DEVOSCM@RUG.NL (Marco de Vos, Kapteyn Lab Groningen) (01/11/90)
>If you must talk of prostitution, then it seems to me the first >fact one needs to know is that 80% of all prostitutes were >sexually abused as children. Sorry, but I have to ask the usual question: where does the fact come from? And some other questions: 80% of what group of prostitutes, and under what circumstances. I mean, a major part of the prostitutes in certain countries in Asia were sold by or stolen from their parents when they were still childeren. So I would most definetly say that they were being sexually abused as childeren, but I don't think that's what you mean. Marco. BTW: Information about Asia comes from a report of an organisation to aid young prostitutes there, called Garden of Hope or something like that, I thought it rather objective. There are also reports from Amnesty on the subject.
COLELA@SNYPLAVA (l. anne cole) (01/12/90)
>And some other questions: 80% of what group of prostitutes, and under what >circumstances. I mean, a major part of the prostitutes in certain countries >in Asia were sold by or stolen from their parents when they were still >childeren. So I would most definetly say that they were being sexually >abused as childeren, but I don't think that's what you mean. American mainstream sociological studies - I'll look it up for you next time I'm at the library. And I mean that most prostitutes (80%) (although I'm sure there are effects on males, not this study) were sexually abused as children by members of their families, usually. In fact, some more stats ( which I will also document, all US): 1 in 4 female children and 1 in 7 male children are sexually abused; 1 in 8 wives are beaten. This is all under a smooth surface of denial. Think about it, you look out on a classroom full of people. 100 people half male, half female, and about 20 have been through this. Hmmmm. May God Bless them all, Anne