Am J Psychiatry 1977; 134:1381-1385
Copyright © 1977 by American Psychiatric Association
Early sexual experience and prostitution
J James and J Meyerding
The authors compared several aspects of early sexual experience found in
two earlier studies of prostitutes with results of research on "normal"
women. The prostitutes had in common many negative experiences not found or
found less often in other populations of young women. These include
incestuous and/or coerced sex, lack parental guidance, intercouse at a
young age, and few or no meaningful relationships with males. These women
had discovered that sex could lead to a kind of status, even though that
status is negatively labeled by the wider culture. In a society that values
women on the basis of their sexuality, a woman who views herself as
"debased" may see prostitution as a viable alternative--perhaps the only
alternative.
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