Tough talk from a street walker

PROSTITUTION is known as the oldest profes-

sion. Women who trade sex for money have had a

name throughout history.

Sally de Quadros, a work
ing prostitute and member of
the Alhance for the Safety of
Prosututes, says the ‘working
woman is also known as a
street walker, call girl,
hustler, hooker, slut and
whore
she
the mee

As opposed to whiat

cally society's ideal

=

Actually a lot of names.

girl, virgin of mother

But de Quadros em
phasizes that women who go
into prostitution do wt out of
a necessity, they don’t enjoy
them work

Speaking ato a forum: on
prostitution oat Delbrook
Community Centre recently,

de Quadros satd that

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“women today make 62¢ for
every $1 men make It's
discouraging = Thirteen per
cent of adult women turn to
prostituaon That's asad
reflection of opportunities
available to women It a
woman finds herself
work. her body
commodity lett

Addressing a coom tull of

out of

woher ony

middle to muid-upper class
women and men, she said
that she never had the same
oportunities Chat they had
But as she sat, smartly dress
ed ino a cream lambswool
turtleneck, with matching
cream stockings, black slacks
and fashionable, low heeled
black pumps with bows, de
Quadros looked like
vould have from
neighborhood as
woman in the room

she
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A typical late night street scene in the West End.

“*Mavor Harcourt (of Van
couver) says there are 999
other ways for a woman to
make money,” said the pro
stitute who has been in the
business 19 years, ‘‘but he’s

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yet (oO name them
De Quadros
prostitution tO marriage,
questioning why) sex for
money 18s considered
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