Article ‘If I had known the truth about what awaited me in that brothel, I would never have been there’
Article ‘If I had known the truth about what awaited me in that brothel, I would never have been there’
I didn’t look to the future much. Losing everything had devastated me and I felt like a failure. My dreams of owning my own salon were long since buried and examining the path I was currently on with a view to where it was taking me was too painful.
I started drinking heavily. Subjecting myself to the pawing, groping and often physical violence of some of the punters that frequented the brothel would have been impossible to bear sober.
I left after six months, and never went back. I now have a lovely partner, a child, and co-own that salon, but the scars from that time have never left. I’ve had a lot of therapy.
This is why I feel sick when people campaign to decriminalise or legalise brothels… ” – Tara
Read more: https://nordicmodelnow.org/2021/08/18/if-i-had-known-the-truth-about-what-awaited-me-in-that-brothel-i-would-never-have-been-there/
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Yesterday, 1:44 AM #1“… One woman in particular took me under her wing and would repeatedly tell me to ‘get out before it’s too late.’ When I told her this was only a temporary measure, she shook her head. ‘We all said that, love,’ she told me.
I didn’t look to the future much. Losing everything had devastated me and I felt like a failure. My dreams of owning my own salon were long since buried and examining the path I was currently on with a view to where it was taking me was too painful.
I started drinking heavily. Subjecting myself to the pawing, groping and often physical violence of some of the punters that frequented the brothel would have been impossible to bear sober.
I left after six months, and never went back. I now have a lovely partner, a child, and co-own that salon, but the scars from that time have never left. I’ve had a lot of therapy.
This is why I feel sick when people campaign to decriminalise or legalise brothels… ” – Tara
Read more: https://nordicmodelnow.org/2021/08/18/if-i-had-known-the-truth-about-what-awaited-me-in-that-brothel-i-would-never-have-been-there/