Prostitution and It’s Unfortunate Aftermath Life...the greatest adventure. This statement, so powerful yet for many teens whoenter the dark world of prostitution, it happens to be the furthest thing from the truth. This life of despair can lead to a lifetime of pain and suffering (Farleywww.prostitutionresearch.com). Many teenagers resort to prostitution out of desperation. The unfortunate popularity of teen prostitution has led to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,physical and emotional scars and health problems in the lives of these teens. The dark sideto the world of prostitution holds a no-win situation for most teens. Years filled with thescars left by suicide attempts, physical and mental abuse and the longing to get out of thespiraling web of this dark and lonely world. For most there are few answers, but for theones who truly seek to find the help maybe there still can be that great adventure calledlife.Prostitutes suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as CombatDisorder, thought by many to only be suffered by war veterans. In reality though,prostitutes more commonly suffer from PTSD than war veterans(Zuger NY Times). “Theworld’s oldest profession may also be among it’s most traumatizing,” found Abigail Zugerof the New York Times. Studies show PTSD to be a direct result of sexual abuse(Giobbewww.prostitutionresearch.com). Almost all prostitutes suffer some sort of sexual abusewhile working in the commercial sex industry. Very few say that their pimps andcustomers never use violence and abuse as a form of control(Bracy 36). For their own,morbid, entertainment, pimps will often force prostitutes to have sex with them or others,while they watch(Giobbe www.prostitutionresearch.com). Furthermore, having manysexual partners does not help the situation any. Plenty of people have many sexualpartners, but prostitutes have hundreds of sexual partners. Many having five or more inon...
