Prostitution is an issue which has caused controversy culturally and historically and has many individuals reexamining the issue.
When people hear the word prostitute many people think of a person performing sex acts for money. Now thinking this would not be wrong. However, very little would think or try to figure out how and why this person became a prostitute. If you think about it or not there are many underlying factors that play a role into becoming a prostitute. Underlying factor are issues that causes problem over time that may lead to a bigger problem. Factors that contribute to prostitution could range from poverty all the way to geographical location. More noticeable factors that could lead someone to prostitution are culture, poverty, …show more content…
In today’s films and television shows sex is becoming a common theme that regularly pops up compared to the films and television shows from back in the day. For example, the television show, I love Lucy the main characters even though married would sleep in two different beds because that was the culture at the time. However, now they are men and women half-naked and having sex underneath the sheets now on television. Within the commercial world of entertainment, there are many connections between the film and publishing industries and pornography production, between tourist entertainment and sex tourism (Hughes 2004). The media portrays prostitution as a way to make a lot of money quickly and easily. Since today’s culture has been normalized to porn and prostitution it is probably easier for people to get into prostitution from starting off modeling then head to nude modeling then participate in porn then eventually end up as a prostitute. The media has normalized prostitution to the point that people think nothing about it and see it as a viable option to make a …show more content…
A 1995 study, found that people who were sexually abused as children are a whopping 27.7 times more likely than others to be arrested for prostitution (Lydersen 2007). Sexual abused kids becomes desensitized to sex which gives them the mindset that it’s no big deal to use their bodies and so they think they might as well get paid for using their bodies. Furthermore, many abused kids are forced into prostitution by their abusers to either pay rent or buy drugs. According to Lydersen, “The Illinois Coalition against Sexual Assault (ICASA) conducted a study in which 57 percent of women working as prostitutes in the state reported they were sexually abused as children. (2007)” Furthermore Lyderson “found that more than 90 percent lost their virginity through assault, and 70 percent believed being sexually abused as children influenced their decision to become
When people hear the word prostitute many people think of a person performing sex acts for money. Now thinking this would not be wrong. However, very little would think or try to figure out how and why this person became a prostitute. If you think about it or not there are many underlying factors that play a role into becoming a prostitute. Underlying factor are issues that causes problem over time that may lead to a bigger problem. Factors that contribute to prostitution could range from poverty all the way to geographical location. More noticeable factors that could lead someone to prostitution are culture, poverty, …show more content…
In today’s films and television shows sex is becoming a common theme that regularly pops up compared to the films and television shows from back in the day. For example, the television show, I love Lucy the main characters even though married would sleep in two different beds because that was the culture at the time. However, now they are men and women half-naked and having sex underneath the sheets now on television. Within the commercial world of entertainment, there are many connections between the film and publishing industries and pornography production, between tourist entertainment and sex tourism (Hughes 2004). The media portrays prostitution as a way to make a lot of money quickly and easily. Since today’s culture has been normalized to porn and prostitution it is probably easier for people to get into prostitution from starting off modeling then head to nude modeling then participate in porn then eventually end up as a prostitute. The media has normalized prostitution to the point that people think nothing about it and see it as a viable option to make a …show more content…
A 1995 study, found that people who were sexually abused as children are a whopping 27.7 times more likely than others to be arrested for prostitution (Lydersen 2007). Sexual abused kids becomes desensitized to sex which gives them the mindset that it’s no big deal to use their bodies and so they think they might as well get paid for using their bodies. Furthermore, many abused kids are forced into prostitution by their abusers to either pay rent or buy drugs. According to Lydersen, “The Illinois Coalition against Sexual Assault (ICASA) conducted a study in which 57 percent of women working as prostitutes in the state reported they were sexually abused as children. (2007)” Furthermore Lyderson “found that more than 90 percent lost their virginity through assault, and 70 percent believed being sexually abused as children influenced their decision to become