Prostitution In Lisa Maher's Sexed Work

Prostitution is an act is the exchange of sexual acts for money, food, rent, drugs, or other material goods. It is not seen as a respectable act. In this already problematic world, we try to understand and fix the issue of prostitution but, we fail to understand that we cannot completely wipe out prostitution that some women use as a source of income but instead come up with better solutions for them.
In Sexed Work, Lisa Maher, makes the connection of how drugs and sex workers impact the lives of many of the Bushwick neighborhood women. Growing up as a female in society that undervalues or belittles the role of women creates a notion of low self- esteem and high levels of depression as well as a sense of self worthlessness. However, in Maher’s study, she found that women on the streets did not see themselves as victims but rather resilient in struggling to confront or remake the challenge which constraint them. Most drug-using prostitutes were found to be operated outside of the pimping, and controlled own realm of money. What is important to note here is that either way
For example in the streets of Buschwick, the only way to collect crack and make money was for the women to use her body as a service. It was their best plan to get income and allow them to support their drug habits as well as live and survive. Because of this I feel like prostitutes should not be criminalized. Also, In Maher’s research she found that women who work the street manage to maintain boundaries on what sexual acts they will and will not do and they do not see themselves as victims to drugs or to man. A lot of the time the women in Buschwick did not choose the life of a prostitute, in ways it chose them because the extremely poor environment where they often times fell victim to degradation, inequality or