Re: Of whores and boors...

"Ian Iveson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> For most of the prostitutes I know, their second worst memories and fears
are of the process by which they became prostitutes. Their worst is whatever
made them vulnerable to that process in the first place.
>
> I understand that a high proportion of UK prostitutes are from
> families with a background of violence, many with single mothers. A
vicious circle can ensue that lasts for generations.
>
> A typical cut-and-paste story. Father abuses daughter at 14 yrs.  Mother
finds out. Mother leaves father. Father falls to drink or suicide. Mother
kicks shit out of daughter. Eventually daughter finds someone who
understands her position. Someone is a pimp, this understanding is their
active business and a tool of the trade.
>
> Daughter tells of experience with father. Perhaps within an hour or so the
now utterly defenceless daughter is repeatedly raped and drugged with
heroin. Perhaps the induction is a little more subtle.
>
> In any event, there is usually no way back for the daughter.
>
> But I am at what you might call the bottom end of the industry. You were
saving girls from this kind of story weren't you?
>
> You may also argue that the malaise within the sex industry is a function
of the society that hosts it, rather than the business itself. That is a
fair point, IMHO.
>
> The key question for me is, considering that prostitutes never
> respect their clients, how can a client, knowing this, get any kicks out
of the experience? Or is that part of it? Neither the men nor the girls I
ask know the answer, or they're not telling. Did you ever find out?
>
> What drew you to hi-fi? You may have noticed that you are pretty unique in
these circles simply because you are a woman. That's why I ask.

Have you been watching "The Bill" again, Ian?