four years of sobriety, and worked as a clean and sober high-end escort for fifteen years, as she described when she was profiled as a 'modern day courtesan' on A&E's Love Chronicles in the year 2000.[4]

Throughout her escorting career, Veronica was married and helped to raise her husband's two young children.[5] In 2004, Monet divorced her husband of fourteen years due to his relapse around pain pills. That same year, she transitioned from escorting to relationship coaching and moved from the California Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She spent the next eight years living in a mountain cabin while touring major American cities to promote her first book, Sex Secrets of Escorts, published by Penguin in 2005.

In the Fall of 2000, the Kinsey Institute established The Veronica Monet Collection.[6]

Academics in the field of psychology have referenced Monet's expertise on the dynamics of sexual shame and porn addiction. She is cited in the late Christopher Kennedy Lawford's Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit Manage Any Addiction (pages 166-167)Lawford, Christopher Kennedy (18 December 2012). Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit Manage Any Addiction. BenBella. ISBN 1936661969., and Stanford professor Philip Zimbardo's Man (Dis)Connected (page 223).Zimbardo, Philip (17 May 2015). Man (Dis)Connected. Rider. ISBN 1846044847.

Recent Work

Monet became a Certified Sexologist through the American College of Sexologists in 2007[7] and an Anger Management Specialist through Century Anger Management[8] and is also a graduate of San Francisco Sex InformationLawford, Christopher (17 May 2015). Recover to Live. BenBella. ISBN 1936661977. and now works as a relationship therapist helping people heal trauma and shame.[9]

Television appearances

Monet has made many appearances on television, as one of the prominent vocal advocates of sex workers' rights during the 1990s.[citation needed]

  • We TV: Secret Lives of Women, Nevada City, CA, December 2009.
  • CNBC: Dirty Money, Nevada City, Ca, November 2008.
  • FOX40, Sacramento, Ca, August 2008, September 2008, June 2009.
  • KCRA Channel 3, Sacramento, Ca, May 2008.
  • The Young Turks, Los Angeles, Ca, April 2008.
  • ABS-CBN International’s Speak Out, San Carlos, Ca, February 2007.
  • FOX News: From The Heartland, San Francisco, Ca, September 2003.
  • Sex Pro: Berkeley Community Media, Berkeley, Ca, July 2003.
  • Kron’s Sex And The City, San Francisco, Ca, May 2003.
  • Tech Tv's Cybercrime, San Francisco Ca, January 2001.
  • A&E's Love Chronicles, San Francisco, Ca, January 2000.
  • Playboy's Sexcetera, Los Angeles, Ca, November 1998.
  • SexTV (Canadian), November 1998, February 1999, March 2003.
  • Politically Incorrect, Las Vegas, Nv, November 1998.
  • KTVU Channel 2 News, San Francisco. Ca, April 1997.
  • Peep (German), April 1997.
  • September Films : Hollywood Sex (British), December 1996.
  • Streetwise, San Francisco, Ca, November 1996, April 1997, June 1997, July 1997, August 1997.
  • ABC's 20/20, San Francisco, Ca, October 1996.
  • He Said...she Said, Los Angeles, Ca, June 1995.
  • CNN's Talk Back, San Francisco, Ca, November 1994.
  • Playboy Entertainment, San Francisco, Ca, September 1994.
  • The Rolonda Show, New York, Ny, September 1994.
  • Sonya Live On CNN, San Francisco, Ca, December 1993.
  • CNN, San Francisco, Ca, December 1993.
  • The Mo Show, Los Angeles, Ca, August And October 1993.
  • Erotica SF, San Francisco, Ca, October 1993.
  • The Maury Povich Show, New York City, Ny, June 1993.
  • Hard Copy, San Francisco, Ca, May 1993.
  • The Jane Whitney Show, New York City, Ny, May 1993.
  • The Jane Whitney Show, Boston, Ma, November 1992.
  • Geraldo, New York City, Ny, October 1992, February 1997.
  • The Doctor Dean Show, San Francisco, Ca, July 1992.
  • CBS Street Stories, San Francisco, Ca, February 1992.
  • The Kelly And Company Show, Detroit, Mi, February, 1992.
  • The Montel Williams Show, Los Angeles, Ca, October 1991.

Bibliography

Books

  • Sex Secrets of Escorts, 2005 Penguin. 15,000 + copies sold. Translated into four languages (Romanian, German, Spanish and Czech).
  • Love, Lust and Romance in the Wake of #MeToo. Currently under development for publication in 2020.

Book Credits

  • Ecosexuality: When Nature Inspires The Arts Of Love, edited by SerenaGaia Anderlini-D’Onofrio and Lindsay Hagamen, 2015.
  • Johns, Marks, Tricks And Chickenhawks: Professionals & Their Clients Writing About Each Other, Edited By David Henry Sterry And R.j. Martin, Jr., 2013.
  • Recover To Live, Interviewed By Christopher Kennedy Lawford, 2013
  • Orgasms: Art & Psyche, With Nikita Duncan, Philip Zimbardo And Veronica Monet, 2009.
  • Working Sex, Edited By Annie Oakley, Seal Press, 2007.
  • Paying For It, Edited By Greta Christina, Greenery Press, 2004.
  • Dangerous Families: Queer Writing On Surviving, Edited By Mattilda, A.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Harrington Park Press, 2004.
  • Porn 101, Edited By Elias, Elias, Bullough, Brewer, Douglas, And Jarvis, Prometheus Books, 1999.
  • Breaking Ritual Silence, Edited By Jeanne Marie Lorena And Paula Levy, Trout And Sons, Inc., 1998.
  • Whores And Other Feminists, Edited By Jill Nagle, Routledge, 1997.
  • Human Sexuality: Opposing Viewpoints (High School/college Textbook), Edited By Bender, Leone, Stalcup And Swisher, Greenhaven Press, 1995.

Magazine Credits

  • Loving More Magazine, Winter/spring 2008.
  • Open Exchange Magazine, February 2008.
  • Complete Woman, October/November 2005.
  • Artists Against Rape: We Will Not Be Silenced, Summer 2005.
  • Spread, Spring 2005, Spring 2007.
  • Survivorship, Volume 12, No. 4, Winter 2004.
  • Research For Sex Work, June 2004.
  • S.M.U.T. Magazine, October 2003, August 2004.
  • Metro Madness, April 2002.
  • Bitch, No. 11, Fall 1999; No. 12, Spring 2000.
  • The Sun, June 1998.
  • Black Sheets, Number 9, Spring 1996.
  • Gauntlet: Exploring The Limits Of Free Expression, Number 7, 1994.
  • Anything That Moves, (Staff Writer) 1991 To 1995.
  • Crazy Quilt, Volume 1, Issue 4, Summer 1991.
  • The Downtown Post, (Newspaper Column) 1988.

References

  1. ^ "Sex Secrets of Escorts".
  2. ^ "Escort explains sex secrets, success". San Bernadino Sun. 20 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Modern Sex Conference". 15 February 2011.
  4. ^ "The two worlds of Veronica Monet". Salon. 23 October 2002.
  5. ^ "Escort's hot tip: It's not just about the sex, it's about the mind". San Francisco Gate. 23 November 2005.
  6. ^ "Indiana University, Bloomington - Veronica Monet collection".
  7. ^ "ACS directory".
  8. ^ "Psychology Today".
  9. ^ "Psychology Today directory".
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