I have visited prostitutes, and I don't apologize for it. It was 1971, in a place called Vung Tau.

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41. From a woman...

Kudos to you. Now, back to 2012. I was in college not that long ago and I had friends who worked as escorts to pay tuition, cars, trips, etc. None of them had been sexually abused and they could have gotten free rides via family and/or scholarships. One plainly loved having sex. We don't penalize men for publicly admitting that - yet we penalize women for enjoying sex.

The other two felt that many of our peers were having just as much sex in the name of fun and hanging out with the 'right' crowds that they thought... ok why not get paid for it?

The way I view the issue is that a woman who is not a minor, not abused and not coerced should be able to make a living from her body parts the same way Kobe Bryant makes his living using his athletic gifts (and apparently other body parts, but that's a different topic).

I realize my friends' experiences (all of whom are highly credentialed professionals with husbands and kids) are the minority, but the point is that a sexually active and sex-positive female should have the right to make a living at something she enjoys, which may very well be sex.