...Kier McCall-Ward English 201B Ms. Wilson November 20, 2013 Prostitution the World’s Oldest Profession In the article “From the Streets to the ‘World’s Best Mom’” written by Nicholas D. Kristof the issue of prostitution is discussed. His article features a woman named Sheila Faye Simpkins and her experience. The article focused on three specific things needed for these women to get out of that life: 1) Residential Recovery Programs, 2) Employment, and 3) Cracking down on pimps and johns. In my essay I will focus on these three points, but I will also include some of my own opinions and personal experiences of being a former prostitute. Sheila Simpkins started prostituting at the age of fourteen years old and has been arrested over 200 times. In the article Ms. Simpkins discussed her life as a prostitute and the role her pimp played in her life. The program that was eventually able to begin to change her life was a two year program called Magdalene residential recovery. In this program she was able to take her life back and learn skills to start over. The services offered at Magdalene are substance abuse, employment training, medical and dental, therapy, and various other services. In San Francisco there is a program called the Sage project that has been around since 2002 helping victims of human trafficking. When I was involved in this lifestyle I did not know about these kinds of programs, maybe if I had I would have gotten out sooner. These types of programs are...
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...Prostitution Chapter I The Problem and its Background Introduction Prostitution is said to be one of the oldest profession in the world. It is the giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity for hire but excludes sexual activity between spouses. It is the performance for hire where there is an exchange of value, any of the following acts: Sexual intercourse; sodomy, or; manual or other bodily contact stimulation of the genitals of any person with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of the offender or another. Background of the Study Prostitution is the performance of sexual acts solely for the purpose of material gain. Persons prostitute themselves when they grant sexual favors to others in exchange for money, gifts, or other payment and in so doing use their bodies as commodities. In legal terms, the word prostitute refers only to those who engage overtly in such sexual-economic transactions, usually for a specified sum of money. Prostitutes may be of either sex, but throughout history the majorities have been women, reflecting both the traditional socioeconomic dependence of women and the tendency to exploit female sexuality. Although prostitution has often been characterized as the “world’s oldest profession,” the concept of women as property, which prevailed in most cultures until the end of the 19th century, meant that the profits of the profession most often accrued to the men who controlled it. Men have traditionally been characterized as procurers...
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...Amber Lopez English Composition 1 The World’s Oldest Profession It is the world’s oldest profession and you’d think that at some point in time society would have accepted it. However, not only is prostitution still not legalized in the United States, but it is not even accepted as a profession worth having. Why? What are reasons so terrible that this profession shouldn’t be legalized? Let me clarify, by identifying what I mean by prostitution. By definition, prostitution is the act of performing sex and/or sexual acts in exchange for some kind of compensation, but the part that needs to be clarified is by whom this exchange is happening between. This exchange should only happen between two consenting adults. Adult meaning that under the law a person is of legal and consenting age. The way that everyone is looking at prostitution is biased to the negatives. Many argue that prostitution is morally wrong, that by legalizing prostitution you are in turn condoning sex trafficking, that rape and violence are more prone to happen, and the list goes on and on. However, the list goes on and on about why it would be a positive change to legalize it as well. Not only are there ways to refute some of the arguments made against prostitution, but there are also positive outcomes that can result from legalizing prostitution in the U.S. There is a booming business waiting to emerge from prostitution here in the U.S. You have potential business owners, plenty of employees, and a surplus...
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...the oldest profession in the world is, they would most likely think of some sort of manual labor. To their surprise they would find out that the world’s oldest profession is prostitution. Prostitution is defined as the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. It can be traced back before the times of Christ as women who were not married could not make a living so they had to resort to prostitution. However in today’s society, prostitution is viewed as crime more than a profession. Prostitution is illegal in forty nine out of the fifty states in the United States, with the exception of Nevada. Those who oppose prostitution believe that it is immoral, causes crime and increases sexually transmitted diseases. Most people do not realize how prostitution can benefit the United States. Legalizing prostitution will in fact reduce crime, reduce STDs, and increase revenue in the United States. With prostitution comes crime, or one would think it causes crime. However, it would reduce crime significantly. The amount of rapes in the United States would decrease as they did in Amsterdam where prostitution is legal. Kirby R. Cundiff, PhD, Associate Professor of Finance at Northeastern State University wrote, " It is estimated that if prostitution were legalized in the United States, the rape rate would decrease by roughly 25%”. In 2009, the United States had roughly ninety thousand cases of reported rapes. By simply legalizing a profession that...
