Prostitution Essay

We all need to be educated on this topic and know the warning signs of a pimp and of a victim so we can shed light on the issue. The warning signs of a pimp include, Jealousy and controlling, violent, significantly older than younger

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

     Some ask why prostitution spreads like a wildfire through our cities and streets. This is an easy question for functionalists, prostitution flourishes because it satisfies sexual needs that are not able to be met

These pimps then tell the victims that if they do anything wrong, try to escape, or inform someone of their situation that they will be tortured or their family will be severely harmed or murdered. It tends to be easier for them to manipulate children, and by the time the children reach adulthood, they have been broken down and rely on the pimp. If the pimp gets into their mind, it’s easy for him to maintain a controlling status, much like in a domestic violence. From then on the victims may have to call him “daddy” and they maybe punished if he feels like they have stepped out of

So more than half of the women in that program had some sort of abuse that ultimately lead them into prostitution. According to to many former prostitutes, just like in the documentary Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, they decided to just sell their body for money since it did not really mean anything to them anymore. The early childhood of someone can really affect how they grow up so, instead of treating prostitutes as offenders treat them as victims. Some prostitutes decide to go into the sex trade industry but they do not sign up for the effects and the dangers of

Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement once said, "Slavery still exists, but now it only to women and its name is prostitution."(Hugo) Pimps are finding new ways to get more girls to work for them. They do all this for money. They sell away someone's innocence just to make a few dollars. Pimps use the dependency the girls develop for them against them. They are finding new ways to recruit girls and they use love and emotions to manipulate girls. Dependency, love, and new ways of communication are things that pimps are using to win the war for prostitution.

Sex traffickers, in certain cases referred to as pimps, hold a variety of loathsome techniques to capture a victim. They find victims through social network, local neighborhoods, clubs or bars, internet and even school.

There were very few sex workers whom I talked to who would actually choose this line of work if they felt they had a choice and certainly, the trafficking of minors has almost everything to do with poverty. A member of my production team asked one of our experts while we were in India how families could possibly sell their own daughters into the sex industry. And he told us -- not to excuse the trafficking, but as a way to explain it -- “...no one can understand unless you’re in a situation facing the starvation of your entire family: your wife, your sons, your other daughters.” ([PDF] by Zana Briski) I feel the same as Zana that many prostitutes wouldn’t choose this work, there is or was a reason for this

As for those that sell themselves willingly without being forced to by an outside party like that of pimp, still in some way, have the ability to harm others in the process. To put in simply, participants in the act of prostitution, and other victimless crimes, are indirectly inflicting harm upon others by directly committing the crime themselves (Ruskin, 2012). With that being said, the offenders’ families/significant others may be hurt, and this crime (as well as many others) could even lead to other problems where there are unwilling victims (Meier and Geis, 1997). For example, prostitutes and the act of prostitution are considered by the United Health Organization a reservoir for the spread of HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted diseases (Rosenberg & Weiner, 1988). Although the paying user at the time is willing and understands that such diseases could be transmitted, this doesn’t count for those who engage in intercourse with said person after he/she has participated with a prostitute. If the new person ends up contracting any form of STD from the paying user,

In the book Sex for Sale Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry, Table 1.1 shows characteristics of types of prostitution. There are six categories; Business location, prices charged, exploitation by third parties, risk of violent victimization, public visibility, and impact on community. There are also six types of jobs in the sex industry; Call girl, escort, brothel worker, massage parlor worker, bar or casino worker, and street walker. For every job besides the street walker the prices charged are high or moderate, exploitation by third parties were low to moderate, the risk of violent victimization was either very low or low, public visibility is either none or very low, and the impact on the community is either none or little (Weitzer 8). This shows that prostitution, unless one is a streetwalker, is relatively safe, profitable,

Mansson & Hedin (1999) found that 75% of women involved in street-level prostitution had had difficult childhoods, characterized by sexual and physical abuse, negative relationships with parents, and rape experiences. This is similar to what Kramer and Berg (2003) found, that 49% of women involved in sex work had been physically abused by a family member and 47% had been sexually abused. The lack of emotional support from their families and their desensitization of abuse are major risk factors for women entering prostitution.

Latent lesbianism, low intelligence, a home life of abuse, and desperate poverty head the list of possible reasons. Nevertheless, no one has been able to isolate a specific set of social factors that leads to prostitution. Current books by prostitutes and new scientific studies have prompted Vern and Bonnie Burlough, from the book The First Sex, to conclude that prostitution is, largely, "simply another occupation"(Fisher 208). If in fact, prostitution is looked upon as another occupation, then why not create a win-win situation. Prostitutes would contribute monetarily to society and would have in return rights to health benefits and retirement would be ensured. According to the "World Charter For Prostitutes' Rights," prostitutes themselves believe that they should "pay regular taxes on the same basis as other independent contractors and employees, and should receive the same benefits."

There are many cases as to why people get into prostitution. One of the most common reasons women decide to become a sex worker is usually to help pay for schooling, or other financial debt. Here in California minimum wage is now about ten dollars an hour which is not nearly enough money to support oneself, let alone pay for college loans. In an AlterNet article Celine Bisette talks about how people let ignorance get the best of them as they assume her being a prostitute is a product of sexual abuse. Celine states,” The reality is that I had a happy childhood that was completely devoid of abuse of any kind. I grew up in a very ordinary middle class family. My parents cooked dinner for me every night, helped me with my homework, and told me they loved me every single day.” When people make judgements about why sex workers are doing what they are doing it puts these workers in an uncomfortable position, making them regretful and embarrassed about a job that they like doing.

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

After the Escorts comes the Bar girls/boys who are hustlers, strippers and table dancers that work in night clubs, bars and strip joints primarily. Then comes the house girls that work in brothels which would run by a madam (female recruiter) or a pimp (male recruiter); they have very little to no freedom in selecting their client and cannot turn down a customer. After that come the bottom two classes – street-walkers and drug-addicts. The street-walkers are prostitute work at a specific location and in open street and dress very provocatively to entice their customers. The bottom tier, drug-addicts are man or woman who would have sex with others just to have drugs or money to buy drugs. These five ranks also determines how much freedom and options you have and the entry and exit in the sex industry; the higher the rank the hard to enter and easy to quit while it remains the opposite in the lower rank. The higher rank prostitutes also have more protection and security than the lower rank ones and there are more violent events (rape, death etc) in the lower rank than the higher rank that have an established business with higher and exclusive clientele. Despite it’s danger and the cultural taboo condemning it, in the documentary Prostitution: the oldest trade, where several prostitutes were interviewed on how they feel about