Waubonsee Community College

We're here now, prostitution, produced and directed by Dawn Wieking

eng

videorecording

For College; Adult audiences

We're here now

electronic resource

780755664

produced and directed by Dawn Wieking

35

Criminal justice and public safety in video

prostitution

This film focuses on the myths and realities of prostitution as related by seven women formerly in "the life." These women are struggling to return to the mainstream of society and they meet in a group counseling session that offers mutual support and guidance. Aided by two skilled social workers, they talk candidly about personal histories, deadened emotions, distrust of human interaction and lack of self-esteem. The stories they tell - beatings, arrests, exploitation by pimps, and dependency on drugs and alcohol - stand out in sharp relief to society s image of the "happy hooker."The film does not record the street life. Instead, it shows women coming to grips with the great problems of their lives. It demonstrates the dynamics of group therapy. For women's groups, sociology, criminal justice and psychology classes

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