In order to understand prostitution,
it is necessary to understand:

1. lethal gender inequality

2. incest and other childhood sexual assault

3. poverty and homelessness

4. the ways in which racism and colonialism are inextricably connected with sexism in prostitution

5. domestic violence, including rape

6. posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, mood and dissociative disorders as consequences of prostitution

7. drug and alcohol addiction

8. the fact that prostitution is a global business which involves interstate and inter-country trafficking as a necessary part of its profitable operation

9. in nondominant states - the ways in which economic development programs erode traditional ways of living

10. the need for culturally-relevant treatment

11. the ways in which diverse cultures normalize and promote prostitution

12. stripping, exotic dancing, nude dancing, table dancing, phone sex, trafficking, child and adult pornography, lap dancing, massage brothels, and peep shows as prostitution