Severe? Hardly. It's not like these people are being beaten or abused. They're there voluntarily. They're just getting the short-end of the economic stick and t

Severe? Hardly. It's not like these people are being beaten or abused. They're there voluntarily. They're just getting the short-end of the economic stick and their clients got the short-end of the sexual capital[0] stick. It's only emotional harm if you attach a lot of emotional value in the work you do. It's not really any different than whoring yourself out to Wall Street. If you have ethical concerns with the work, it will cause you anguish. If you don't and you're happy with the money you won't be bothered or emotionally harmed that much. As the author of this piece pointed out, it's all incredibly pedestrian. The emotional harm really is the emotional pain of having no better options to make a living than participating in an exploitative system they don't fully agree with. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_capital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_capital