"Ask the 'working girls' themselves"

The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith is setting out her plans to reform the laws on prostitution. Paying for sex is likely to become a crime if the sex-worker is "controlled for another person's gain". When the proposals were first mooted we received this.

Someone should ask the 'working girls' themselves

When Harriet Harman blogged the issue it attracted a number of interesting comments, like this:

I've been working in the sex business for a long time now and like many, many of my colleages I have never taken drugs nor was I destitute. I am not a victim nor are my clients criminals. I, like thousands of others in the UK, do it out of choice.

Do you have some experience of prostitution, whether as a worker, client, member of a related profession or as a resident living in "red light" area? Share your personal experience or perspective by getting in touch, via the blog, or via email.

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