This is the text of the letter:
The "happy hooker" myth
To The Spectator
I've spent years investigating prostitution. I've conducted interviews in more than 40 countries and interviewed hundreds of survivors of the sex trade, and almost all of them have told me the same story: don't believe the "happy hooker" myth, as perpetuated by Lloyd Evans. The truth is that men who visit brothels don't want to get a real date. And women in prostitution absolutely despise the punters.
Most women in the sex trade are particularly vulnerable to being trafficked. Often these women will tell punters they aren't being exploited because it feeds into the fantasy that they are willing participants. The women scrub themselves raw when they go home. A number have told me that they don't even want to kiss their children good night. Women in prostitution often dissociate. to avoid confronting their hideous reality.
It's lovely isn't it, being able to have sex when the woman doesn't want to?'We often call that rape of course, but the cash seems to sanitise this transaction legally and morally for these men. Prostitution is not a public service to be cheerfully reviewed; it is, always and everywhere, a human-rights violation against women and girls.
To confess to having visited a brothel doesn't make you bold or brave. It makes you a sad, disgusting piece of work.
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I do not know the context - for example, is this part of a series of exchanges in The Spectator or is it a one-off to spark a debate.
