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Despite Efforts Made In Including Them In The Wage Economy, Why Are Kenyan Women Still Prostituting Themselves?

CAPTION: The mascot of new-age Kenyan prostitution has got to be Njoki Chege. On one hand she projects professional success, but on the other hand, she still craves for a man to take care of her needs. Being that "Strong'' Woman, Njoki Chege used to date Munene Mugumo and Mutuma Mathiu at the same time. Such a revoluti

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Despite Efforts Made In Including Them In The Wage Economy, Why Are Kenyan Women Still Prostituting Themselves?

CAPTION: The mascot of new-age Kenyan prostitution has got to be Njoki Chege. On one hand she projects professional success, but on the other hand, she still craves for a man to take care of her needs. Being that "Strong'' Woman, Njoki Chege used to date Munene Mugumo and Mutuma Mathiu at the same time. Such a revolutionary woman. I was fascinated by a read in an article on The Economist. It was serialising the book “The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital. By Dan Cruickshank.” It talks about how 1 in 5 young women in 18th Century London were prostitutes because prejudice barred women from all but menial jobs. So essentially, the economic climate and patriarchal nature of employment standards, condemned...

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