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Teenage prostitution:
it's an increasing problem
By Dealt* Heart*
ud Patrick Uv
"li'i Interfered with my relationihipi
wfch men to a certain extent."
conur-wed an ex>rrtntitute on bow
profJtutton hucmotkrfully afTccinl
hct.
"1 had to learn thathaving sex with
a cuttomcr U torvthtng totally different
from making Urn to »omeone
you really care about."
But why do so mar./ young women
and men desire thii kind of life? Is
it supposed to be fur and glamoroui
'and ifflcr lomcthinc that a "stnuxht"
life docWt?
These are torrv of the question!
thai arc currently being ailed concerning
the world s oldest profcuion.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
cites a 20 percent increase in
juvenile prostitution during the
1970s. Of the estimated 1.2 million
she had to fd away...
There rud been a boy she had iiked,
JO she decided to run away with
him. They lived together for three
months in a boarding hotne. The
landlady had a fancy for the boy and.
obvicuity. the boy had similar feelings
because one night Liu caught
her hoy friend and the landlady in bed
lojcther. Later on she admitted. "I
loved that boy so much, but he broke
my hcan."
A few weeks Utcr she wit getting
off a Greyhound bus in San Wran-
Cisco. She haif decided to come here
to nuke a better life for herself.
A ull, pale man In a fur coat approached
her. He told her thu he
wotJd make her rich and bmotu. She
giggled and followed him out of the
bus station. Later she told a friend.
"I'm savin' my mency. When I have
enough. I'm goia*. I'll go somewhere
I had to learn that having sex with
a customer is something totally different
from making love to someone you really
care about'*
people doa't know me. Chicago.
New York. T b is just for now."
All acrou the United States, this
cycle has beca observed.
The number of teenage prostitutes
is escalating, and undemanding why
kids are on the streets b almost as
complex as figuring out how to get
them off. It b very hard to tell kids
who are earning $300 a night to go
to Burger Kiuj and make S3.35 an
hour.
The main reason that teiiu^en
prostitute Is for the money. The
reason for Deeding ibe money can
range fmm a drug addkiton tn supporting
a sick relative.
But money U no longer the only
factor. Some kids actually rave a
misconception about prostitution.
They think of it as something that is
fun and exciting.
Regardless of why teenagers head
for the street, there is a big diff.-renor
between what they find there and
what they expected to find.
Many wind up u. hig cities, most
notWy Hollywood.
A lot of Johns (the men who buy
prostitutes' tertices) on the streets
carry phoney cards and tell youcg
women aad men that they can get
For a prostitute to get out of her pro-
runaways under 18. over half engage
fn prorituioa. and nearly two-thirds
of that number are gtrti.
The following view is • composite
of converutfcMM held with several
teen-age female prostitutes:
The young woman «•» standing in
front of Jacfc-ia-the-Bvx on Market
Street. There was a glow of light
from the liquor store, and the was
watching the back of the Greyhound
bus station, waiting to sec who got
off the IMM Ifw had JoU arrived.
She sakJ she was 23. but she looked
16. She taid her name was Lisa,
bat toother girl drifted by and calkd
her Terry.
She c that
ihe sorted to prove U him that she
was > wotnjn.
As her Cither relied M her. he
steadily :m*rci»cd lowanJs her.. .She
fell her wornl «taneriaf. She knew
them into movie*, but the only kind
of movies they usually wind up in are
pornographic films.
The avrrap: young prostitute feel*
ttut she needs her pimp. To be a prostitute,
one usually lu» a very low
tdf-ipugc. and this image ptoblcm
canwx be solvcj if the U constantly
around someone who belittle* her.
The pimp has "psyched" the prostaue
fctn ihinlusf he is the only one
forhf but in telily this is not so.
For • prostitute to e eipeco otheri to iuc
her.
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Nevertheless, some prostitutes do
have succon stories. Scene have gone
on to find SUCCCM in such careen as
law, mcdici.ic, and itcial work. A It*
of cx-prmtitutn feel as if they have
=n obligation to help others not tu lake
the route they chote.
I'atrkk 1.CT
»nd iknk Jlntrne
Jtvhnm c-MK I nuti J £.*»! home.
•uJ num tucrni*. JM «» J *irjipht-
A *luix*nt in v,hiBit.
Jnhnm uj\ •,!*,« j nuic priKiilutc.
Jnhnm. **tt«n*i>fv\tiHiH»vvjl hi*
real Kk-mit>. f ritt* ut» j\ wrut he 0V-
Mrritv* it% "it l>pujl tecrjper Irmn
;• middlc-cU** I-itm!) " Uui alter tv-
OMiiinj* htwAcd «fi dfu^ J> the JJ.V
of IK. Johnny lurncd ••• pmMilutioti
l»» suppitn hi% ruhit.
B> tlw mnc he *•>* 1^. Jtihnn> ** Jtvl
itn the t'fevi* alm>»*t C\CT\ nijrht.
i
Johnny i» ju%t «tnc
ol itMNitandt til nwlc* *bii Kite
turned it* pfiHiilutim. •'"d c^crv )cjr
ihc number iixfcjv>. They OMIK
Ifimi all t>p>^ t*r fanuttc\. onvinmitwnt*.
and hjtkpnHjml*. Smnc jtc
unJcr-pii*iIv*?cJ. while••thcrvi.-iHnc
( i l Sonic were
ionrif nl |*|jn»MJr. jd^entiifc. jnJ
Mhal they intctpru J* 4lln.i»i*n. One
(ofitvi pfiKlituk- put it ihi% MU>. "I
ne\erdnl it fur the munc} i>rthe%4.*\.
I Ihnif N it vknuld (v cu'din^ and (illiWUnf
lt< Kv- nuking other* tunm. I
ilicL^iii iiv) needed me."
