Kathleen,

You wrote:

 resist the temptation to prostitute
themselves for a few lousy bucks....alright, it might be more than a few
lousy bucks, but it is still the P word..no matter how you describe it.

I found this analogy interesting. I always saw them as drug dealers.
Both analogies fit.

Assunta Osterholt, IBCLC
http://www.earthlink.net/~oster6