Prostitutes have a difficult occupation.
They face social stigma, violence and abuse. Transgendered women constitute a significant minority population within the general population of prostitutes, especially street workers. They are often subject to even more violence and abuse from the johns and the police due to the social stigma attached to being transgendered in a patriarchal society. In our culture transgendered people face numerous obstacles to employment, housing, health care and schooling, because of societal prejudice against them. Doctors, operate on the brain, heart, or any other organ, and people do not blink an eye, but if one operates on the genitals people suddenly become very upset.