1975. Geraldo Rivera on his Good Night America program brings us to San Francisco and a meeting of COYOTE, ‘Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics’.
“I got into it….very unintentionally….I went to work in a massage studio and found out what massage studios were all about which was not massage…”
After an introduction into what the convention is all about we hear some of the stories of how these women got into prostitution, most started innocently, and how they feel about their professions now.
We hear some of these stories and a reminder that for most in prostitution, the stories are not so innocuous. Jane Fonda, running for a senate seat, supports COYOTE and wants prostitution taken out of the criminal courts.
Reminding viewers that the people who profit most from this business are the pimps and men behind the scene, the call to action is regulation, and decriminalization.
Prostitution remains illegal in many U.S. states.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.