Sex for cash at 12
Mary Rauto
Thursday, October 28, 2010
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=158784 (http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=158784)
MOST of the 40 sex workers interviewed for a report started at the age of 18, while others were only 12 years old when they first received money for sex.
Called Risky business - sex work and HIV prevention, the report said none of the 40 sex workers, 22 females and 18 males, were forced or sold against their will.
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The report found that many transgender (males), who came from villages sought out other transgender and sex workers as kindred spirits, attracted to an inclusive community to express their sexuality and femininity.
"A number of the transgender participants said that they had been raped or sexually exploited by family members and would rather move away and get paid for sex than have to provide it for nothing at home. One or two of the women said rape within the family drove them from home at a young age, but for most this was not the case," the report said.