Table Of Content

Cover Page: iii Title Page: iii Contents Page: viii Part One Page: xiii 1. The First Question Page: 1 2. Childhood Social Exclusion Page: 12 3. My Mother’s Illness Page: 18 4. A Web of Dysfunction Page: 24 5. Homelessness Page: 36 6. The First Day Page: 47 Part Two Page: 56 7. Submerging in Prostitution Page: 57 8. Layers of Negativity Page: 64 9. The Interplay of Depravity Page: 75 10. The Myth of the High-Class Hooker Page: 90 11. Prostitution’s Shame, Violation and Abuse Page: 101 12. The Violence Inherent to Prostitution Page: 120 13. Survival Strategies Page: 129 14. Dissociation and the Separation of Self Page: 138 15. The Myth of the Happy Hooker Page: 151 16. The Myth of Prostitutes’ Sexual Pleasure Page: 162 17. The Myth of Prostitutes’ Control Page: 169 18. The Losses of Prostitution Page: 180 19. Misconceptions About Prostitution Page: 192 20. Legalisation and Decriminalisation Page: 205 21. The Normalisation of Prostitution Page: 222 Part Three Page: 235 22. Integrating Myself into Society Page: 237 23. Depression and Suicide Page: 249 24. The Damage to Relationships and Sexuality Page: 254 25. Aftershocks Page: 266 26. The Last Question Page: 282 Epilogue Page: 290 Afterword Page: 296 SPACE Page: 297 Acknowledgements Page: xi Praise for Paid For, My Journey through Prostitution Page: i About the Author Page: 298 Copyright Page: iv

Description:

An astonishingly brave memoir of prostitution and its lingering influence on a woman’s psyche and life. “The best work by anyone on prostitution ever, Rachel Moran’s Paid For fuses the memoirist’s lived poignancy with the philosopher’s conceptual sophistication. The result is riveting, compelling, incontestable. Impossible to put down. This book provides all anyone needs to know about the reality of prostitution in moving, insightful prose that engages and disposes of every argument ever raised in its favor.” —Catharine A. MacKinnon, law professor, University of Michigan and Harvard University Born into a troubled family, Rachel Moran left home at the age of fourteen. Being homeless, she was driven into prostitution to survive. With intelligence and empathy, she describes the exploitation she and others endured on the streets and in the brothels. Moran also speaks to the psychological damage inherent to prostitution and the inevitable estrangement from one’s body. At twenty-two, Moran escaped the sex trade. She has since become a writer and an abolitionist activist.