LABRST 3E03 Chapter 1: 'The Rights & Wrongs of Prostitution' Reading Notes
10 Mar 2017
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The rights and wrongs of prostitution reading notes. Sex work" feminists: view the exchange of capital for sex as a job. If the urge to orgasm was a biological function (like urinating) it wouldn"t matter who you had sex with then (old/young, male/female) In india 2. 3 million females are estimated to be in prostitution, a quarter of whom are minors: there are some forced into prostitution via a third party member. In the us many women and girls elect to prostitute themselves rather than join the. 35% of the female workforce earning poverty-level wages: for centuries masturbation and prostitution have been condemned in judeo- Christian thought (considered degenerative sexual practices: represents a threat to the heterosexual family unit. In euro-american societies people that do not choose to embrace heterosexual coupledom have been viewed with loathing, fear and repugnance: prostitute use can largely be understood as a response to the social devaluation of masturbation and sexual fantasy.