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...Kristi Currier Comp 2 Why Prostitution Should Be Legalized Prostitution is one of the oldest known jobs in history. Prostitution, while frowned upon in standardized society, would be beneficial to reduce the overcrowding population in jails as well as taxing the profession to potentially help the economy in their ongoing fight against the national debt. With proper laws enforced in order to legalize this profession, prostitution could become a respected profession. People in general enjoy sex thoroughly. Sex releases endorphins that make people happy. Thankfully, the Constitution allows people to choose the way in how we are happy. Sex between two people is no more dangerous than a prostitute and a client. The difference between the two is there’s a payment involved with the prostitute and client (Freeman, 2012). A promiscuous person has just as much, if not more, of a chance to contract an STD than a prostitute. There’s no way to control someone’s sex life on a regular basis. Prostitution is just as safe as walking down the street. There’s just as much of a chance a person could get hit by a car or get hit by lightning or even getting shot, stabbed, or murdered (Freeman, 2012). With today’s current job market continuously plummeting, prostitution is used as last resort option of employment for most women and men. Prostitution does not limit itself to just one sex. Men as well as women can be prostitutes. Although it’s a choice men or women make to sell their...
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...Prostitution Chapter I The Problem and its Background Introduction Prostitution is said to be one of the oldest profession in the world. It is the giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity for hire but excludes sexual activity between spouses. It is the performance for hire where there is an exchange of value, any of the following acts: Sexual intercourse; sodomy, or; manual or other bodily contact stimulation of the genitals of any person with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of the offender or another. Background of the Study Prostitution is the performance of sexual acts solely for the purpose of material gain. Persons prostitute themselves when they grant sexual favors to others in exchange for money, gifts, or other payment and in so doing use their bodies as commodities. In legal terms, the word prostitute refers only to those who engage overtly in such sexual-economic transactions, usually for a specified sum of money. Prostitutes may be of either sex, but throughout history the majorities have been women, reflecting both the traditional socioeconomic dependence of women and the tendency to exploit female sexuality. Although prostitution has often been characterized as the “world’s oldest profession,” the concept of women as property, which prevailed in most cultures until the end of the 19th century, meant that the profits of the profession most often accrued to the men who controlled it. Men have traditionally been characterized as procurers...
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...decrease sufficiently due to extraction of punishments. Max Ehrenfreund states, about a case originally issued in 2003, “For the next six years until legislators corrected their error, the oldest profession was not a crime in Rhode Island and public health and public safety substantially improved as a result, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The statewide incidence of gonorrhea among women declined by 39 percent, and the number of rapes reported to police in the state declined by 31 percent, according to the paper.The study by Baylor University's Scott Cunningham and Manisha Shah of the University of California, Los Angeles contributes to an impassioned, long-running debate about prostitution among advocates for women's rights. Their work appears to be the first quantitative evidence that removing criminal penalties for prostitutes can reduce violence against women and curtail sexually transmitted infections in society generally -- and dramatically so (When...Legalized...
