prostitution vs. poverty theme
A character has to choose whether to perform sexual services for money in order not to starve.
6 total · 2 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |