Escorts through the eyes of Society
Since the movie Pretty Women, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, hit the big screen and became a worldwide success, it changed the way the world saw escorts. This movie showed us the glamourous side of the business, it was a fairytale of the life of a gorgeous women who happens to be a prostitute who is saved by a prince Charming type.
Where did the idea of escorts originate and how did this concept relate so well to the entertainment business? Pretty Women is just one of the successful movies that involve an escort. How is it that something that is socially frowned upon, made to look so glamourous on the silver screen?
The concept of escorts and prostitutes date as far back as ancient Greek times. There were versions in Asia that dated as far back as 2400 BCE. In these times, a women did not have much going for her if she was not from an affluent family, this meant that it would be very rare for her to find a husband. In ancient times, if a women could not get married, she did not have much in the way of a life, and vice versa, married women were no better off. Women could not pay taxes or own …show more content…
During World War II, the Japanese would provide "comfort women" to their soldiers. These women were forced into the business and there were many more cases such as these. Prostitution was made illegal around the 1900s in America.
The entertainment business began to make escorts look glamourous again. Movies such as Pretty Women and Moulin Rouge created a fantasy for women to play out through these women in the movies. It was thrilling to see a women who was trapped in a down and out life and a handsome affluent man comes in and saves the day. This is how the entertainment business made escorts more socially
Since the movie Pretty Women, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, hit the big screen and became a worldwide success, it changed the way the world saw escorts. This movie showed us the glamourous side of the business, it was a fairytale of the life of a gorgeous women who happens to be a prostitute who is saved by a prince Charming type.
Where did the idea of escorts originate and how did this concept relate so well to the entertainment business? Pretty Women is just one of the successful movies that involve an escort. How is it that something that is socially frowned upon, made to look so glamourous on the silver screen?
The concept of escorts and prostitutes date as far back as ancient Greek times. There were versions in Asia that dated as far back as 2400 BCE. In these times, a women did not have much going for her if she was not from an affluent family, this meant that it would be very rare for her to find a husband. In ancient times, if a women could not get married, she did not have much in the way of a life, and vice versa, married women were no better off. Women could not pay taxes or own …show more content…
During World War II, the Japanese would provide "comfort women" to their soldiers. These women were forced into the business and there were many more cases such as these. Prostitution was made illegal around the 1900s in America.
The entertainment business began to make escorts look glamourous again. Movies such as Pretty Women and Moulin Rouge created a fantasy for women to play out through these women in the movies. It was thrilling to see a women who was trapped in a down and out life and a handsome affluent man comes in and saves the day. This is how the entertainment business made escorts more socially