Child genius at Oxford becomes prostitute

[GA Russell]

Here's a very sad story. I am reminded of a case in Toronto less than a year ago when a man of apparently similar ethnic background killed his teenage daughter because she wanted to dress like other Canadian girls and wear blue jeans.

A century ago immigrants from Italy wanted their daughters to date only Italian boys. That was understandable, although not for making the American melting pot. But today some immigrant fathers from non-Western countries appear to be brutal.

Life must be hell for the women still living in the old country, although maybe it is not as bad as I imagine when everyone in the society is on the same page. Maybe the problem these teenage girls have is that they live in a Western culture all day, and then their fathers expect them to live like they still live in the old country.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343677,00.html

A child prodigy with a talent in mathematics that won her a spot at Oxford at the age of 13 somehow found her way into prostitution.

Sufiah Yusof, who calls herself Shilpa Lee, advertises her body on an Internet sex site, charging 130 pounds an hour or $258.

Yusof and two siblings won university places in their teens but she ran away at age 15 with claims of pressure from her parents.

"It is all desperately heartbreaking," a friend of Yusof said. "With her amazing brain she should be able to make money any way she wants. But instead, her life spiraled completely out of control."

Yusof describes herself as a "sexy, smart student" who prefers "older gentlemen" and offers services every day from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Yusof claims her father was "controlling and bullying," which led her to ending the relationship with her family.