Sorry, I didn't mean to sound critical. I just mean that I was asking because I want to find others and learn their stories--I don't want to be the victim and I don't want to play the political feminist liberation game. It was neither.

I am not a victim of prostitution, or any of the other things that happened to me. I have been around systems for long enough to know what is and isn't available in terms of support. I am just tired of having to explain everything... and wanted to hear somebody else. Tired of the pity. I am so much stronger than all of that.