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So I did it. I wrote a masters thesis. I did it despite my best friend death. It gave me strength. Rage. I did it in spite of the emotional trauma I have lived as a result of my prostitution. I didn't become that statistic that says I should be hooking for drugs - or dead.
Actually, the sad thing is I am a statistic. The what % of women who make it out? The what percent of women who experience physical, moral and emotional violence in the sex trade - trade is indeed a good way to describe it: void for void.
Some feminists would have us think that only the weak minds come out of it like me: beaten up in their souls. Because we were 'damaged' to begin with.
I beg to differ. This degree is evidence that I'm far from weak.
What about that overwhelming majority that will never earn a degree because they didn't have the resources to persist?
Actually, the sad thing is I am a statistic. The what % of women who make it out? The what percent of women who experience physical, moral and emotional violence in the sex trade - trade is indeed a good way to describe it: void for void.
Some feminists would have us think that only the weak minds come out of it like me: beaten up in their souls. Because we were 'damaged' to begin with.
I beg to differ. This degree is evidence that I'm far from weak.
What about that overwhelming majority that will never earn a degree because they didn't have the resources to persist?
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