Help Wanted: Resume Of A Sex Trade Worker

Job Objective:

•Cope with humiliation, dehumanization
•Put up with racism, ethnic stereotyping, sexual violence
•Penetrated orally, anally, vaginally
•Carry out bondage, whips, torture and physical beatings when requested
•Photographed or filmed performing different acts

Job Hazards:
•Psychological trauma or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
•Anxiety, emotional numbing
•Physical, verbal, sexual, mental and spiritual abuse
•Violent captivity or kidnapping may occur
•Non-payment and rape
•Hospitalization due to rape, cuts, bruises, broken bones, suffocation and death
•Sexual diseases and/or pregnancy
•Accusations of rape may not be taken seriously by local police department
•Relationships and sex life at home will never be the same

Wages:
•Negotiable

If this sounds appealing, the scrutiny of prostitution might be of interest to you. As a former sex trade worker, I've seen it all. However, the everyday life of prostitution is distant from most of you. No matter what the arrangements are in the sex industry, one way or another, a prostitute will have to tolerate a little of the above whether they realize it or not. When I was asked what I did for a living, to avoid embarrassment, I used to tell them I was a sales lady. That way, it was a form of the truth.

Recently, I was brought back to thinking about my past life as a prostitute because I found myself struggling financially. I've never had to worry about money until now. Being off the street now for many years and never wanting to go back to that lifestyle, I'm searching for new ways to manage.

After leaving the street life, I held a part time job as an 'in home support worker' or 'care aide' for a lady with Multpiple Sclerosis. I worked for her for four years. She knew what I used to do for a living, what I've been through and, without judgment, she gave me a job assisting her.