Sample article about this.
I know everyone is talking about this a bit in the news, but I thought I’d add my thoughts.
I’m going to ignore the whole debate on the morality of prostitution; I think that has been and is being covered in enough detail elsewhere.
The key point I wanted to make (that hasn’t already been ground to dust) is that this sort of thing reflects very badly on the state of PhD funding in the UK. If female students are forced to turn to prostitution to fund their studies, surely there is something wrong. According to the main article in the Times on November 17th, many other women are also selling themselves to fund their doctorates. If this is true, then it represents a very sorry state of affairs for British students.
This woman is now a research doctor at a hospital. It seems ludicrous to suggest that there shouldn’t be enough cash available for her to complete her studies.
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