There are more than two and a half million runaway and throwaway youth on the streets of our nation at any given time and over one third of those left home due to sexual abuse. The sex industry is about power, and the predators stalking these victims avoid anyone who may be uncontrollable or dangerous. Myths About Prostitution Prostitution is a good way to make fast money. Money made in prostitution is made at the physical, emotional, and spiritual expense of the person who is being prostituted. Many prostituted women have their money taken from them by a pimp.
Prostitutes choose to go into prostitution.
90 to 100 percent of all prostitutes are victims of child sexual abuse and neglect. Most prostituted women who have received services of counseling indicate they were recruited into prostitution at around the age of 14 during a time when they were either homeless, in a crisis, or both. I'm not affected by prostitution if i've never been paid money for sex. To be used in prostitution does not require an exchange of cash. Many young women are exploited by having sex for a place to stay, something to eat, drugs, or alcohol.