Saturday, August 06, 2005

Money Never Betrays Me

Of the more than 2,000 Japanese girls, the quote above is quite striking. It comes from a veteran who had been working at a "soapland" in Yoshihara for 5 years.

From an early age, her life has been nothing but a series of betrayals, shes told me. Her father abandoned her when she was just a kid. Her boyfriend suddenly disappeared from her life. She could no longer believe in anything, and ended up at a place where she could make money with her body.

As for myself, I have worked at various jobs in the sex industry since turning 18. I started doing this line of work because the man I was in love with had made me work at a sex massage parlor. Eventually, I fell in love with the money. Well, to be more accurate, I do not mean that I was in love with the money itself, but rather I got satisfaction and felt confident in myself for earning money with my body.

Ayumi Sakai, Former Sex Worker (now a writer)


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