Sex Trade And Its Effects On Society

The sex trade is not a choice; there many situational factors contributing as to how these women and children got into the sex trade. Most of the women and children who are bought and trafficked into this industry are vulnerable or have a background of abuse and neglect (4425 Hossain). Exploiters use the vulnerability to their advantage by making promises of stability and love to lure their victims in. Many

In the past decade, it seems as if the issue of prostitution has become fairly normalized in society. With the advancements in today’s technology, a fantasy is only a click away. In modern times, easily accessible video game chatrooms, and ads online make it simple to buy into the dream of sex. Selling sex, prostitution, is believed to have been around since the beginning of time. Let’s first consider the definition of prostitution, the transaction of sexual services in exchange for money or goods. There are various forms of prostitution that range from women on the street to upper echelon call girls, and it all originated the same. In The History of Prostitution (Sanger, W.) it was said that “the most historical record of prostitution comes

Prostitution: arguably the world’s oldest professions, with roots to ancient and modern times, it has been a means for people to trade goods for adult services. Up until the last 100 years, prostitution was widely occurring legally in the United States until White Slave Traffic Act put a stop on its legality and further prevented adultery and polygamy due to immoral reasons. If consenting adults wish to involve themselves in an un-violent act, what is causing the criminalization? To most, a prostitute is seen as a un-educated, and often times drug-addicted person who believes the only way to survive is through selling sex whereas, others see the industry to be taken advantage of. In order to make the industry safer and

The Sex Trade is “the exploitation of women, men and children, within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced sex. Sex trade, or also known as Human trafficking violates the Human Rights that people are born with; especially the right not to be submitted to slavery, servitude, or forced labor (Napolitano, 2016, p.1). Human trafficking is a horrific international crime that does not discriminate because the victims can be of any ethnicity, age or gender, however, most of the victims are women. Most of the poorest and most unstable countries have the highest incidences of human trafficking.

Sex trade work is one of the oldest occupations in the world, dating back to the days prior to Christ; and despite its age, it is a prominent part of modern society. This report will be presenting why sex trade work is an issue, how it is overlooked and unaddressed, and what can be done to mitigate the current situation.

Between the industrialization of the 1800s and the post-World War II Women’s Rights Movement, women with few occupational options often made the difficult choice and became prostitutes. For the most part, women voluntarily joined this profession, since they saw prostitution as a temporary solution to an economic problem. When it was apparent to the War Department and the Surgeon General self- restraint and the possibility of venereal disease did not hinder the sex trade Congress passed “The May Act”. This sanctioned the closing of brothels and houses of prostitution near military bases. Men were willing to take the chance when women were available and could provide a service they wanted. Prostitution can be driven away underground, but it is still going to be around.

However, that’s not the case. Prostitution is one of the most dangerous business out there, even after legalization women still experienced abuse, but were still too scared to speak out about it. Now that prostitution was legal, the sex industry was on a rise. Demands for prostitutes increased, which resulted in women and minors being imported from other places to fulfill the demand. Sex trafficking was already a problem before, now they’ve just made the matter worse. I would go as far to say that it was encouraged, because now it’s a legal business. What most are forgetting is this business is filled with greedy criminals looking for the most profit. This leads to women and children being exploited, and problems are only growing.

It’s a dispute since the beginning of humankind, weather making prostitution legal will reduce violence and give sex workers some safety or it will be just another gift to pimps. Recent interview with Brenda Myers-Powell, who was a prostitute for 25 years, published in BBC News, where she describes all hardships of her profession, reminded people that the issue never went away and something needs to be done (Myers-Powell). According to International Organization of Migration, decriminalizing prostitution will promote sex trafficking and won’t help to end exploration of desperate immigrants. Human Rights Network also states that actual sex workers do not want the industry be legalized (Raymond). Although those organizations have a point and

Though criminalizing sex work has been an easier way out, the main issue which requires attention is to regulate it so that there will be a track of the sex workers and crimes such as human trafficking will be minimized.

Prostitution is the world’s oldest profession, and a major motive for becoming a prostitute tends to be economic. (Rathus, Nevid, Fichner-Rathus, Herold & Mckay, 2013) The sex industry tends to divide feminists and society, on whether prostitution is an coercion and commodification of women, or a women’s right and choice to sell her body. (Shannon, 2010) Prostitution, which is consensual sex between two adults for money or goods of value is legal in Canada although, most of the activities that surround the act of prostitution such as, pimping, operating a brothel, trafficking persons, public solicitation, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children are prohibited. (Barnett & Nicol, 2011) There are opposing attitudes towards the legalization of prostitution and whether Canada’s law should remain as it is, or should be modified.

Prostitution is defined as the act of “providing or receiving sexual acts, between a prostitute and a client, in exchange for money or some other form of remuneration” (Hock 557). The idea of exchanging sex for valuables has been around since the beginning of human society. The first reported data about prostitution was reported around 3000 B.C.E in one of the first known civilizations, Mesopotamia (Caraboi and Fierbinteanu 362). It is often referred to as “the world’s oldest profession.” Today, even though prostitution is illegal in most parts of the world, it is still prevalent worldwide with different ways to exchange sexual services for payment and many different types of prostitutes. One of these types of prostitutes are brothel workers; brothel workers work in “a house of prostitution,” a brothel, which are normally in areas where prostitution is not criminalized or is legalized (Hock 560). Like prostitution, human trafficking has been around for thousands of years and is still present today.

These two stories are very sad and difficult to read. Prostitution is illegal in most countries and where it is illegal it is considered a back-alley business. It can be a dirty and dangerous act, but it can be fixed. Prostitution should be legal, because it may be able to help society. If prostitution was legal, the act could be cleaner than most people think it could ever be. It could be a new job for unemployed people, so it could bring down unemployment. Crime rates could go down and some poor people could start gaining money. A nation can also gain money from taxes.

     The sex industry focuses on the women and children that are devastated by poverty. One can argue that prostitution is a survival strategy for women in absolute poverty, but it is the sex industry that locks them in poverty. Sex traders recruit women by promising them jobs, a

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

King Henry II set up laws on prostitutes must be single and had a weekly inspection at the brothel to make sure laws were not violated. In Italy, 1358 A.D., prostitution was welcomed. In such ways that brothels were built in major Italian cities, which were government-funded. The Great Council of Venice even publicized prostitution to be “absolutely indispensible to the world”. Over 1802, France, monitored brothels were created. The new agency monitored brothels on whether or not laws were followed and no criminal activity took place. This was successful for over a century. Up until 1971 Nevada legalized prostitution, even Nevada is not the most liberal area of the US. Other countries that have legalized and currently regulating prostitution is Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Senegal, Switzerland, Turkey, Venezuela as well as some Australian states, and Mexico. Prostitution does not only include whores, but adult film stars, escorts and strippers. If for centuries it has been working out, there is no reason for prostitution to still be illegal. See France in 1802, even back then monitored brothels worked out even for over a century. With the security today and more advanced reasoning, people today are more than capable to make things like that work. Even far back to the 18th century BCE, there was a code that honored prostitutes.