Most discussions of the public health risks of prostitution have focused on sexually-transmitted disease. A recent editorial in a major medical journal acknowledged the danger of violence to those prostituted, yet concluded that the overall health risks of street prostitution were minimal. In this paper, we discuss a study of the childhood violence, and violence in prostitution, of 130 women, men, and transgendered people in San Francisco, and some of the consequent harm to physical and emotional health.
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