Privately educated Gwyneth Montenegro said she is glad to be out of the sex industry after 12 years, which saw her binge on champagne and cocaine. But following her 12 years in the sex industry she said most men didn't turn to her for "hardcore kinky sex" but because they felt threatened in their own relationships. Gwyneth, 39, who grew up as a devout Christian before she was gang raped by up to eight men when she was a teenage girl, said a lot of her clients wanted to "feel masculine again". She told News. She said she is glad to be away from the industry and now teaches women how to "understand" men and make the most of their relationships. In , she told she became hooked on her champagne and cocaine lifestyle afforded by her romps - 90 per cent of which were with married men.
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Now, however, Montenegro, who is currently an Intimacy Behaviourist based in Melbourne, Australia, has revealed that she believes that the portrayal of sex work is problematic. The glamorisation of the industry, she says, leads women to believe becoming a sex worker will afford them a life of luxury, when the reality is far from the truth. Speaking to The Independent , Montenegro explains that more needs to be done to ensure women know the truth before embarking on a career as a sex worker. At one extreme there is the sad, human face of the street walker, who is using it to pay the rent, feed a child or possibly save up for their next drug hit. The reader is opened up to a world of high fashion, travel, huge amounts of money and copious amounts of sex.