PHIL 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Double Bind, Good Wife, Wise Mother, Fungibility
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Most prostitution in the u. s. and around the world is a form of slavery: human trafficking is the second most profitable crime industry internationally, happens in the u. s. too. When it is not slavery, prostitution can involve consent: person has to be of age, brought in at very young age is not consent, cannot involve coercion, ca(cid:374)(cid:374)ot i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e de(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) (cid:894)did(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) risks i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed, diseases, (cid:448)iole(cid:374)t histor(cid:455)(cid:895) Pretty woman movie: seems to engage in consensual entrepreneurial prostitution: very poor women wants to make money, no drugs involved, her choice. Is it permissible to be a prostitute: religious focus, legal focus. Is it permissible to buy sexual services from a prostitute: will this trade become normalized, legal focus. Is it per(cid:373)issi(cid:271)le to profit off of a prostitute"s ser(cid:448)i(cid:272)es (cid:894)(cid:271)e a pi(cid:373)p(cid:895): violations of bodily rights/liberty. In idealized prostitution: be something like a pi(cid:373)p (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e so (cid:373)orall(cid:455) atro(cid:272)ious. Being more like a contractor/body guard, scheduling encounters, protecting prostitute.
