Two of the women describe the grim reality of their work in shocking footage, with one of them revealing she sometimes cries when she's with clients. In a shocking video, one of the women describes the grim reality of her work as she says she sometimes cries when she is with clients.
But the customers are unphased and "carry on," Birmingham Live reports. For the price of a McDonald's meal deal, sex workers soliciting on a busy route through Handsworth, West Midlands, will offer up their services to passing clients because they are addicted to hard drugs, such as heroin and cocaine.
The shocking reality has been highlighted by Imran Hameed, who works within various communities across the city to highlight controversial topics. Lots of people exchange drugs for sex as well.
The details come after two prostitutes working on Soho Road revealed the grim reality of working on a busy Birmingham street. In the shocking video above, the girls speak candidly about their work and how hard it can be. The working girls explained how rape, robbery and assault is commonplace as they solicit on the road, but that they continue just for the drugs. In the video, Imran can be seen asking the women questions about their daily lives. For the women, it is all they've known through their adult lives as one admits having worked as a prostitute from when she was a schoolgirl.
One of the women reveals she has been selling sex for money since she was just years-old. She is now I was doing crack cocaine and heroin. I started to lose my teeth, my confidence and stuff. I don't feel confident enough, then you're introduced to this. In the video another woman repeats 'this' and gestures at Soho Road where they stand every night. She too has been working the streets for a long time, revealing how for an entire decade, this has been her life.
