If prostitution were a job freely chosen, as the pro-legalization forces would have us believe, it’s unlikely that the average age of entry into that workforce would be 14.

It’s unlikely that between two-thirds and 90 per cent of the workers in this “chosen” field would have told researchers in Portland in a recent study that they were victims of incest.

It’s unlikely that 82 per cent of the women in a recent Vancouver study would have reported being sexually abused as children by at least four perpetrators, or that 95 per cent would have said that they wanted out.

What are the chances, if this really were a choice, that so many who choose it are poor, under-educated immigrants or members of minority groups?

Finally, if this really is a job we’d want our sisters, mothers, daughters and friends doing, can someone please explain why so many prostituted women need drugs or alcohol to get through the day and why so many who have left the job are diagnosed withpost-traumatic stress disorder?