From an abused mother to prostitute

Editor's note: Mengqun, 48, is a sex worker in Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. She usually charges 15 to 30 yuan ($2 to $5).

I was born in a very poor and remote village in Guizhou province and didn't attend school because my father didn't like girls.

I had an arranged marriage. My husband was very bad-tempered and addicted to gambling. He often held a knife to my throat when he was angry, and sold almost everything in the house to gamble.