Legalisation has not improved prostitutes' work and the profession's negatives still outweighed the positives, according to Ms Jocelyn Snow, project worker with the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria. Ms Snow has been undertaking a study for Melbourne University on legalisation's impact on prostitutes. The study found that most prostitutes enter the industry for the obvious reason. Ms Snow said.
Money is the main one, of course.
The arrogance, the smelliness, the violence, the demands. One in five clients still request unsafe sex. Ms Snow's findings are echoed by a Centre for the Study of Sexual Diseases profile of brothel workers. Most women began working in the sex industry for financial reasons, the study found. In spite of the stress and public disapproval experienced by sex workers, not all of the women wanted to change their occupation.