Paid For – My Journey through Prostitution: Surviving a Life of Prostitution and Drug Addiction on Dublin's Streets
Cover -- Title page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Acknowledgments -- Part One -- Chapter 1: The First Question -- Chapter 2: Childhood Social Exclusion -- Chapter 3: My Mother's Illness -- Chapter 4: A Web of Dysfunction -- Chapter 5: Homelessness -- Chapter 6: The First Day -- Part Two -- Chapter 7: Submerging in Prostitution -- Chapter 8: Layers of Negativity -- Chapter 9: The Interplay of Depravity -- Chapter 10: The Myth of the High-Class Hooker -- Chapter 11: Prostitution's Shame, Violation and Abuse -- Chapter 12: The Violence Inherent to Prostitution -- Chapter 13: Survival Strategies -- Chapter 14: Dissociation and the Separation of Self -- Chapter 15: The Myth of the Happy Hooker -- Chapter 16: The Myth of Prostitutes' Sexual Pleasure -- Chapter 17: The Myth of Prostitutes' Control -- Chapter 18: The Losses of Prostitution -- Chapter 19: Misconceptions About Prostitution -- Chapter 20: Legalisation and Decriminalisation -- Chapter 21: The Normalisation of Prostitution -- Part Three -- Chapter 22: Integrating Myself into Society -- Chapter 23: Depression and Suicide -- Chapter 24: The Damage to Relationships and Sexuality -- Chapter 25: Aftershocks -- Chapter 26: The Last Question -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- SPACE -- Copyright -- About the Author -- Author Photograph -- About Gill & Macmillan