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...referred to as “the oldest profession”, which is commonly, far from exaggeration. For as long back as human being have records, evidence can be found of people selling sex for various kind of gains. When the invaders were running around slaughtering the native people, they also were enjoying the pleasures of local prostitutes. In the fourth century, Athenian orator Apollodoros said "we have courtesans for pleasure, and concubines for the daily service of our bodies, but wives for the production of legitimate offspring and to have reliable guardians of our household property." And yet, in the modern world, where people claim to be the most socially financially advanced, prostitution is still an illegal action. Prostitution is one of the growing concerns around the world. Governments of different countries seem to have no answer to this illegal act. While in some countries, it has been legalized, in others it is strongly condemned due to cultural and religious factors. Prostitution in recent years has become a business for many. Many of the people hire prostitutes and sell them to men looking for sexual pleasure for loads of money. The question is if prostitution is illegal then why is the industry for prostitutes expanding? The society has consciously or unconsciously accepted its existence. The most common counter arguments against legalization of prostitution which come from various facets of the world are based on the moral standing of such a profession. According to Diane...
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...The Humanities is the oldest area of the study in the world, one which originated with the first considerations of human beings about who they were, where they came from, and what they ought to do. It deals with questions fundamental to what it means to be human and what we value. Hence, the Humanities encompasses religious studies, ethics, aesthetics, and the relationship between the personal, the social and the political. There are a number of benefits that may be gained through a study of the Humanities: First, it provides an individual with an opportunity for personal development and the understanding of others. It asks questions about human nature, political and social values, and how we ought to behave, The analysis of important tests helps us to understand the human condition and why it is that we behave as we do. Indeed, the Humanities is very important in giving us an understanding of today’s world. There are a number of profound analyses of preventive war and the nature of colonial authority. Understanding the role of woman in society and gender issues has a long tradition. The nature of sexuality and the morality surrounding it is the subject of a multitude of profound commentaries. The difference between what is and what ought to be is at the centre of great protest literature, art and music. Second, the Humanities teaches about one’s own culture and many others. Through the Humanities, students can gain a deep understanding of one’s own background and knowledge...
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...Prostitution is often commonly referred to as the oldest profession in the world. While it is often said jokingly with a wink and a smile, the phrase is rooted in some truth. It is not clear whether it actually is the oldest profession, especially when compared to careers like farming, military, and teaching. Regardless, prostitution has been happening since the days of early civilizations. “It [prostitution] stains the earliest mythological records. It is constantly assumed as an existing fact in Biblical history. We can trace it from the earliest twilight in which history dawns to the clear daylight of to-day” (Sanger, 1897, p. 35). For most of history, the act of prostitution was legal. Today sex work is generally treated by society...
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...officer of the criminal justice system we are held to certain standards amongst the community and profession. Like any other position in this field we must deal with certain individuals that by law was convicted of some serious crimes. Being a correctional officer, we are not there to be judge, jury and executioner of the person that was convicted. Our job is to enforce certain rules and regulations while they are incarcerated. Another part of our job is to provide a safe and secure place for both inmates and there visitors. If an inmate breaks the rules set forth by the Department of Corrections, that inmate will be subjected to either additional time in prison for his offense, sent to another jail and/or solitary confinement. This organization is the American Correctional Association (ACA). The ACA is an organization that it’s members are dedicated to serving in the prison system, provide a expert union for all individuals and groups, both public and private that share a universal goal of humanizing the justice system. It is the umbrella organization for all areas of corrections, including federal, state and military correctional facilities and prisons, as well as county jails and detention centers. The American Correctional Association (ACA), formerly known as the American Prison Association, is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world. Approximately 80 percent of all state departments of corrections and youth services are...
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...a dangerous business that is commonly known as the oldest profession which is far from an exaggeration. Statistics show that prostitution is legal in 50 percent of our country, 11 percent limited legality, and illegal in 39 percent of our country total 100%. In the United States it is illegal but legal in 11 rural counties in Nevada where they have to do registration and do routine checkups. Indoor prostitution became legal in Rhode Island in 1980 due to an unintentional legal loophole created by legislators. The state enacted new legislation closing the loophole on Nov. 3, 2009. As a nation we should abolish prostitution and get rid of it as a whole research shown that over 100 million women take up prostitution as a full time profession. When they are caught and put into jail they just bond out and back on the streets raising crime and spread of disease. When working in this field prostitutes are a high target for serial killers, rapist, and sociopaths because they feel as if they don’t have the proper tools to protect themselves and they thrive off the struggle. Prostitution should not be legalized because it comes with serious consequences for potential clients and the person soliciting themselves contract or contribute to the spread of disease, it leads to human trafficking and unwanted crime. Being a prostitute or a potential client causes the spread of disease. When it comes to the spread of disease in this profession the most common is HIV. HIV is a high-risk disease...
