Prostitution, as it’s commonly (but by no means exclusively) framed, i.e., males buying sex from females, is degrading and demeaning to women. • Beyond the most talked about health risks—violence, HIV, and other STDs—women who engage in high-volume vaginal sex risk major structural damage to their sexual and other organs. • Many women don’t choose prostitution so much as have it chosen for them. • While many prostitutes don’t work for pimps, those who do are exploited and otherwise mistreated, physically, emotionally, financially. • Significant numbers of young
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