Some say prostitution is just a job—but the statistics and stories of prostituted women paint a very different picture. Share this video and help tell the world prostitution is not a job.

What is prostitution? Many people say it's the world's oldest profession, that it's a job just like any other job. But when you look at the real lives and real experiences of those in prostitution, it's clear that it's unlike any other job.

Ninety-eight percent of those bought in prostitution are women. Ninety-nine percent of the buyers are men. These numbers reveal that, at its very core, prostitution is a system of gender inequality. It's a system where women exist to fulfill the sexual desires of men. She is seen as a product to be bought, used, and discarded.

Within this system of inequality, women in prostitution routinely endure violent, exploitative, and dehumanizing acts at the hands of sex buyers and pimps that are incomparable to any other profession.

Our society has created laws against workplace sexual harassment, but in prostitution, the job is sexual harassment.

One survivor said, "As a prostitute, you do not get to frame the boundaries of your sexual experience."

The largest study ever conducted on prostitution revealed that 63 percent of women in prostitution experience rape, and 71 percent experienced multiple forms of physical violence.

Yet another study revealed the types of violence women in prostitution experienced, which included being kicked, punched, robbed, strangled, kidnapped, burned with cigarettes, slashed with razor blades, and urinated on.

As a result, the majority of women studied in prostitution met the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder on the same level as combat victims and torture victims.

The mortality rate of women in prostitution is 200 times higher than that of the general population of women.

These are not job hazards. These are statistical probabilities that women in prostitution will be sexually and physically assaulted and will suffer from severe mental and emotional trauma.

This is not a job. It is a violation of human rights. It is a system of violence, exploitation, and inequality against women, and it must be stopped.

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