It is a great honor for me, to talk on Thursday in the french parliament. Experts come together to evaluate the situation and compare it from the different perspectives in order to end this form of violence and sexual exploitation.
Violence is pervasive in prostitution and can cause traumatic brain injury TBI. This study estimated the prevalence and demographic correlates of TBI among 66 women and transwomen in prostitution. Fifty percent of the women who had been hit with objects had been hit in the head with hands or fists. They also reported being hit in the head with bottles, bats, sticks, hammers, guns, telephones, canes, screwdrivers, belts, rocks, bed slats, steel tubes, and ash trays.
Thirty-four percent of the women who had had their heads shoved into objects had been shoved into walls, with others reporting having their heads slammed into floors; against dashboards, steering wheels, or windows of cars; against furniture or sinks; against other people; or against vehicles, buildings, doors, or stairs. Sixty-one percent had sustained head injuries in prostitution.
These included dizziness, depressed mood, headache, sleep difficulty, poor concentration, memory problems, difficulty following directions, low frustration tolerance, fatigue, and appetite and weight changes.
Screening for TBI is crucial to the care of prostituted women. Here you get to the study done by Melissa Farley, Party E. Banks, Rosalie J. Ackerman and Jackeline M. Transcribed from the speech given by Dr. On my way to Munich today I read about the Third Reich in an alternative city guide.
