Agencies have fucked me over so many times. They treated me like a slave, some of them well known on this site, some not. I find great fun in being independent and yet, I have made the mistake of joining agency after agency, hoping I could find someone that would treat me like a human being and not an OBJECT.
The societal objectification for women is already common enough, I don't want it to follow me into my career. Yes, I have to work a little harder and I have to scrutinize all my clients, but in the end...
An independent woman is a happy woman :D