Monday,
May 26, 2008
Higher Class Prostitutes in
The
ANNOTICO Report
While
there are "street walkers" in
The
majority of the cases, women engage in this profession by choice and 43%
consider it a temporary situation. The modern prostitute,
were technology-savvy women who often held degrees, preferred
political talk shows over
PROSTITUTES FROM 60 NATIONS IN
ANSA
May
26, 2008
Milan,
- Prostitutes from 60 different countries currently practise
their trade in Italy, many of them controlled by foreign mafia gangs,
according to a study by a group which seeks to help these women.
According
to the Gruppo Abele, headed by the priest Don Ciotti, there are some 70,000 working prostitutes in
The
Gruppo Abele report was drawn up to coincide with
this year
The
report by Don Ciotti
According
to the study prostitutes in
The modern prostitute, the study observed, were technology-savvy women who
often held degrees, preferred political talk shows over
The
single largest category of prostitutes today is made up of students (27%),
followed by housewives (18%) and women who held regular part-time jobs and,
from time to time, receive clients at their own home for a little extra cash to
help make ends meet.
This
latter group includes employees of call centers but also factory employees and
white-collar staff. In the majority of the cases women engage in this
profession by choice and 43% consider it a temporary situation.
The
work hours have also changed and today 26% of prostitutes prefer to exercise
their profession in the early afternoon, from 1pm to 3pm, while only 16% still
opt for the night.
One
of the biggest changes among prostitutes is their socio-cultural profile. Today
34% hold degrees or diplomas, 11% speak at least
one foreign language correctly, 9% read five or six books a year and 38% read
at least one newspaper a day. Over 50% of prostitutes today prefer to watch a
political talk show, news analysis program or history
documentary over the popular reality shows.
In regards to where the profession is practised, today
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