Although there were as many different kinds of prostitutes as the flavors of Baskin Robbin's ice cream, these women shared one thing in common: they wanted to be free:

• For Courtesans, the freedom to speak their minds, to choose their lovers, and to indulge themselves with luxuries they could not earn on their own.
• For Lorettes, the freedom from meanial work as poorly paid seamstresses or mistreated governesses.
• For Streetwalkers, freedom from hunger and destitution.