Saturday 8 December 2012

Silence isn't always golden

Our stereotypes for prostitutes are mostly negative. In most of the cases we blame them for their situation, little realising that given the circumstances, we would probably have done the same.

In this gut-wrenching, starkly honest article, a young girl describes how she clawed back into the light from the utterly black pit she had fallen into.

Surviving Prostitution and Addiction

Her story is one which needs to be met with understanding, empathy and compassion. Her voice needs to reach every corner, for we do not know what's happening behind closed doors. It could be happening to close ones, tomorrow it could happen to us, our friends, sisters, daughters.

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