This Troper was in a relationship with a girl who had turned tricks before, after and during brief splits. She was such a sweet and nice girl that everyone who knew her, even in a lifestyle filled with scumbags and backstabbers, were very protective of her and her integrity, and always gushed about her heart of gold.

This Troper's father once told him about how he jogged through the red light district of Victoria (he has a habit of running through places in strange cities at strange hours that the natives are aghast at him going through unaccosted, apparently), when several prostitutes made passes to him. Either myself or my brother were recently born at the time, so he said no, I'm already married, and like most new parents whipped out the baby pictures. Apparently the prostitues all started cooing and showing him and each other pictures of their own children :3

This troper's OlderThanTheyLook ex-girlfriend and first-time experience was one of these. However, slightly (averted? subverted? ''IN''verted?) she is "TheFundamentalist"...

This troper knows a few women who've been sex workers in the past and at least two of them fit this trope. The others are all lovely people, but I wouldn't describe them as needing nurturing or being sweet innocent flowers.

This Troper spent 5 years in foster care, where she came across ''so'' many of these, mostly former ones under 18. It appalls me how some people can be so disgusting as to judge a woman by what she does for a living.

I've had intensive experience with a few of them, and I've got to keep this as short as possible (and sorry if it turns out to be too long):

1. There's no question that most prostitutes are just as capable of giving and receiving genuine affection as this trope implies. They also try hard to be good. It's actually rather cute the way they are willing to assure you that yes, they really are honorable enough to treat people right--and quite often this is true. Also, the "cynical, worldly" stereotype is much less useful for understanding them than most of the other common stereotypes or archetypes, such as the ones below.

2. But at the same time, most prostitutes are prone enough to do bad things that they can't really be said to fit this trope (and of course, I'm not counting prostitution itself as a "bad thing" at all when I say this). The only truly harmless prostitute is one without an addiction to the hard drugs, and that's a minority of them. But in the categories of conventional morality, they are still just as much at home among "good people" as they are among "bad people". The one I knew best was a great example of AmbiguousInnocence and BlueAndOrangeMorality, and most of them are like that to a great degree. I tend to have a similar way of thinking, and that's why I made friends with them so easily. IMO, prostitutes would seem to be Usually ChaoticNeutral.

3. My view of why street prostitution is so much of a CrapsackWorld can be stated in one sentence: The biggest culprit to blame for their problems is THE CRACK COCAINE. Their addiction is the reason why they are homeless and penniless despite taking in a lot of money every night, and a major reason why they take so many risks. I think most of the violence they face is from someone who is either on drugs (including alcohol), addicted to drugs, or pursuing his interests as a drug dealer.

4. The StrawFeminist view of prostitution would have you believe that it's a matter of evil pimps and tricks abusing victim prostitutes. The only major respect in which they are right is when they say that a history of childhood abuse is a major part of the problem. But as victims, the prostitutes tend to be far tougher than many narratives about prostitution would imply. And it's important not to forget that most drug addicts blame other people for their problems too much already, so don't neglect the need for personal responsibility. As for the tricks (clients), the majority of them are neither violent nor evil, but rather they tend to be merely confused and aimless in the same way as the prostitutes (and I include myself in this statement). As for pimps, my experience suggests that they are much rarer than StrawFeminist s and the general public believe.

Like the previous troper, This Troper can testify the vast majority of call girls he met (and a large percent of street girls) had proven to be kind, friendly and playful, either in the business or their usual social life. It's also a matter of reciprocity between girl and her trick - if someone seeks "girlfriend experience" it would be a good idea to treat her like a girlfriend should be, for the beginning.

I knew a girl who was loose to put it nicely. But shes one of the nicest and friendliest girls you'll ever meet and I don't mean that in a sexual sense.

This troper's first experience was with a girl who fits this to a t. She is the nicest and most accepting person he knows, and has become one of his best friends. He almost had a real relationship with her at one point but that kinda fell apart.. Oh well.

Same troper as directly above, and now I'm going with her to homecoming! Yay for reversal of fortume! Looks like my hope of a relationship with her has been restored.

This troper's first nanny was a (retired, at the time) example of this trope. She helped my pregnant mom while my dad was away in business trips and took very good care of me. Eventually, her daughter went into the business and she too became another great example of this trope.

She's since stopped, but when this troper met his current girlfriend, she was an example of this trope. Not professionally, however, she simply exchanged the sex for money. Her personality and overall demeanor is sparkling, frankly, and I'm in no way surprised that I fell in love with her. Fast forward to her stopping and she and I having been together a year now. Things are good.