prostitution vs. poverty theme
A character has to choose whether to perform sexual services for money in order not to starve.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Midnight Cowboy (1969) | choice | The story concerns Joe Buck who thought he could make himself a living in New York City by selling himself to rich lonesome women. Joe turned to ever seedier forms of sex work after he was kicked out from his hotel room and faced living on the streets. |
| blackmirror1x02 | major | Abi was a decent singer but turned to prostitution when it became apparent she wouldn't be able to make it in the music industry. |
| play: Mrs. Warren's Profession (1902) | major | Mrs. Kitty Warren explained this to her daughter and it became the basis for judging Kitty |
| movie: King Kong (1933) | minor | Ann briefly thought she might have been hired for dirty things and objected that that was probably not how she hoped to escape her destitution. |
| movie: Rome Open City (1945) | minor | Marina and Pina did what they had to in order to get by during a time when they would otherwise have been on the brink of starvation, we heard |
| movie: Shame (1968) | minor | Eva had sex with Jacobi in exchange for favors and money because she and Jan were desperately impoverished |
| movie: The Serpents Egg (1977) | minor | Manuela was desperately poor and had slept with some unsavory person for money then regretted it |