Vivian, the prostitute played by Julia Roberts, meets a cute john Richard Gere , eats some strawberries, goes on a shopping spree, and ultimately ends up with the john, who happens to be a rich and charming guy who buys her necklaces and takes her to the opera.
Screenwriter J. And a fairy tale, says Hatcher, is just what it is. Not all former sex workers agree. Petro, who worked in the sex industry to help put herself through college, thinks the movie is more about class climbing than prostitution. Hatcher, who was forced into prostitution as a result of domestic violence and who works with trafficked women, disagrees.
And according to a report cited by the U. But Hatcher says that for her and the other survivors she counsels, the idea that escape might come from a man who buys sex is preposterous. Instead of taking them to the opera, the men who buy sex are often violent towards prostituted women.
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