Prostitution

  1. Farley claims that prostitution is not a free choice because most people involved in prostitution don’t have any other options to get the basic necessities in life. She even goes on to talk about how one prostitute in the Netherlands called prostitution “volunteer slavery”. And that the women involved in prostitution are the ones without the choices. I personally believe that prostitution is a free choice. Yes there are people out there who  are desperate and think they have no other options in life but to resort to bad behaviors but there is always other options besides selling yourself. You could work multiple part time jobs.  You ultimately choose to become a prostitute so it is a choice.
  2. People tend to choose their prostitutes based on what they look like, their preferences so usually there are certain types of prostitutes.  Also people of lower class are more likely to be desperate enough for money to resort to prostitution so the lower class are more likely to be prostitutes. The lower class tends to be made up of minorities like African Americans and immigrants so they are usually more likely to become prostitutes. Prostitution keeps the people involved in it in the class their already in. So it oppresses the minorities, certain races and certain sexes because they are more likely to become prostitutes.
  3. IN legal terms according to Farley legalization would give the state or local authorities the position to control prostitution. They in terms act as “the pimp” in the situation. Offering up zoning areas for certain people. I would be a lot safer because then prostitutes would be required to have STD tests. Also it would gain the state money from taxes and such. Decriminalization, Farley is saying, would give men the right to abuse women and children. Which isn’t true because legalization would make women more able to take legal action against men who have harmed them. And it wouldn’t be legal prostitution for anyone under 18, which the state could regulate.

By Shauna

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  1. Shauna i completely agree with you on this one. Prostitution is a choice and an excuse for people of a lower class. Instead of getting a real job the person chooses to take the easy way out and have sex and get paid for it. There are always other choices and jobs out there. I also have to agree the the lower class is where most of today’s prostitutes come from. And finally i think legalization of prostitution is a little bit ridiculous. I think prostitution leads to many other problems such as drug, alcoholism, and suicides. The people selling their bodies often can become depressed and turn to these things so why make it a something legal when it only leads to harm.

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