Prostitution Book Report

     Upper society need to place the blame on someone for the corruption that prostitution has on men. There needed to be someone who was responsible for the to corruption; so lets blame it on the prostitutes. The book touches on this a couple of

Claire E. Sterk, the author of the article of “Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of Aids”

The telling of a story is never easy, especially when the topic is racy, emotionally charged, and highly taboo. Rachel Moran deftly covers all aspects of her life in prostitution in “Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution”, from addiction to abuse, and every moment in between. Moran utilizes macro level structure by dividing her memoir into three parts, and further dividing her book by chapters organized by topics concerning factors that contribute to prostitution, all in order to create a cohesive story that is compartmentalized for easy access to specific information, and creates a story that is used as a support system for a deeper message about the need for social and legislative change regarding prostitution.

Sexuality has an inherent connection to human nature. Yet, even in regards to something so natural, societies throughout times have imposed expectations and gender roles upon it. Ultimately, these come to oppress women, and confine them within the limits that the world has set for them. However, society is constantly evolving, and within the past 200 years, the role of women has changed. These changes in society can be seen within the intricacies of literature in each era. Specifically, through analyzing The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, one can observe the dynamics of society in regards to the role of women through the lens of the theme of sexuality. In both novels, the confinement and oppression of women can be visibly seen as a result of these gender roles. Yet, from the time The Scarlet Letter was published to the time The Bell Jar was written, the place of women in society ultimately changed as well. Hence when evaluating the gender roles that are derived from sexuality, the difference between the portrayals of women’s oppression in each novel becomes apparent, and shows how the subjugation of women has evolved. The guiding question of this investigation is to what extent does the theme of sexuality reflect the expectations for women in society at the time each novel was written. The essay will explore how the literary elements that form each novel demonstrate each author’s independent vision which questions the

In the anthropological fieldwork, it is courteous and almost always mandatory to gain formal consent from the individuals the research is conducted about. Although at times it may be awkward and uncomfortable, researchers like Claire Sterk must ask for consent to help protect the subject, the university, and themselves. Yet, the process of building trust and relationships in a field like dangerous strolls and crack houses can be difficult to an outsider, especially one with a higher economic status and different racial and cultural background. Sterk faced each of these obstacles as she pursued her research into understanding the life of female prostitutes from their own point of view.

Abel, Gillian, et al. Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers fight for decriminalisation. Policy Press, 2010. Part two: Implementation and impact of the Prostitution Reform Act (2003): the first five years: Review of the PRA

The women in the book are supposed to be loving, they are the caretakers. “Yes I’ve had a few ugly smelly guys lean over my. I got the urge to punch this cop in the crotch” (Alexie 39). This quote not only shows how men think, but

Canada is a nation renown as a liberal-leaning, forward nation; promoting the advancement of women in all parts of the world. However, it is a nation guilty of punishing women for the circumstances in which they find themselves with laws showing an antiquated view on the issue of prostitution—one that prosecutes sex workers instead of those who take advantage of women’s situations and buy sexual services. BY examining the origins of current-day laws concerning prostitution in Canada and looking at European legislation as well as its successes and failures made it is possible to find a middle ground that will suit Canada should it ever decide to change its laws concerning prostitution.

Prostitution is the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. Both men and women can be prostitutes and they normally become one around the age of 12. Prostitution is a societal problem because men and women are not searching for love, but searching for money. Whether they are searching for money to keep their family on their feet or drugs, the result is normally never good. Once a person is in a world of prostitution it is hard to exit that world. These prostitutes become tangled in a web of pimps, sex, threats, drugs and sometimes death.

In Should Prostitution Be a Crime? , Gillian Abel and Taina Bien-Aime argue their standpoints on whether prostitution should be decriminalized. Abel, head of the Department of Population Health at the University of Otago, is not in favor of legalizing prostitution claiming that doing so would not fix the immediate risks involved with this field of work and could in fact increase the rates of human trafficking. Adding to her argument, with the decriminalization of pimps and customers, prostitution would become socially acceptable leading people to believe that women are objects who can be bought and sold. Bien-Aime, executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, claims that by allowing prostitution to be legal, workers would

The women of the story are not treated with the respect, which reflects their social standings. The first image of the women that the reader gets is a typical housewife. They are imaged as “wearing faded house dresses and

Another important aspect of the novel is that of sexuality and of same-sex desire. Froehlich states that, in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries,

It is rather odd to think that prostitution, which is considered to be the world’s oldest profession, would be illegal and harmful in nature. The issue of legalizing prostitution has entered public conversation around the world, which is severely divided. Many, like myself, consider prostitution to be a victimless crime. Despite such opposition to legalizing prostitution, many argue that legalizing it would result in decreased morality issues, increase the economic activity in the United States, and help decrease the number of sexually transmitted diseases among both prostitutes and those who patronize them,

Lars Ericsson proves his conclusion that prostitution is morally unobjectionable through three separate premises. The first is

Prostitution is ambiguous to define. The Macquarie dictionary defines prostitution as 1. the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse 2. any base or unworthy use of talent, ability, etc. But the act of prostitution involves many other associated facets that are included under this extensive act. There’s the act itself, soliciting, advertising, pimping, house brothels, street prostitution, phone sex and even computer sex.