Reader Response

April, 1997

"I have had more than a few clients turn to me and say, 'I think no less of you,' or 'You are just as good a person as me.' Whoopee! It never occurred to them that they might be 'just as good a person' as I am. I was automatically the designated sinner, seductress, object of less value, woman of ill repute, ad nauseam, and they saw themselves as being in a position to grant me their seal of approval or forgiveness. What incredible gall."--Sex Worker Veronica Monet, Writing in the sex z...