The Port City might be free of many of big city problems; however, prostitution isn't one of them. That from Dr Leslie Jeffrey. She's a UNBSJ professor and a regional expert on sex work in the Maritimes. She tells CHSJ News while the population of sex workers here isn't large, it's definitely there.
Jeffrey tells CHSJ News women and young men aren't out on the streets because they want to be.
She says the only reason they are there is because of the money and until there are better economic opportunities for that population it will remain an option for some people.
Jeffrey says it's difficult to assess the number of sex workers in Saint John because the demographic is always changing and so much of the trade happens behind closed doors.
