[bit.listserv.christia] Prostitution

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