by Srilatha Batliwala, Himal Southasian, Nepal - Despite decades of tension between feminists and sex workers, today it is finally becoming clear that the former has much to learn from the latter.From the earliest days of ‘second wave’ feminism, the issues of choice and consent have been central to feminist thought throughout the world. In the Indian context, analysis by both scholars and activists has addressed the question of feminism’s ambivalent approach to sex work and sex workers, and the implicit lack of understanding of how choice and consent operate in this realm.