The emotionally distanced self takes over more and more of the private self. In addition to shutting down emotionally, prostitutes must shut down sexually. Then when they later want to be sexually involved with someone they care about, it is usually impossible to get turned on. Almost every prostitute I have ever spoken with or interviewed has severe sexual dysfunction. Some have told me that it feels as if their partners are tricks.
Prostitutes experience a systematic destruction of the sexual self.
It is the cruellest lie perpetrated by sex industry advocates that prostitutes sexually enjoy their work. I do agree that prostitutes suffer from social hatred and contempt - they are often treated as if they are filth. This is an injustice, and they do not deserve to be treated that way. But the solution is not to decriminalize prostitution. Decriminalization simply normalizes the violence I have been posting about.