SOC 0471 Chapter 9: Final Exam Textbook Notes on Prostitution
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Chapter 9 textbook notes for the final (cid:862)a glo(cid:271)al perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e o(cid:374) prostitutio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1007)9-240) In germany today, at least a quarter of prostitutes originated from the communist world: these women moved to more prosperous countries to sell sex after the collapse of the soviet union. Many of these women are poor and are offered promising jobs only to be sold to brothels. Abject poverty: having legitimate jobs but still not making enough for a living (in asia) Explains why prostitution as a social institution exists despite the efforts to eradicate it. Greenwald (1970): the predisposing factors made these women have abnormal symptoms such as feelings of loneliness, unworthiness, lack of self-control, and inability to establish stable relationships with others.
