Marine biologist sells her body to pay student debt
A GRADUATE yesterday went on national television to say she is selling her body to help pay off her £20,000 of student debt.
She said she would rather work as a prostitute than in a petrol station on minimum wage. Known only as Louise, she said she can earn up to £900 a week.
‘I’m stubbornly defiant about my right to do this kind of work without people inflicting their moral judgments on me,’ she told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire.
‘I don’t want people to think I’m on drugs or that I’ve been forced or coerced or trafficked. I’m just here as a normal person who wants to make money, secure a future for myself and do this kind of work because I choose to.’
Louise, who has a degree in marine biology, works from a smart two-bedroom flat in Westminster, central London. Clients are charged £70 for each halfhour – £25 of which goes to the brothel. A busy day for Louise might involve nine clients.
She said: ‘People can’t seem to wrap their heads around the fact I want to do this job. It’s my choice – I enjoy this kind of work and I wouldn’t be doing it if I didn’t want to.’
A senior police officer admitted last night that brothels were being allowed to operate as long as the prostitutes were safe.
Assistant Chief Constable Dan Vajzovic, who is responsible for the policing of sex workers in England, said arrests alone had proved an ‘inadequate response’ and protecting those involved was his top priority.