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It may not be pretty, but neither is working in a mine or fishing. At least the death rate is lower. And Craigslist prostitution is much, much prettier than s
by araneae 16y ago
It may not be pretty, but neither is working in a mine or fishing. At least the death rate is lower.
And Craigslist prostitution is much, much prettier than street prostitution, high profile murder cases aside.
- jat850 16y agoReally? Compare: "The workplace homicide rate for prostitutes (204 per 100,000) is many times higher than that for women and men in the standard occupations that had the highest workplace homicide rates in the United States during the 1980s (4 per 100,000 for female liquor store workers and 29 per 100,000 for male taxicab drivers)." [0] to: http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/26/pf/jobs_jeopardy/ http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/26/pf/jobs_jeopardy/ And 204 per 100,000 encompasses only fatalities due to homicides - not counting other health risks (drugs, disease, etc.) [0] http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080407.1544/prostitution-regulation-exploitation-and-death/ http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080407.1544/prostitution-regula...
- araneae 16y agoProstitution is not legal in Colorado Springs, Colorado. First line of the paper you cited: "Female prostitution is embedded in a context of felonious activity, illicit drugs, and violence." Also from the paper: "Deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome occurred exclusively among prostitutes who admitted to injecting drug use or were inferred to have a history of it."