I couldn't give you the exact statistic, but it's a fairly large percentage that represents sex industry workers who've been sexually abused or molested in their past in some form. I used to do phone sex for a living, and sometimes the girls I work with would go out to the strip clubs, where the workers all gathered around our table to hang out when they weren't dancing on slow nights when there wasn't enough meat in the seats to work the room. We used to joke to them, "We finish what you start." I do think it can be a kind of empowerment, and that if it doesn't become a way of life (as it did for my sister, who moved into porn), but helps you find yourself, then it can even be a launching pad for the life you want. Good for you.
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Date: 2014-08-05 07:33 am (UTC)