Former sex worker: I worried I would get beaten up
Sherry Sherqueshaa, who used to be a sex worker, is now a researcher and writer with sex workers rights’ group Project X.
Photo: The New Paper
Sherry Sherqueshaa, 25, was once pushed to the ground while soliciting on the street after some disagreement with a potential client.
It may sound minor, but to her, it brought back memories of abuse stories she had heard from fellow sex workers.
"Friends told me that clients had choked them, punched them or pinned them down to the ground... I felt so vulnerable.
"When (he pushed me down) I felt that was the first step of what he could do to me," she said.
Figures from sex workers rights' group Project X revealed that the number of abused sex workers has increased over the years.
Sherry, who is now a researcher and writer with Project X, said: "Every day at about 4am or 5am, when I went back home, I would wash myself thoroughly just to cleanse myself of whatever was said to me or done to me, then sleep it off.
"Then, the next day, I would brace myself and go through this all over again just to earn a living."
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Sherry Sherqueshaa, who used to be a sex worker, is now a researcher and writer with sex workers rights’ group Project X.
Photo: The New Paper
Sherry Sherqueshaa, 25, was once pushed to the ground while soliciting on the street after some disagreement with a potential client.
It may sound minor, but to her, it brought back memories of abuse stories she had heard from fellow sex workers.
"Friends told me that clients had choked them, punched them or pinned them down to the ground... I felt so vulnerable.
"When (he pushed me down) I felt that was the first step of what he could do to me," she said.
Figures from sex workers rights' group Project X revealed that the number of abused sex workers has increased over the years.
Sherry, who is now a researcher and writer with Project X, said: "Every day at about 4am or 5am, when I went back home, I would wash myself thoroughly just to cleanse myself of whatever was said to me or done to me, then sleep it off.
"Then, the next day, I would brace myself and go through this all over again just to earn a living."
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singap...rried-i-would-get-beaten#sthash.tyiX5ph4.dpuf
