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Sex Work, Prostitution

One controversial issue that has been debated for centuries by some countries like United States is whether the profession of prostitution will be legalized and regulated or will it remain illegal . Many argued that prostitution brings the spread of disease , that it encourages the spread of vice and crime . For them , recognition of prostitution as work can only increase the current expansionism of the sex industry which in turn would creates a stable marketing environment for which it has lobbied and locking women even further into the industry . But as evolution of

prostitution continues whether it is legal or illegal recognizing the fact that sex sometimes becomes a bartered service even within the sanctity of marriage , this perception will not change its reality . It is a fact that a person sometimes finds warmth and attention within the act of sex . A person needs sex and is entitled to have it even if he or she has to purchase someone else 's body . Like , the body of the prostituted woman is the vehicle with which the male buyer acts out his gender-based dominance . It always assumes that male biology dictates male sexual behavior and that thus prostitution can not be prevented Even economic capacity of a person can 't also lessen the demand for prostitution it acknowledges that poverty has never stopped men from paying for sexual services . And given these biological and economic foundations are not easy to change , the sex sector is not going to disappear in the foreseeable future too . And with these perceptions , it creates an emergence of a global counterculture that supports and encourages prostitution as not only a valid career option but as an empowering , liberating path for women

Prostitution according to The Women 's Studies Encyclopedia is defined as a form of non marital sexual activity characterized by financial reward and absence of long term fidelity between the parities ( A Legal Matter ) It is commonly conducted by females for males and it may be performed by females or males for either females or males . But generally , prostitutes are always assumed by the society as females Female prostitutes are called whore which is taken from the Old English word h ?ra from the Indo-European root HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /w /index .php ?title K C4 81 action edit " \o "K k ? meaning desire . The male prostitutes offering their services to females are very rare cases . And in today 's prostitution , they appear in different settings like in street prostitution , the prostitutes are being pick-up by the customers while waiting at street corners . In escort prostitution , the prostitutes are being called by their customers and the act would take place at the customers ' place of residence or commonly happened at his or her hotel room . This prostitution also perhaps takes place at the escorts ' place of residence or in a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escorts . There are also brothels and these are establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution , often confined to special...

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