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...Unit 2 Assignment 1 Essay 1 Argumentative Essay “College Girl to Call Girl” If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck. If you get paid to have sex, you are a prostitute. A lot has changed within the last one hundred years and not all for the best. It has come to the point where the “oldest” yet most ostracized profession in the world has become more socially acceptable and commonplace than ever in history. College students are choosing it as a means to paying for their education. Prostitution is not only dangerous physically and can attract all sorts of sexually transmitted diseases but it can also wear on someone’s mental stability. Stacy, a prostitute, obviously feels the stigma of people potentially knowing about her occupation and judging her without taking into account her intellect. She likes to think that she projects herself with respectability and professionalism while at the same time pretending that it is just a 9-5 office job. She justifies it by saying that she wouldn’t be able to afford school otherwise, that it’s only temporary and a means to pay all her bills. At the same time she keeps her activities a secret from family and friends. Her plans are to continue selling herself until she finishes school and then put it all behind her with a new career in advertising. Anna, a middle class raised and educated former prostitute, isn’t necessarily so much embarrassed but annoyed that people project such a negative image...
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...JoAnne Castonguay Professor Brooks Introduction to Geography GEO-102/Z1 19 October 2013 Isolation Leads to Prosperity Iceland is a highly urbanized Nordic island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for beautiful glaciers, ice caps and volcanoes. It is a country of pure contrast in climate, geography, and culture. “A place where ice and fire co exist”, ("The Big Picture") Iceland has been shaped by forces of nature with active volcanoes, roaring rivers, and glacier cut fjords. Island isolation has allowed Iceland to develop a highly prosperous country, the most distinctive culture of the Western world, and the world’s oldest parliamentary democracy, where everyone is treated equally regardless of gender. Iceland’s 320,000 close knit homogenous population is primarily Icelandic with a primary language of Icelandic, a North Germanic language. Icelanders are primarily a mix of Scandinavian and Celtic cultures that discovered their isolation on an island to be advantageous, not only to keep enemies away but to establish and maintain their culture. Even the name Iceland was chosen to deflect visitors. Icelandic blood lines have been so stable geneticists use them to study the human genome. ("Iceland Society and Culture Complete Report”) Extremely urbanized, at 94%, most of the population lives in the country’s capital, Reykjavik (118,000), and other cities Kopavogur (30,000), Hafnarfjordur (25,000), Akureyri (17,000), Reykjanesbaer (14,000). The rest...
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...Time to Legalize the World’s Oldest Profession Prostitution is the act of offering sexual services to another person in return for money. Prostitution is often referred to as the world’s oldest profession and has existed in the sex industry for centuries occurring all over the world. Since prostitution first began the debate has raged: should prostitution be legalized or not? To protect the safety of sex trade workers, the time has come to legalize prostitution. A major argument for legalizing prostitution is the questionable logic of criminalizing an activity that occurs routinely in our society. The services of a prostitute are used regularly by many people. According to Doctor Allan Schwartz, four main reasons that men visit prostitutes are a “compulsive need for sex, an insatiable need for sexual pleasure, a fear of intimacy or relationships, and misogyny” (Schwartz). These reasons for using the services of prostitutes have existed for a long period of time and the demand for paid sex will always exist. In many segments of society paying for sex is acceptable. History has proven that eliminating prostitution is not possible. Decriminalizing the sex trade will recognize prostitutions role in our society. Prostitution is generally an act between consenting adults and different categories include street, brothels, escorts and sex tourism. According to Sherry F. Colb of Rutgers Law School, prostitution is classified as a victimless crime. She states “What makes prostitution...
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