Radical Feminist Argumentative Analysis

Radical feminists argue that majority of the time, prostitution is not a conscious and calculated choice. They say that women who become prostitutes are forced or persuaded by a pimp or by human trafficking. If they do to prostitute independently, then it is due to personal problems, like extreme poverty and lack of opportunity, or underlying problems, such as drug addiction, child sexual abuse and other factors. Radical feminists show evidence that women from the lowest socioeconomic classes, like low level of education, disadvantaged racial and ethnic minorities and impoverished women are the largest social group of women who are in prostitution. Catharine MacKinnon (1993), a radical feminist, once said during a speech “If prostitution is a free choice, why are the women with the fewest choices the ones most often found doing it?” She also argues that "In prostitution, women have sex with men they would never otherwise have sex with. The money thus acts as a form of force, not as a measure of consent. It acts like physical force does in rape." …show more content…
They believe that women need protection from males and that most clients only use the service of prostitutes because they enjoy the power and control they have over the woman during the sexual activity. They also believe that the purchaser of sex must be