How Do Child Sex Workers Enter Prostitution

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Being sexually abused as a child can pave the way for victims to enter prostitution. With immense vulnerabilities, child sex workers can endanger themselves to physical, verbal violence and sexual assaults from pimps or customers. Furthermore, they are usually defenseless in negotiating the use of condom during intercourses (Willis and Levy 2002). Thus, not only are child sex workers at risk for infectious transmittable diseases such as STD, HIV, uterine infection but also is their community. Being susceptible to chronic diseases would limit this target community to other opening occupational opportunities that require health and physical activities, perpetuating a downward spiral of poverty. Furthermore, these children usually avoid being

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