Musculoskeltal Violence

One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about sex workers is the danger posed to prostitutes. Theft, rape, kidnapping, threats, blackmail, murder, and more are things that these women, (and some men,) have to deal with on a daily basis. Cash is king in the sex work world, and can be easily or forcibly taken in many circumstances. Even for workers who demand payment beforehand, the fact remains that there is not much standing between a man and getting back the money he has to pay for sex. Some workers avoid this problem with a pimp, who can intimidate the client and make theft less of an issue, however pimps bring their own problems and hazards to the industry.

Once again this can cause a lot of stress on both the public services and the citizens. This can lead to the stress of families for their children knowing there is a sex worker on the loose. The public services will be spending a lot of money trying to track this man down. Money will also be used for the forensics of the murder. The public services will also have to contact the border security, previous employees, friends and family to see if they know anything and to report to the police if they hear anything or see him. This media story also highlights the risks involved in working in the sex industry in the UK. In other European Countries prostitutes are given protection by the public services, The risk involved in this type of work means that the Police will be regularly involved in investigations of this nature, this may be seen as a good thing by some people as it keeps the Police active and aware of this type of activity and crime. There are others who feel this is a waste of Police time as they feel prostitution is an immoral way of making a living and should not be associated with employment.

Horizontal violence is not a topic that medical faculties discuss on a day-to-day basis, but it is an enormous problem within the health care system. In this research the author looks at bulling from a registered nurse (r.n.) aspect .The effects on patient centered care can be detrimental for patients and r.n.’s. The work place needs to be a safe place for not only the patients but also the employees. With the rise of new graduate nurses who are employed by the medical facilities, they too are starting to face horizontal violence within the first year on the job, which leads to retention of nurses in the medical field. Horizontal violence will continue to arise if nurses do not stand up to bullying and empower victims to speak up on

Unfortunately, rape of female migrant farmworkers in the fields is a tragic phenomenon that is far too prevalent. These women are treated as sexual objects at the hands of their supervisors and coworkers, and are subsequently sexually harassed, abused, and raped. While sex plays a role in these crimes, the primary motivator behind sexual abuse in the fields is the power of the perpetrators coming into play with the powerlessness and vulnerability of the women workers.

With no government control or regulation, work-place violence, harassment, and medical care are not monitored or concerned, even though this line of work is the most vulnerable to all three conditions. In fact, nearly seventy-five percent of sex-workers experience work-place violence. For this, “decriminalization could be the best means to protect the rights of sex workers and ensure that these individuals receive adequate medical care, legal assistance, and police protection” (Amnesty International). Along with Amnesty International, one of the most respected human rights organizations in the world, the World Health Organization, UN Women, Global Commission on HIV and the law, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Foundations also support the decriminalization of prostitution in the United States. Criminalizing prostitution will not end prostitution. Instead, the only plausible solution is government regulation. With government support, clients can be tracked through credit cards and any violence or harassment will be able to be reported and taken care of, on a legal level. The sex-work industry also has alarming statistics involving STI’s and STD’s. The men who control the women, or the ‘pimps’, force the women to have oral, vaginal, and anal sex without any kind of contraception, if that is what the client prefers. The Porn Industry,

Attention Getter: Is your job considered socially acceptable? Does the government protect you and your rights as a human beign? Do you get health insurance? You’re not reduced to your profession when they report your brutal murder in the news, right? People don’t say that you had it coming, that you were asking for it when you entered your job, right? Well, if the answer is yes, that means you aren’t a sex worker.

