A few years ago.....well O.K a lot of years ago when I was doing some Child Care training, we embarked on a project to discover how people actually came to be in the position in life they were in. The idea was to establish whether people actually choose their path accurately or are pulled across the many paths of life by circumstance.
Just across from the college we encountered two young prostitutes and engaged them in conversation...what followed was quite heart rending and dramatic..but suffice it to say that my ideas on what those women were really like changed as a result of actually meeting and chatting with them. They were certainly in their position (if you pardon the expression) because of circumstances beyond their control although they admitted to there perhaps having been choices they could have made....like cleaning toilets for a few pounds...or earning hundreds of pounds a week doing as they were now doing...now which would most women with children to support choose if at rock bottom, with no income. I guess I won't ever look at any such person judgementally.....I won't ever use the services of one but I guess I give them some sort of respect. They are just ' the girl next door' type people who make choices...rightly or wrongly.