While nule prtMituiiim i» iiwll a
nujitf |Hi»Wcm. ton pf.rjituii»n i»an
c\cn in»re *crto«v vrivi*. Tho letter
itntth*> KIJ* a> jiwnf j% cipht jearx
J ">"mnr:, y insecure ltd."
TL ihc h Mtvvi^ v>» nut j Jifilkuit
tkvi*n»n ftlin;
wiwld fCt nie JIU'IUNHI. I knew
it MJMI'I ihe iliinc >ou OkNild jei tritenin»n
lor. hut it JUM i!idn'i nutter
l.i me "
"I think that's the May it i* ft* J
lot ol Lklv M.K^t vrUom come in-
By the time he was 19, Johnny was
out on the streets almost every night,
selling his body to anyone who had the
monev.
old who v f and
Although nun) think i>f ihc pntb
lem a* imlj rcvxtwly Mjrfxinj;. Kij
prwilumm i\ not a new pheratitv
non. ttoca^hci* I'laim ttu> in Ihc
lfj> AICJ JIIWX-. MK-N pratiHV dale*
g it would be exciting and
fidfilling to be making others happy. I
thought they needed me. " *
The fcw»n» !.»r the nvr in pnwitu-
IK«I jre nuiiKnHiv. Toda;'% *.v»et>
i\ hj.inj: an inlluencc. Sa>* Mar>
lane VtK\. i.iien: v.f\Kirni» i 'dinj|1v
lor Pro^i LUCK (I-i'u Up ihc
Cnnununii> forKid*). **lf«.uMt>itier\
HC«C run out llictr hu)ing children.
they tMukJ nt t< scllinj: We hclicvc
ju*cn»le pn^iajlWm r% a fixm of ownmumiy
child abuvc."
Mck* pn^titulo. nnvJ i>( «hmna*C
fay. arc iiHninj: opt of the clovct to
enter a Mvicty *ncrc twHtkisctuality
tu% bcvimiC an a.\-eptcd 1ifcu>lc.
Such i\ it major rravwi lor ih; incrcav*?
m the numlwr of men uo«k*
ing in the i>Wca prolc*»k»n.
Money K al%*» an incrnti\r. Johnny
staled. "1 didn't like hu Mil tip. but I
hkl ut ti» ututocr I \.\MiU h> Mirvnc.
Prouituttoo . which »« wxnciriing
I ix-\er lud ct>Hjph of."
Despite the m.«ey. nehcr factor.
Ki*v been claimed lo lure >uun;
nulcv. Nfyiy vx paMtinif ion » an of-
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Hick tti the jMn ru\h dj>\ in ihc mid
TOJJ). )t"unp hustler* work rur\,
mmic ihciire* jnd ihc *ircctt. They
cm be *ecu viroMin,; ^lonp **kr»a]k.\,
iM*u»lly trying to allure client* Hith
vciual ctHincuiiot*. Sometime*, the
boy will perform hi* act in a or.
Other time*, he'll spend the crui-c
niyht in 3 hold nmen IN* an jpuimcnt.
Nv-vc*i4iclci>t. he ctn he found on the
Mrci*U again blcr that nif hi or cjr1>
(he ncil murnini;.
A bay provtituii'tn bu«ine\\ ran
e\rn be carried out in a lophiviicatcd
manner. One ownmon pratnicc invn|%c%
ihc IranArxmatkm of >oung
uoy» from ttttc to vtaic for prmtilulion
rurpovo. A r-o*ilciicr cunuininy
ph(«o\and pcrwHul dewriptwo.
h circulated xnort$ climb. v.ho ihen
nuke their *ekctions anJ have Utc
bay (or Kiy*) shipped to ihon.
"Ever> avpact oTctu'd provlitution
p pj y
Ricky, a l6)ear-«'UwnodccWVdirai
he warned to he a prouitutc **hcn he
wax 12. Ricky described hirmclfa*
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lo ihc ptclt'rc hecauv: )oonp prouitutc\
think *i* little of tbcnisclvc*.
They (eel ashamed and unlo*.c*d.
That's why they need c\tr>
mpht like pwvc\ of ircal are iml) littte
kid*."
IXalrrtp »iui Nxh nule and Nn
pnKiiIutuKi i* nx *irr^iv. ftianj r*.i»pic
prclcr that (ktlicc owKrmraie their
ellon* on *erHHi*crinK~*. miner than
•m\ic!im!r*% crime*-. *tKha*pt»rJilutton.
Alui, mttu complaint* abuut
pn-.uitutioo arc directed at fenuk*.
Rcrubilitaiiiin program* doiyncd
*pevilic-ill) (\H male pnwrtutc* were
vlnvtit t»HV\i-Jcntdunnj: the I97OV
But today there are nurncou* ot»blt\hnxni*
thai iifTer »»vi\Uf>v. Snme
olTer *hclicr. enjoyment prufram*.
eoumding. or other vnico. stxh a*
reuniting prmtitum with their families.
Tr< nutnber of the&c c\ublbhmcnt«
t\ increasiog MI that they arc
readily available to teempc pnHtitute*.
Hul. a* expert* a^rce ihcvr
program* arc only utcveuful when
the provtiiuic* decide when, and If.
they arc ready to >cek help.
"The public doeMi'i view male
pnm iiuiii* a* a vtfiou* problem becauvc
piy \ and %r* go r'jnrf in hand."
corrmicrtcd Ricky. "U'\ thought of
m. a machu way of life. For $ iris. it'\
diny and *infiit. People don't realue
what nulc prouirutes go thinwgh.
There** often a *»rxual identi ctrw*
or pfoblcrm having rclationvhip*.
Hopefully, people will uvnn under*
rfarnJ and (i*e ntcmtdn lo the problem."
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