Prostitution In Galactics

Science fiction as a genre has always been thought of to be in a constant state of advancing. Whether it be with new technology, a new type of society, or new creatures, science fiction is always progressing and growing to be more and more complex. However, even as the majority of the contents grow and expand, there are some things that rarely seem to change, and those things are the status of women and “the other.”

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

Despite the ever increasing number of women in paid work, paid work is still considered a secondary kind of work for women after

Brennan explored the women's economic survival strategies in the face of extreme poverty, and for most, single motherhood. In What's Love Got to Do with It? Transnational Desires and Sex Tourism in the Dominican Republic the sex workers, and this sex tourism are more than a means of survival they are an advancement strategy that hinges on participants successful performance. This type of performance is a relationship of convenience and not love. However, what is new for sex workers is how they turned a commercialized sexual transaction into a marriage as transaction operation in a globalized world where legal crossing of national borders requires passports and visas.

Many of the women fit into this category. Donna, a young worker, began her work at mustang ranch in order to care for her husband (age forty-one) and her two young children (pg.65). Her husband, due to his age, was unable to obtain a decent job and told Donna that she needed to get a job at the Brothel. Carrie, another worker in her early thirties, was working to care for her mother and Ivy whose mother-in-law- was tired of her freeloading attitude so she packed Ivy’s belongings and dropped her off at the ranch (pg.69). Many of the women would say that prostitution was just a “job” but the one thing that almost all of them had in common was “financial hardship” and turned to legalized sex workers to financially support their family or someone else. Although a number of women solicited sex in order to meet financial goals, countless of them greatly exceeded their goals but still found themselves working as at the ranch.

Patty Kelly’s article, “Enough already, it’s time we decriminalize prostitution”, takes the reader into a fascinating behind the scene look into one of Mexico’s legalized brothels. Although it is apparent that her research and investigation into this social experiment are well defined, it is too narrow a focus to gather all the required information to support her argument. Kelly begins with a half hazard analysis of Elliot Spitzer infidelity, then continues down the path that is far too laser like to see the overall effect on these women; failing to see these prostitutes as real people with hearts and souls. Instead, she produces an impression that the prostitutes are just commodity, bought and sold on the open market, lacking feeling

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

"Work–Life Management in Legal Prostitution: Stigma and Lockdown in Nevada’s Brothels." Human Relations, vol. 70, no. 6, June 2017, pp. 725-750. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/0018726716674262.

In the 1930, Puerto Rican women were fighting for childcare, maternal care, birth control and control over their reproductive rights (Colon & Ortega, 1998). To make matters worse, Puerto Rican women were used like lab rats. They were blamed for the poverty that existed, In 1937, the government passed Law 116, which allowed permanent sterilization, here in the United States and Puerto Rico as well. It was intended to control the rapid growth in population and unemployment. They called this, “la operacion” (Colon & Ortega, 1998). Many women were deceived in getting tubal ligation, hysterectomy, birth control pill, EMKO, IUD and Depo Shots, not knowing the procedures, side effects or that the changes could be permanent (Colon & Ortega, 1998).

The sex workers have an interesting relationship with the sacred and the profane. When they were living in Mexico, they would create alters dedicated strictly to Santisima Muerte. These alters would typically be in their private residence, and the women worked at a nearby brothel. San Francisco on the other hand was quite different. Here they were forced to live and work from the same place and therefore were unable to maintain their separation from their sacred private alter, and their profane employment conflicted greatly. Some women would remove their sacred objects and store them away, and others would leave them fully

Prostitution is sometimes referred to as “the world’s oldest profession,” with the first record of its practice dates back to Ancient Near East civilizations. Despite its age-old existence, not until relatively recently that researches and studies have been conducted in an attempt to obtain a better understanding of and more liberal perspective on a taboo widely perceived as too degrading and immoral to even talk about. When writing about commercial sex in her book “Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale,” Debra Satz challenges many of the bases on which society justifies its censure and outlawing of prostitution and its objectification and alienation of sex workers. She also criticizes the prohibition of prostitution, recognizes the core problems with sex selling, and suggests an alternative, possibly more effective, way in which prostitution should be addressed.

There are many sociological theories that can be used to explain prostitution in modern society. Two such theories are functionalism and symbolic interaction. Many people feel that prostitution may be an immoral act however, from a functionalist perspective there are social needs that are being filled through prostitution. Both social actors are gaining through the engagement of prostitution. Another sociological perspective; symbolic interactionism; focuses on the interaction that occurs between social actors. The labeling theory of symbolic interaction states that a prostitute is deviant only because he/she is labeled as such.

The point of this paper is to give a brief overview of just some of the laws upheld by the state either for or against the prostitutes, majority of the time it was against the prostitutes though. To begin, civic disabilities or how the prostitutes were viewed when it came to citizenship. “There

Of the six themes in the ethnography of prostitution presented by Sterk in the article, I believe that the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the women’s lives are most important. Society does not accept prostitutes and believe that they are open to the fact of having unprotected sex with numerous partners. This is not the case at all. These women are very careful and force their partners to use protection at all times. These women are sometimes forced into having unprotected sex by their partner. The costumers think that because they are paying for sex, they can do whatever they want. The men become violent and force certain acts upon these women. Although the prostitutes know the risks of their job, some do not take HIV tests because of the fear of it being positive. They’d rather not know.

The main sociological theme of this book is globalizing economies and social structure. The book reveals how prostitution in the Nevada were owned by big companies in the sex industry. Today, brothels are also owned by small business owners who are in the sex industry. The purpose of this book is to inform readers how brothels are managed, how it’s like for women who work in brothels, and the impact of brothels in the state. The book also gives a historical analysis on how the brothels developed over time. This book conveys information about Nevada’s laws on brothels. It allows the readers to understand Nevada’s only way of being wealthy is through tourism. Nevada is the only place for tourists that offers gambling and places to satisfy your pleasures like no other states can offer. The book mentions how the women who work in these brothels are typically in poverty or in the lower-working class. Some of the women who were interviewed to work at the