Technically they were women forced into sexual slavery for soldiers. Doesn't agree with weebs who are caricaturally seen as rejecting all imperfection from Japan, land of anime and endless purity.
It depends on the prositute and who her pimp is if she has one (or he, even though male prostitutes are more rare they shouldn't be swept under the rug), but yes, psychological and physical violence are a big problem for them. Exposition to STDs and risks due to butched abortions are also problematic.
Some are dragged into prostitution by a random person who offers them drugs, which creates an obvious relation of dependence right at the beginning and destroys their health, on top of making them prone to accepting whatever for their fix. (you can argue it's not part of "being treated like shit" if they take part in keeping consumption, but I'd file it under organised dependance)
They're also rarely taken seriously in the case of a rape because "it's their jobs" -nvm the concept of consent-, which puts them in a situation of vulnerability towards the aforementioned pimp and they can struggle to leave this line of work.
Yup, in 2017 some activists here have managed to get a complementary health care service for sex workers, which is already great, but really they're alone to deal with it and snatch rights for themselves.
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was gonna say treated like shit but most whores probably are honestly
Some are dragged into prostitution by a random person who offers them drugs, which creates an obvious relation of dependence right at the beginning and destroys their health, on top of making them prone to accepting whatever for their fix. (you can argue it's not part of "being treated like shit" if they take part in keeping consumption, but I'd file it under organised dependance)
They're also rarely taken seriously in the case of a rape because "it's their jobs" -nvm the concept of consent-, which puts them in a situation of vulnerability towards the aforementioned pimp and they can struggle to leave this line of work.