Jennifer Ketcham
August 11, 2010
The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-ketcham/why-would-montana-fishbur_b_674468.html

From the day I entered the adult business to the present moment, one question arises in every interview regarding pornography. "Why did you get in the business?" While I was participating in the creation of films, my answers were generally something along the lines of, "Well, I love sex so this makes sense!" Or, "I've always been comfortable with my sexuality, and this seems like a fun way to explore!" And as someone who has interviewed plenty of Porn Stars for my own productions, I've heard just about every answer there seems to be.

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By Nekome, a Survivor of Prostitution
February 2010

"They say prostitution is a choice? How did I choose prostitution? I didn’t choose prostitution, it chose me. Just as child sexual assault and neglect had chose me. I was not a willing participant, but lured into a life I saw as my only option."

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Jeanette R
September 2009

"Men do not go to strip clubs and use prostituted women so that they can have sexual pleasure. . . . Men use women in prostitution including strippers to express their anger at women. . . . Several times a year we hear about serial killers who kill large numbers of prostituted women, but they are not found until they kill a non-prostituting woman."

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Aboriginal Women’s Action Network Speaker at the One is Too Many Summit
Vancouver 2009

"We want real jobs, not blowjobs."

"Typically we do not ask our women to tell their stories because we do not wish to exploit their stories and their lives. However, there are women amongst us, and in our communities, who want to tell their stories, and this is one woman who insisted on telling her story . . ."

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By Meryl Ruth Moore

"Hooker. Whore. Prostitute. Those words have a way of making people uncomfortable, especially women. One would think that reaction would inform, for in it lays the truth of the matter: there are no words more fearful for a woman to bear, because they know – everyone knows – that prostitutes occupy the lowest rung on the socioeconomic ladder."

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This 20 minute film of a performance based on Sarah Katherine Lewis's 2006 book Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire was directed by documentary filmmaker Miguel Picker.

It's an educational film that speaks the truth about massage prostitution. Not to be missed! If you want to understand how prostitution feels to those who perform it, check this out.

View film, "Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire"

Suki Falconberg, Ph.D. 2008

Suki Falconberg is an ex-prostitute who fights against the sexual enslavement of women. She is also a passionate animal-rights activist. Her books are available online.

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