Sydney, Nov 28 (ANI): A new documentary titled 'Scarlet Road', which has been nominated for the Walkley Award, tells the story of a man who loves sex but is confined to the wheelchair with cerebral palsy, due to which he has been the client of a Sydney sex worker for the past seven years.
The documentary, made by Catherine Scott, explores the relation between people like Mark Manitta and Rachel Wotton, who specialises in disabled clients.
"People do not understand the difference that sex makes," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Manitta as saying.
"'Part of having cerebral palsy is spasticity and muscle spasms. I need sex all the time to make my muscles relax. And I like sex," he said.
Three years in the making, the documentary provides a rare glimpse into a world that most people are oblivious to or would rather pretend doesn't exist.
"People assume disabled people don't have the same biological needs and desires that everyone else has," Wotton said.
"But sexual expression is a basic need for everyone, not just for those who can walk and talk freely," she said.
Outspoken, articulate and utterly unflappable, Wotton, who has spent 17 years in the industry, describes herself as a "whore", a brazenly self-deprecatory term that belies her intelligence and ambition, but it's her empathy and pragmatism that resonate most strongly.
"Part of my reason for doing the film was to wipe away the 'us and them' mentality.
"We're all one car accident away from being in the same position as these guys. Tomorrow we could all wake up out of coma and not be able to eat let alone have sex or touch ourselves. What I say to people is imagine the next time you go to have sex or masturbate having to call your mum and have her organise it all for you," she added. (ANI)
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