Hmm. This is a tough one.I actually met someone whom I was told was a prostitute at a party.. She was a lovely person. But I was forewarned that she was also a thief so to keep my valuables on me or hidden well when she was near. I did not know her but I knew the others that warned me. They claim that some cash went missing at another gathering where she attended. I don’t know if they just assumed it was her or if they were right.
I ended up being the person to talk to her the most since it seemed that everyone else avoided her like the plague. She was there as a guest of a family member.
I remember feeling sad for her. She was an out cast and you could tell she was lonely. I was sure word spread. People acted as if she was invisible. At first I was about the same towards her. But I couldn’t help but noticed that she was trying to connect with people and with me, so I found myself talking to her more than most people at the party.
I discovered she was indeed a very nice person but I also found that her profession would not allow me to extend our new friendship beyond that event.
Prostitutes carry with them several reputations that other professions, may carry.
People often believe that a prostitute is desperate for money. So if she can’t sell herself she will steal money for drugs. Also, because of her profession and possible drug use, she is viewed as a carrier of disease. (I should say this applies to both male and female.)
Prostitutes also sleep with married people and may pass on disease to them and them will carry it over to their unknowing partner.
So no. They will always be seen as less valuable in society. Why would I encourage that life for someone I care for? Why would I support them in a high risk job that can get them sick, or hurt and be viewed by the world like a scourge, or simply as property to be sold at any price? Why would I support them to enter a life that can lead to drug abuse, or to become an alcoholic. There are more down sides than there are up.
And the one thing about this job, is that you can decide to get out of it but the reputation follows you for your life time. Forever, you were the prostitute, to those who know you.
So why, knowing all that, would I support someone wanting to enter that life?
People won’t say it to your face, but everything we do that is against the law, or against humanity in some way, remains a stigma upon that person where ever they go. Even if it was for a little time.