Pros And Cons Of Prostitution

Prostitution may be one of the oldest professions, but many people do not truly understand what prostitution is. Many media outlets have depicted prostitution in various ways. In many films like Pretty Woman and Medea Goes to Jail, prostitution is characterized by women who gains control over their lives by selling themselves to whomever they please. Once the prostitutes fall in love, the women have the freedom to quit their occupation and start a new life. In other bodies of work, a prostitute is depicted as a woman who works for a pimp who coerces her into performing sexual acts; an example being Tyler Perry’s stage play Laugh to Keep from Crying. The reason many people misidentify prostitution is because of the stereotype associated the job. Prostitution is most commonly portrayed with a pimp who has some degree of a god complex and who slaps around his women. Once the pimp begins to force his workers to perform sexual acts with clients, the women are no longer prostitutes, they’ve become victims of sex trafficking. Prostitution and sex trafficking may be perceived to be interchangeable words for the same thing; nevertheless they are on opposite ends of the sex labor spectrum.
The primary difference between prostitution and sex trafficking is the presence coercion. Prostitution is a job, therefore it is voluntary and every morning …show more content…
The most prominent similarity between sex trafficking and prostitution is the exchange of money for the intentions of sex. Prostitution and sex trafficking can bring in enormous amounts of revenues being $32 billion per year in the business of sex trafficking(washingtontimes.com) and $186 billion per year in the business of prostitution (havocscope.com). Karma, a brothel worker in Australia earns about $1500 per shift (thoughtcatalog.com). Street-based sex trafficking earns for $500 - $1000 per night