Young Women Selling Sex For Price of Sandwich
Feb 23, 2016 11:55:45 GMT 7
smokie36 and Slade Wilson like this
Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 11:55:45 GMT 7
Sex workers in the UK are selling themselves for as little as £5, for a place to stay or even in exchange for clean clothes, research has shown.
Charity Changing Lives has been carrying out research into what has been termed survival sex work and its occurrence within “hidden markets” - where there are no clear red light districts – focusing on the North East of England.
The charity provides specialist support services to vulnerable people and their families and Laura Seebohm, its director of women and criminal justice services, said survival sex workers are often people who “lead a really chaotic life”. They may be street homeless and in need of a place to stay, or may be dependent on drugs and alcohol, which makes them vulnerable to exploitation, she told The Independent.
Continues:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-sex-workers-selling-themselves-for-as-little-as-5-to-survive-a6889476.html
............................................................
This reminds me of a story - Christmas night out with my work colleagues two years ago. I walked outside the restaurant, and waited while someone got the car. A woman in her early twenties approached me asking if I was looking for business.
"No thanks, I'm going to the Corinthian."
"Can I get two quid for a bag of chips? I'm starving."
I took a look at her and could see she wasn't lying; a decent looking girl with a drug habit, starving. So I gave her the two quid, got into the car, and went to the Corinthian. It's a high-end casino club in Glasgow, and attracts a younger crowd. WE had a private booth booked, drinks on the table, great stuff. Then you walk into the toilets and there's a queue for the cubicles - a long queue. People dicing with the white powder - and it put me in mind of that sad wee thing begging for chips earlier.
Risky, risky business.
Charity Changing Lives has been carrying out research into what has been termed survival sex work and its occurrence within “hidden markets” - where there are no clear red light districts – focusing on the North East of England.
The charity provides specialist support services to vulnerable people and their families and Laura Seebohm, its director of women and criminal justice services, said survival sex workers are often people who “lead a really chaotic life”. They may be street homeless and in need of a place to stay, or may be dependent on drugs and alcohol, which makes them vulnerable to exploitation, she told The Independent.
Continues:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-sex-workers-selling-themselves-for-as-little-as-5-to-survive-a6889476.html
............................................................
This reminds me of a story - Christmas night out with my work colleagues two years ago. I walked outside the restaurant, and waited while someone got the car. A woman in her early twenties approached me asking if I was looking for business.
"No thanks, I'm going to the Corinthian."
"Can I get two quid for a bag of chips? I'm starving."
I took a look at her and could see she wasn't lying; a decent looking girl with a drug habit, starving. So I gave her the two quid, got into the car, and went to the Corinthian. It's a high-end casino club in Glasgow, and attracts a younger crowd. WE had a private booth booked, drinks on the table, great stuff. Then you walk into the toilets and there's a queue for the cubicles - a long queue. People dicing with the white powder - and it put me in mind of that sad wee thing begging for chips earlier.
Risky, risky business.
