There is no question in my mind that prostitution should be legalized,

and I say this not just because that happens to be my occupation, but because my own experience has shown me that I and others like me are preventing sex crimes on the streets. Let me give you just one example of many.

I have one regular customer — twice a week — who pays me to let him enact a rape. It’s the only way he can get it on. Usually the scene goes like this. I am dressed in very sedate clothes, in the way he thinks a librarian looks, tweed skirt, white blouse, slip and “sensible” shoes. My hair is done up in a bun and I wear glasses. I am sitting in my room, reading a book when he knocks and when I answer the door, he pretends to be a salesman who I let in. Once inside the door, he pulls out a gun... Read More