Hookers: The Streetwalker

The average citizen probably gets their information on prostitutes from Pretty Woman or from the reports on the nightly news.  The world of prostitution has many levels and is quite complex.   I'll attempt to describe the many different facets of the industry

The Streetwalker:

The streetwalker is the classic definition of what most people recognize as a hooker.   She's that girl, standing on the corner, scantily clad, giving you the eye as you drive by. In the era before the internet, there were many different levels of streetwalkers.  This appears to have changed with venues like Craigslist or websites for certain massage parlours. 

The modern streetwalker is the lowest form of prostitute and most often association with disease, the pimp & sadly, violence.  These women are often the victims of random violence, or the horrors inflicted on them from animals like Robert Pickton.  Drug addiction is rather common in the world of streetwalkers, especially the use of crack & Meth.  Another term for streetwalkers is know as "car dates".  

The common misconception is that all streetwalkers have pimps.  While this is generally the reality, not every streetwalker does.  The world of pimping and streetwalkers is dark and dangerous.  Many of the girls are shuffled around from city to city and don't stay long in one place.  The idea behind doing this is simple; its to stop these women from making contacts.  Those controlled by pimps and organized crime are victims and required to meet quotas and if they do not they face the wrath of their controllers.  They may be denied their fix of drugs or physically harmed.  While it's easy to assume these women are "diseased filth" they are victims & do not have control of their lives.   The next time you read about how another streetwalker was killed while working, see that person as a human, as the daughter, as someone's friend, not as diseased filth.