This past weekend was Easter and the days leading up to it. Easter is a time of transformation and redemption through the death of Jesus Christ. On Friday, which was Good Friday, I was watching 20/20 and they were doing a story on prostitution in America (this ties in eventually). It was incredibly sad and frustrating. These girls do not realize how worthy they are and that they do have a choice on how to provide for themselves other than this. One state, Nevada, has legalized prostitution, or actually legalized brothels. They were covering what goes on there and interviewing some girls. 2 of them really stood out. One was a 21 year old girl whose dream it was to become a nurse. she felt that this was her only option to be able to pay for nursing school. That really bothered me. Because you can wait tables..it's not like paying for medical school. Another girl they interviewed was already a nurse. She said that she could make more money in a day there than in 2 weeks of nursing..Is that what it's really all about?? The money? One girl was even a college graduate and an opera singer...HELLO!! A lot of these girls stated they feel ashamed or guilty for what they do, but they feel they have no other options...Media glamorizes this "profession" to make it sound wonderful, exciting and adventurous...like the movie "Pretty Woman"...I am sure in some circumstances that it would turn out that way..but in reality, more times than not, it would not be a fairy tale. Can you imagine having sex everyday for money, without any emotion towards the person you were doing it with?? I can't.
My heart just broke for these girls that they think they have no other option to survive...there are ways...plenty of ways to survive and get off drugs and not have to be worried about if you're going to get abused or killed when meeting a "potential client". Plenty of ways to respect your body, to respect yourself.
I really want to find out how to help these girls get out of this lifestyle.
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