A lot of sex workers are afraid to carry condoms because they could face arrest, but many do so anyway because they don't want to put themselves at risk of contracting HIV.
A Q+A with a former sex worker, who weaves her own painful story of being lured into "the life," with the stories of the girls and women that she now helps.
The "whore stigma" is a way to control women and to limit their autonomy – whether it is economic, sexual, professional, or simply freedom of movement.