Workplace violence (WPV) has been an increasing problem for many years, but it is hitting the healthcare profession hardest.(1) A crime survey done in 2014 by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) found that violent crimes in the US healthcare system increased by 25% from 2012 to 2013.(2) Nearly 24,000 assaults in the work environment occur every year, with nearly 70-75% occurring to healthcare providers alone.(3, 4) Due to this increased risk of assault while working, healthcare workers are nearly 4 times as likely to need time off of work due to an injury caused by workplace violence than any other cause (i.e. illness, family leave, etc).(3) In a 2001 document from the United States Bureau of Justice, it was reported that 1.62% of physicians were assaulted (16.2 assaults per 1,000), 2.19% of nurses were assaulted (21.9 assaults per 1,000 nurses), and 0.85% of other healthcare workers (with varying job titles) were assaulted (8.5 assaults per 1,000 employees).(5) In 2011, the United States Bureau of Justice measured the workplace violence rate for nurses to be 3.9% (3.9 assaults per 1,000), almost doubling the numbers from 2001 in just 10 years.(1) The United States Bureau of Justice also reported that of the 100 fatalities that occurred in the workplace of healthcare and social service employees in 2013, 27 of the fatalities were due to violent attacks and assaults.(4)

Prostitution could lead to a breeding ground for organized crime in places that it is legal. In Australia, illegal brothels and sex trafficking increased due to the legalization of this service and in the Netherlands, gang crime increased which left the government scrambling to buy back property owned by brothels to gain control back over the industry. Not even the workers are truly safe in their work either because many of the women brought into the industry only ended in it because of their backgrounds. They had childhood emotional trauma from experiences like rape that forced them into the industry. These women also become trapped in the industry once they begin because of the stigma surrounding this issue because they feel they could not

To start off, although many people are aware that Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections are real most of them forget about the protection needed against any. The women and men involved in prostitution do not get to worry about that kind of protection. The health risks involved are brutal and dangerous. “Sex-work communities around the world are in dire need of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services” (Doyle 1). It is not unheard of that, the current prostitution rings do not care about these diseases, in fact “a meeting of sex workers held at the International AIDS Conference heard that the criminalization of the profession was fueling secretive transactions and unsafe sex practices, putting people at risk of HIV and

Back injuries cause great impact to people and their employers. As HR Magazine author Nancy Hatch Woodward points out, “back pain remains one of the most common complaints in the workplace today and it can be devastating” (57). The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2005 that more than 270,000 cases of back injuries and illnesses were reported in the workplace, with those affected taking an average of seven days off of work (Woodward 58).

Nurses and transportation workers were highlighted as occupations at high risk of having non-fatal occupational injuries by BLS. NHIS survey was used to determine the prevalence of MSD among these two populations relative to all other occupations. The main findings of the study revealed that low back pain was more prevalent among nurses and transportation workers compared to other occupations. Data collected by BLS regarding MSD and lost workdays was examined to further study the relationship between the two variables. Both BLS data and literature review indicate that although nurses are more prone to develop MSD compared to other occupations, they are less likely to miss work even when compared to high-risk occupations. The present study

Note: Some sex workers, particularly those who have made an informed choice to enter their professions, are highly conscientious about safe sex and prevention. Risk varies according to individual behaviors, just as it does for people who don 't engage in commercial sex.

Lateral violence is described as a non-physical act occurring between individuals and is intended to hurt another person emotionally. It may be a secretive or noticeable act of verbal or non-verbal hostility. The actions can extend exterior to the place of work and can be perpetrated individually or in cyberspace. Within the nursing community, lateral violence is described as aggression behaviors amongst nurses. The most common forms of lateral violence in the nursing practice include: undermining actions, withholding information, interference, backbiting, incrimination, backstabbing, broken confidences, and failure to respect the privacy of another person. Workplace conflict leads to adverse impacts on registered nurses, patients, other

Violence: injuries that are the leading cause of death and disability for people aged 1 to 34 years in the United States. Violence is the threatened or actual use of physical force or power against another person, against oneself, or against a group or community, that either results in injury, death, or deprivation. Violence has become a national epidemic and a major public health issue. In a 1998 study by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, 64.8% of the 405 African Americans surveyed viewed domestic violence as one of the most serious issues facing their community. Approximately one in three African American women are abused by a husband or partner in the course of a lifetime. Of the women who die from

Prostitution is a profession that has been around for thousands of years despite being a controversial topic in many parts of the world. In the modern world, the ethics of prostitution have been debated with many people viewing the profession as immoral. Prostitution is an exploitative and harmful profession for the sex workers. Since women account for a majority of those who engage in prostitution, these negative impacts affect women more. Also, prostitution is a gendered institution that strengthens and