Working Studs Terkel Analysis

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).

Prostitution is defined as “business of exchanging sexual services for martial compensation or financial befits” (Weitzer, R. J, p8). The practice usually happens legally in modern cites like Vegas, Berlin and

For many, the Gilded Age was the opportunity for a new start, however many women were thrown into a life of prostitution. From the 1880’s to the 1920’s, immigrants from all reaches of the globe would travel to America in hopes of making a substantial profit and moving up in the world. Sadly, numerous women were brought into this life of horror. Whether involved by choice, deceit, or simply because they were too poor to provide for their families, once involved in a brothel, it was almost impossible to escape. The proprietors of these establishments were often called ‘The Vice Lords’. While prostitution was illegal

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.

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

“There Are Plenty Of Women On The Street” focused on how prostitution was widely practiced in Philadelphia, PA during the Progressive Era. This article divulged how an investigation into prostitution during 1910-1918 in the Philadelphia area revealed how common the practice of selling sex for money was. The investigators found prostitutes working in dirty and indecent houses, massage parlors, saloons, and brothels. The number of women found and arrested in and around these places amounted to over 3000. The large numbers of women were collected from three areas located in Philadelphia: the Tenderloins, Seventh Ward, and Market Street. The Tenderloins was situated near the north of Philadelphia’s business district and was considered to be where prostitution was more rampant out of the other two areas. “In short, the Tenderloins accounted for between 75 percent and 80 percent of arrests for streetwalking in the city” (Kahan). Market

Prostitutes solicit their bodies and sex to ‘johns,’ the common name for men who take pleasure in the company of prostitutes. Johns are textually defined as men not only willing, but wanting to engage in sexual activities with prostitutes in exchange for money. The johns are willing to pay various amounts of money in order to receive sexual pleasure and entertainment in different forms. They often engage in these activities with them without regard to their own health or

Since the beginning of time prostitution has been a part of our world 's culture, and it is said that it is the world 's oldest profession. Man has always been equally participated and felt the need to pay for services of a sexual nature since the beginning of time, whether it was legal or not. During 19th century woman who belonged to lower class family might have worked in order to support her family, in harsh times. During that time as farther away a woman moved from the mother and home, the lower her status became. Prostitution was clearly seen as disrespectful; the prostitute was at the bottom of society’s status chain. “During the late 19th- and early 20th century, the nature of society forced the working class women of Eau Claire to take advantage of any means to support themselves, including prostitution. Each woman had to decide herself which work option best supported her financially.”(Schaar.A) The wages these women earned were unbelievably low, and at times as much as 80% lower than the wages men earned. Back in those days there weren’t many jobs

Prostitutes exist in our society and are destined to remain the profession exists on every continent per diverse societal and politically aware prominences. A prostitute is an individual which offers sexual favors in exchange for money, prostitutes are typically thought of as women; however, men also has a place in prostitution and it’s in high demand. In the profession of prostitution there are no taxes to be paid, or retirement funds to collect, yet, prostitution is not unlawful in Canada. The young generation in Canada looks at this as a possible “career opportunities,” which puts the title of “prostitutes” in an unclear locus in relations to being a profession or a career. It is lawful to vend sexual favors, but it is unlawful to buy these

In both Sleeping Dogs and Grand Theft Auto Series, buying from prostitutes for sex provides the player with power ups or health regeneration which means that these women operates basically the same as the beverages which the player can buy from vending machines in games. This is a textbook example of how women are represented as objects since these women serve as “resources” rather than human like characters.

Prostitution is widespread in Chicago where 20,000 women are taking part in the sex trade (Campbell & Robbins, 2011). 93% of these women have pimps and most are forced into it through various circumstances (Campbell & Robbins, 2011). This study is an example of how the prohibitionist paradigm [IS/IS NOT] relevant. Also, it [IS/IS NOT] reflected in the reasons why women leave the trade.

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.

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."

Most people have the common misconception that prostitutes are miserable, and need to drown themselves in drugs just to get through a day’s work for cash, but this is not always the case. In a recent article, Sara Greenmore (who works at a legal brothel in Nevada) touches on this topic as she states, “The relationships I develop with my clients are genuine and I’m happy to see them leave basking in a glow, relaxed and relieved. Making people feel good about

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