Causes and Effects of Prostitution

A stigma refers to an idea surrounding someone’s particular circumstance that has a mark of disgrace associated with it. There is a stigma surrounding mental illness, same-sex relationships, and very heavily there is one surrounding prostitution. It is seen as a job that the desperate and destitute flock to, it takes place in seedy underbellies and involves corrupt pimps preying on adolescent girls. This viewpoint is hyperbolic stems from perhaps well-intentioned but uninformed others. Like any line of work, prostitution has its downsides and its corrupt sides, but it also has its benefits, benefits that are made scarcer when someone adopts the view that prostitution should be policed. Those involved in the sex trade argue that the policing of prostitution stems from a desire to know and control others deviant behavior and it creates more danger for those involved in the trade.

A major concern with prostitution and sex trafficking is that a trend is seen in terms of women's’ health that enter or are forced into the sex industry. One area that is is utmost significance is deteriorating emotional wellness of former and current prostitutes involved. Although, even if they are forced or join for willingly, they begin to experience trauma such as death, torture, rape, and abuse, which leads to the deterioration of their mental health. An investigation done by U.S. Branch of Wellbeing and Human Administrations national symposium has analyzed the impacts prostitution has had on a sex worker populace. The outcomes were a finding were a pervasiveness of PTSD, anxiety, and substance, dissociative, and disposition issue in a significant number of the prostitutes(Muftic and Fin 2013:1863). In this study, it can be observed that the trauma some of these women face whether it be from a young age or later on, they have significantly poorer mental health than their general population counterpart. The reason being that this trauma is something many other people do not experience. The sheer measure of injury, self-blame, push and any impediment are broad and are substantially more extreme in light of the fact that these ladies encounter it numerous circumstances, if not day by day.

By keeping prostitution illegal, it keeps the doors open for a victimless crime to have many victims. Many prostitutes are people looking for a way to get out of a certain situation they are in, but do not have the skill set for what society considers a better quality job. These people then turn to prostitution in hopes of making money, earning a living and getting an education (Reynolds, 13). Prostitutes could become victims of their own career choice. Prostitutes who are beaten or abused by clients are often scared to report the crime to the police in fear they will be charged with a crime instead. As Reynolds points out, there are no real laws

Samoa, and other small islands. Japan was very vulnerable to a naval attack by America and

Prostitution, also referred to as “the oldest profession,” has always been a controversial and challenging social issue. It is practiced in many different forms including: call girls, convention prostitutes, apartment prostitutes, hotel prostitutes, house prostitutes, bar girls, streetwalkers, and parking lot lizards (). Civilizations such as the Samarians, and countries including Morocco and parts of India engaged in a form of prostitution known as temple prostitution. Temple prostitution is based on the belief that “generative activity of human beings possessed a mysterious and sacred influence in promoting the fertility of nature” (Clarkson). In other civilizations, such as the Roman and Byzantine Empires, prostitution was looked upon as less of a religious ceremony, and more of a sin practiced by “women of evil life” (ProCon.org). Today those differentiating view are still present in modern society, but there are also new ideologies surrounding the everlasting presence of prostitution. This Essay will use the Symbolic Interactionism Theory to identify those new ideologies, and evaluate the meaning of prostitution within three relationship: the husband and wife, the Call girl and client, and the Pimp and the sex trafficking victim.

Ultimately, the War Department punished 15,520 infected women, whereas none of the male soldiers who patronized these suspected prostitutes were arrested. The women were either jailed, quarantined in barbed wired work camps or with the “feebleminded,” or sent to reform schools. Ironically, many of the buildings of these reformatories and detention homes had formerly been brothels that were abandoned after the red-light districts were shut down.

prior to their entry. The years leading up to the war and after affected women’s roles in the

Prostitutes do mostly part-time work and can make a lot of money to support themselves, as opposed to taking other jobs, due to the fact that the work is illegal and customers are willing to pay. In addition to supply and demand to support oneself, the motivation for this field of work is also related to differences in how much money a woman earns compared to a man. A woman is willing to be a prostitute, since she can charge a higher. With relations to economics, prostitutes are involved in cost-benefit analysis when it comes to having a pimp, just like people do when it comes to real estate agents. In both situations people decide that it is better to provide money to someone else for a more beneficial

Prostitution has been known of for thousands of years. The term derives from the Latin “ prostituere” which means “to cause to stand in front of”. Today, prostitution can be defined as granting non marital sexual access for remuneration, under terms established by mutual agreement of prostitutes, their clients and their employers. According to the Uniform Crime Report about 60,000 prostitution arrests are being made annually. In some nations prostitution is legal while other nations punish prostitution with the death penalty (Siegel, 2014, p. 361). However, prostitution can also be forced. Many women are forced to enter the sex trade, therefore, to put an end to international sex trade, men who hire prostitutes should be punished very severely.

that 80% of prostitutes have been raped. Also, studies show an even more dejecting fact,

The answer to my question would have to be directed toward an exchange for something necessary for the prostitute to survive. Found by Weitzer (2014), for instance, there are over 6 classifications in which prostitutes provide services for an opportunity, necessity of life, or numerous other goals. This hypothetical answer is important because we have to understand why prostitutes and children are subjected to these services, and why they endure them. The disciplines that have discussed this topic, is scientist, psychologist, sociologist, anti-prostitution advocates, and many more who find this topic intriguing. Lastly, without the disciplines being noted for research purposes, we cannot find what their conclusions are, and how to render a finding if possible on further research.

I have selected Prostitution. A person is not born as a prostitute. Their lifestyle may have some influences in becoming one. Someone may become a prostitute because they are not financially stable, self-conscious, to feel love, to feel wanted, or attracted to a large amount of money. These are some of the social forces that encourages prostitution. A young adult may become a prostitute to be more independent and responsible. They do not want to depend on anyone for anything. Sometimes that will lead the young adult not to stop because the amount of money that they are getting. They become accustom to all flashy items and expensive things, so they become attached to the lifestyle and will not give it up. Also, some people also turn to prostitution

(Massing, 1989) Young women that fall under the spell of the drug are being affected as well. It leads to prostitution in order to fulfill the drug craving, and females giving birth to “crack babies”. These “crack-addicted mothers and fathers unlikely to provide nurturing home environments for their children (and often ended up incarcerated), leading to the relinquishment of parental rights.” (Fryer, 2013) This spread of drug use has continued to ruin the lives of many minorities.

Prostitution can be described as many things: a sin, a corrupt use of one’s body, and even a criminal act. While many people now think of prostitution in negative ways, it has not always been thought of this way. Being one of the world’s oldest professions, prostitution is viewed quite differently from culture to culture and era to era. After taking a glimpse into the past and the history of prostitution, one can see how the act of selling one’s body has benefited and shaped the society of the mining town of Wallace, Idaho.

One of the oldest known jobs in history is Prostitution, otherwise known as the sex labor industry. It is a major part of our society as an illegitimate source of income and employment. The prohibition of Prostitution creates a larger number of issues in society. Before, prostitution was a more individual decision, where countless women picked it as a last resort in emergencies; whereas now these women are coerced into the industry and experience abuse, murder, etc. The involvement and trauma prostitutes experience results in mental disorders. Furthermore, I investigate how the prohibition of prostitution has greater drawbacks on our society and introduce three policies that may help resolve the social issue within sex workers. Some policies I believe will provide the most benefits are first, the legalization of prostitution, second, enforcing and strengthening the law enforcement for human trafficking, and third, development of availability of medical resources.