The History of Sex Workers

Moreover, prostitution is a profitable industry and primarily targets vulnerable females, ordinarily, immigrant women. Unfamiliar with the area, imported women tend to remained with their owners by default because they are the only constant presence in their life. As of now, importing Chinese females illegally is popular with male clientele because they are exotic. One of the fronts of prostitution ring in the U.S. is massage parlors, where Chinese females are rented out to customers under the disguise of performing a massage. Once evidence is uncovered, Law enforcements shut down massage parlors but within months, another parlor opens up. As repeated in the nineteenth century, Chinese prostitutes do not request for help.

There could be many reasons as to why an individual becomes a sex worker. Some of the reasons could be because individuals may have had a bad home life and they are trying to find something to fill the empty space they are feeling inside themselves. Sometimes people come a crossed others in their lives who can be seen as a mentor which can influences their decision to become a sex worker. Becoming a sex worker is a way to make easy money when a young person needs to pay for school. Also, when individuals become wrapped up in this type

Prostitution, sometimes referred to as “the world’s oldest profession” (Henslin, pg. 54), is defined by James M. Henslin as “the renting of one’s body for sexual purposes” (pg. 54). This arrangement, though illegal and socially deviant in most parts of the world, exists universally in many different forms (pg. 54). As a matter of fact, types of prostitutes range greatly in variety from call girls – who are said to be “the elite of prostitutes” (pg. 58), to streetwalkers – “who have the lowest status among prostitutes” (pg. 58), to sugar babies -young, physically attractive women who provide “rich, older men” (Kitchener, par.4) “…with attention (and sex) in exchange for the finer things in life” (par. 4).

For the purpose of this study, male prostitutes and sexual acts such as pornography, stripping and erotic massages are excluded from the definition of prostitution. The terms ‘sex worker’ and ‘prostitute’ will be used interchangeably throughout the paper. The term ‘sex work’ was coined to circumvent the stigma that accompanies prostitution and to acknowledge that it generates income, like any other profession in our society (Sondhi, 2011).

For the purpose of this study, male prostitutes and sexual acts such pornography, stripping and erotic massage are excluded from the definition of prostitution. The terms ‘sex worker’ and ‘prostitute’ will be used interchangeably throughout the paper. The term ‘sex work’ was coined to circumvent the stigma that accompanies prostitution and to acknowledge that it generates income, like any other profession in our society.

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

Coming from a country that was over 50% HIV and AIDS ridden when I came to the US, reading about sex work is hard for me. You wouldn't be paid for or do sex work there. Sex was free and men demanded it or raped you. You would be called a prostitute and wait for men at fancy hotels. This was frowned upon. There is still tension between some migrant couples where women feel it is OK to be raped beaus that is what happens in their country, and they don't need to report it because otherwise the husband could engage someone who is engaged in sex work.

state “the number of prostitutes has been estimated to range from 84,000 to 336,000” (Potterat et al, 1990, p. 227). Some prostitutes work part-time, and work other legal occupations. According to Thio, Taylor, Schwartz, there was a recent study, where women from 18 to 64 were asked if they ever had sex for money. The results concluded that about 6 percent said yes, then the number translated larger to at least 4.2 million. Many people believe that prostitution is wicked because it contains sex for money, and considered a sign of social order. Feminists, believe that prostitution provides a setting in which prostitution is viewed as being robbed, beaten, or raped. The two different beliefs hold negative views about prostitution. Regardless, prostitution has a variety of different types including streetwalkers, child and adolescent prostitutes, house prostitutes, and call

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.

This paper discusses the influence of law on sex workers in Australia. In Australia, the direction of prostitution has taken an altogether different course from numerous other countries. Law reform has prompted the opening of new spaces for legitimate sex work, including the (altogether different) administrative regimes set up in two Australian states — Queensland (brothels are legal if the owner is authorized) and New South Wales (most commercial sex organizations and some street prostitution decriminalized; no permitting authorization). The primary research question is: how has regulation affected the positive privileges of sex laborers? This paper contends that “law reform has engaged a mix of neo-liberal and other approaches — not to increase personal or corporate freedom but as part of a

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,

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.

Prostitution, 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 seen 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). Also, prostitution 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 many different types of prostitutes and different ways to exchange sexual services for payment. An example of a type of prostitute is brothel workers; brothel workers work in “a house of prostitution,” a brothel, which are normally in areas where prostitution is not criminalized (Hock 560). Like prostitution, human trafficking has been around for thousands of years and is still present today.

The sex industry promotes gender inequality and racial discrimination: foreign women maintain the lowest position in the sex trade hierarchy.

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