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Originally posted by Ruth
I know you weren't saying that Red, I didn't think you were at all. But a lot of people on the thread seem to think that the only reason people become prostitutes is to pay for drugs, and that isn't the case.
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Well lets hope this puts them straight:
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Reasons for going into prostitution polled from a group of 128 prostitutes in Australia for entering prostitution.
Unemployed at the time 36.7%
To support family 18.7%
To support Man 5.5%
To support a drug habit 9.4%
To earn more money than present 44.5%
Freedom from Home (to independent) 3.9%
To seek excitement in own life 5.5%
To satisfy curiosity about self or prostitution 25.8%
For a specific purpose (education/debts/holiday/purchase an item etc.) 15.6%
(NOTE - These subjects gave multiple answers, so that 216 separate reasons were given. Percentages are of number of subjects to each reason.)
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Source:
Australian Institute of Criminology