Why do so many normal and attractive young women become prostitutes?

In a normal looking but “more-lowlife-than-it-appears” apartment complex—many dirty, poor, drug-addicted and all-around-trash young men frequently bring home prostitutes.

From their actual appearance, these young women, who appear to be about eighteen to maybe the mid-twenties, seem well-above the league of their “clients.” They are attractive and appear to have college and career potential.

The guys seem to ogle over who gets the most attractive ‘ho’—and I can’t help but think the money can’t be THAT good.

Yes, I DO know these women are prostitutes.

When things get out of hand, the women seem to have the upper hand but I still think they are putting their lives in danger. But from their appearances I can’t help but wonder why they don’t get respectable jobs where THEY would be respected (they seem to be in control) or, for lack of a better way to put it, find wealthy husbands.

What’s with it? Why would nice-looking women with above active talents and abilities (not prostitution, but intelligence) become prostitutes? I would suspect there are about fifteen thousand such women in my city (with a metropolitan population of 1.3 million people), and all the trashy junkies, thugs, and low lifes are able to find them regularly.