By alex8188 (18, F, California)
Prostitution is often a women’s gateway crime and at least 70% of all women in American prisons were initially arrested for prostitution.
1% of American women have worked as prostitutes.
Of prostitution arrests in the United States, 70% are female prostitutes, 20% are male and 10% are costumers.
Surprisingly, the U.S. Department of Health reports that only 3-5% of STDs are caused by prostitutes, while 30-35% is caused by teenagers. There are very few reports of HIV transmission through prostitutes either.
The United Nations proposed a resolution in favor of the decriminalization of prostitutes in 1949. The resolution has been ratified by 50 countries (excluding the U.S.).
More than 90% of prostitutes suffered sexual abuse as a child (often incest).
Approximately 75% of prostitutes have been violently raped in situations outside of their workplace.
| Knighthammer says, "I don’t support prostitution; I just encourage it." |
2/3 of prostitutes begin working when they are 16 years old or younger.
1.2 million children in the U.S. are involved in child prostitution.
At least 300,000 male prostitutes under the age of 16 exist in the U.S.
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