e night. This in itself can be traumatizing and dehumanizing to anyone(Farleywww.prostitutionresearch.com). Along with having many sexual partners, studies showthat 80% of prostitutes have been raped. Also, studies show an even more dejecting fact,the average prostitute gets raped eight to ten times a year(Farleywww.prostitutionresearch.com).Moreover, emotional abuse also results in PTSD. This type of abuse can,sometimes, traumatize and be even more psychologically scarring than sexual and physicalabuse. In the world of prostitution, the pimps frequently emotionally abuse theprostitutes. The multiple threats on their lives and the constant humiliation that they sufferleads 75% of prostitutes in the escort service to attempt suicide, 15% of which completeit(Farley www.prostitutionresearch.com). The pimps place fear in the prostitute tointimidate them as a form of control. They may also threaten the lives or threaten to injurethe lives of the prostitutes’ loved ones(Giobbe www.prostitutionresearch.com). As manypeople already know, becoming a prostitute causes them to lower or compromise theirmoral standards. Along those same lines, when prostitutes get emotionally abused, theybecome stripped of all physical and emotional dignity and integrity that they oncehad(Giobbe www.prostitutionresearch.com). In conclusion, studies show PTSD to be adirect result of both sexual and emotional abuse.When people choose to become prostitutes, they also choose to suffer the physicaland emotional scars of the profession with out even knowing it. People in the ring ofprostitution have to endure the pain of overwhelming amounts of abuse. They see a worldthat most of us never have to see. These prostitutes suffer through numerous rapes bytheir pimps and customers. Along these same lines, prostitutes are also sexually harassed,suffer domestic violence and battery(Farley www.prostitutionresearch.com). Dr. MelissaFarley Ph.D., found that, &#...
