Miz G: I don't have the time to respond to all your questions. but here are a few one or two liners:
What do I know that other people don't know? When I first read this story, I did a Google search and found Zoey on a number of porn sites. I originally placed links to one of them in my original post but thought better of this and removed it. Remarkably, these sites have disappeared.
I am recently retired, but I taught modern British and American literature in a New Jersey state university.
What were the students I encountered who worked in the sex industry like? For the most part they were troubled girls with low self esteem and an extremely hostile attitude toward men. One of them, who insisted to me that she was simply a go-go dancer, disappeared, apparently forever, about ten years ago (Google Susan Walsh). The police investigation found that she was involved in prostitution and live-sex shows.
I also learned that these girls don't go to bars alone just to have a few drinks and afterwards retire to motel rooms for naps. Hooking can be dangerous, even in Kansas.
More inferences and value-laden judgments! One can become so cynical about young people in a state college.