What We Must Not Know in Order To Keep the Business of Sexual Exploitation Running Smoothly

Question 1

violence in prostitution

Answer 1

-68% of those in prostitution met PTSD criteria
“Across widely varying cultures on five continents, the traumatic consequences of prostitution were similar”
-Dissociation “common psych defense against trauma of prost.” according to a study
-Murder more likely; Canada commission found death rate for prost. 40 times higher than general pop
-Eighty-five percent of prostituted women interviewed in Minneapolis-St. Paul had been raped in prostitution

Question 2

racism, class prejudice, sexism in prositution

Answer 2

-“Prostitution is “chosen” as a job by those who have the fewest real choices available to them”