• I agree with the book on how society labels prostitution to sex work that can be divided as a good or bad.
• It is true, how prostitute are vulnerable to sex exploitation, where they don’t have that protection.
• It is hard to see how these women’s are abused in a way that they don’t have human rights, and they are used only as an entertainment object.
2 NFS – Clarke – Prostitution for everyone: Feminism, globalization and the ‘sex’ industry
• It is true and how I mention before about the sex industry, people and those organizations violate human rights of their victims workers.
• I can see how men abuse with physical aggression of those girls, women’s, via pornography base on the book NFS Pg.149.
• Teenagers or girls at a younger age are vulnerable from these organizations by trafficking them
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• First nations women suffer the most from this type of cruelty, abuse from men that considered them as exotic women.
• Referring to the facts that these first women were used for prostitution and at one point they were murder.
4 PDF - Doezema – Forced to choose: Beyond the voluntary v. forced prostitution dichotomy
• I can say it is the same factor where we see the term force and voluntary prostitution, just I the fact that these women’s are force in a way that their human rights are violated by these organizations.
• I truly agree in the fact that these women’s in the sex industry work there as a slavery-like condition.
• Toward the new perspective it reflects that many women who works in the sex industry and prostitution they are there just in the fact that these girls are poor or are unemployed, that are force to work there.
5 PDF – Munoz - Respite from the streets
• It is true how people judge other without known the problem or circustances that these women are facing.
• It is easy to say something and not knowing the true behind the cruel life from that these women
This shows how even other women held sexist views for other women and that women were viewed as helpless beings that could not protect themselves.
Those who sadly become part of globalization or capitalism for women are beaten and force into organization that seen them as pawns in game that will drugged them to alter their perception of reality. They would even force pregnant mothers into having births and then taking their children away as collateral damage in order to make them obey their rules or laws. Policemen will even turn a blind eye because they have mutual ties with the brothels owners and it is not that they do not believe the victim or female story but it is far more common in countries where women are more sexually conservative. Prior examples are Iran, Pakistan, and India. Human trafficking is a disease that cannot be describe in one article or video but throughout history, it is a term that challenges the foundations of compassion and
I remember watching the documentary “Saving Faces” when I was younger, and being absolutely heartbroken over the stories these survivors had to tell. The documentary revolves around women from Pakistan who had been attacked with sulfuric acid, completely disfiguring them. The motives behind these attacks varied, one of them being from a man who had his proposal rejected, so he felt it was necessary to retaliate. These are only a few of many women that have had to endure gruesome actions committed against them by men. In many cases, women are victims because they feel powerless.
Throughout history, women have continuously found themselves as the subjects of oppression. Although the treatment of women has drastically changed over time, women are still exposed to much of the violence that exists today. Per the National Organization for Women, “young women, low-income women and some minorities are disproportionately victims of domestic violence and rape” (National Organization for Women, 2016). Women-centered violence is highly prevalent and reoccurring all over the world, even in our local communities. Individuals may be hesitant to consider just how much violence against women affects their communities.
I agree if the government can have a better way of controlling prostitution so we can avoid human trafficking.
If sex work is not going to disappear anytime soon, anyone who cares about the health and safety of sex workers – not to mention their rights – should support moves to make it a fully legal industry. That is what most sex workers want as well.
Prostitution and human trafficking are taking place all over the world despite the legal restrictions put upon them. According to Ronald Weitzer, “The sex industry refers to the workers, managers, owners, agencies, clubs, trade associations, and marketing involved in sexual commerce, both legal and illegal varieties” (1). There are many questions that arise when discussing the sex industry. Should prostitution be legalized? If it were to be legalized, would anything change? Is prostitution morally acceptable? What is being done to stop human trafficking? There is not one correct answer for any these questions, but each question can be analyzed by scholars who have different opinions on the issue. Prostitution should be legal while
When we hear the word slavery our mind paints a picture of colonial America down in the South with big plantation houses harvesting wheat, with workers being unpaid and unfairly treated. At this time in our county we were struggling with the idea of equality for all. America has come a long way from those days but not with out a fight. Abraham Lincoln, the Civil Rights moment and free and public education has been addressed. Today, we face a new conflicts and a different type of slavery. Slavery and sex trafficking is occurring not just abroad but at home as well. In 2004, “800,000 to 9000,000 men women and children are trafficked across international borders every year, including 18,000 to 20,000 in the US. Worldwide slavery is in the
The sex industry promotes gender inequality and racial discrimination: foreign women maintain the lowest position in the sex trade hierarchy.
As well as being able to contribute to society, prostitutes will be safer under the umbrella of the law. One argument against prostitution is that women and children are forced into the sex trade. Although this can be true, especially in Asia and other third world countries, it should be noted, however, that most prostitutes do not consider themselves to be victims and claim to freely choose prostitution as their occupation. One prostitute, in the book Vindication of the Rights of Whores insists, "They get
As for the women, they are strongly associated as the weak that cannot save themselves from any kind of trouble.
The laws regarding prostitution, often called “the oldest profession in the world”, have been facing changes for many years. They are multiple attitudes regarding prostitution and opinions on the connotation this word should have but the idea people have of sex worker is usually negative. On a legal matter sex work has been discussed many time and laws regarding this act varies around the world. Some countries found this act immoral and think that it should not be accepted on some ethical and legal concepts while other countries accepts it not only on a legal manner but also as a way of making a living for those who decided for themselves that this is what they want to do. A lot of questions regarding the decision we should make about the legal aspect of this work are in relation to the impact it can have on the society and on the workers itself. Four different views approach this subject; the criminalization of the act, the abolition of the act, the decriminalization of the act or the legalization of it. (p.44 why is prostitution criminalized?) Criminalization is the one presently established in the US. It means that all parties involved in the act are open to criminal punishment. The abolitionist approach is not to punish the sex worker but punishing only third parties. Decriminalization means that the act is not longer subject to legal consequences and their work is consider an independent business. For the legalization the
The attempt to force a connection between prostitution and sex crimes, such as sex trafficking, does not make sense.
Throughout many generations, a topic has always been around: Prostitution. Should prostitution be legalized? Should we keep our laws against prostitution the same? Many topics go hand in hand with prostitution such as, rape culture, sexual transmitted diseases, and drugs. Negative words like those cause a horrible stigma around the outlawed occupation, causing one to only see the downsides of the job. Through analyzing the benefits of decriminalizing prostitution one can see a reduce in STD rates across America, a decreased rate in drug-related and sex trafficking crimes, and new source of tax to help the country 's debt.
Our society fails to accept physically exploited women. Rape and acid attack victims also happen to fall under the same bracket. Similarly, prostitutes are barred from entering the society. They face social restrictions and are deprived of equality.The sex workers are accused of bringing