This includes a prostitution ring at an Edmonton high school. Worlds away from the poverty, neglect and drug abuse that are the hallmarks of prostitution, teenagers who appear bright and well- adjusted are prostituting themselves without batting an eyelash.Īccording to independent filmmaker Sharlene Azam's documentary and book, Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, the normalization of oral sex as an acceptable teenage activity has led vulnerable girls to use it as a way of becoming socially accepted.įor some in Azam's film, this ultimately leads to payment for sex because, after all, if they are doing it anyway, why not get paid for it?Īzam, 38, a former columnist for the Toronto Star, interviewed Canadian girls (and their parents) who had been discovered by school officials to be involved in sexual activity with groups of boys, as well as girls charged by police. Middle-class Canadian girls are giving oral sex after school to pay for sweaters and handbags.
