I would disagree, I think given another choice the women involved in this case would have loved to have had another option than to prostitute themselves.
If you recall on the A&E Documentary Amber was heavily involved her heroin addiction; Melissa was having financial troubles and turned to it as a means of making money quickly and Maureen was involved within prostitution again because of the eviction notice on her house again along with other financial troubles.
Shannon Gilbert's partner was reported to have struck her so hard that she had to have a metal plate in her jaw - she was a victim/survivor of domestic violence.
The Swedish/Nordic model has been the only legal for prostitution that has actually made a remarkable difference in terms of reducing the number of Johns, pimps and human traffickers (source
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Whoever the perpetrator is, he is using systematic and institutionalised disenfranchisement of prostituted women to his advantage.