Kiwis are not in Hell’s Handbasket
Thursday, 29 May 2008 by Jacob TomawRadley Balko points out
New Zealand legalizes prostitution, and all hell doesn’t break loose. In fact (contrary to the headline), it looks as if the country’s sex trade got a little better for the people who practice it. Their numbers stayed about the same.
It turns out Kiwi prostitutes get into and stay in the sex trade for the same reasons I got into and stay at my job.
Around 93 per cent of sex workers cited money as the reason for getting into and staying in the sex industry.
“The most significant barriers to exiting are loss of income, reluctance to lose the flexible working hours available in the sex industry and the camaraderie and sense of belonging that some sex workers describe.”
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