Word: calling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hundred times without noticing, only to discover on the hundredth-and-first passing that it is indeed beautiful. Simple in feature and freckled, the face must be studied carefully before you begin to discern a hesitant glimmer in the eye and a warmth in the smile. You could call it childlike, but there is a certain melancholy under the surface...
Weeks says there are presently ten active women in PUMA and another 150 on their mailing list. "Except for two, they're all call girl level,"--as opposed to streetwalkers--Weeks says of the active members, adding that many of the prostitutes PUMA works with are "teachers, nurses, cooks and students. A lot of our women are students putting themselves through shool...
...which operates as a collective, is more of a social service organization. They often help out by bringing sandwiches and coffee to prostitutes spending the night in the Boston Police Department's detention center, usually leaving their telephone number with detainees--primarily streetwalkers. PUMA will provide any women who call them with referrals to medical, legal or baby-sitting services...
Because of its unique position, PUMA's greatest service to prostitutes may be what Weeks describes as "counseling and support for each other." There is a telephone number on PUMA's business card that women can call at any time. And through meetings and activities prostitutes build common bonds. "Prostitutes are very lonely women," because they are looked upon as different, Weeks says. "We have to support each other...
...days later, Mira, Val and their friends marched to the Boston Common in a huge protest against the United States invasion of Cambodia. The group returned to Val's and turned on the news, awaiting some recap of the event. They were interrupted by a phone call from Val's daughter Chris, a freshman in college. She had been raped. Violence had come full circle since Mira's night in Kelly...