“The following note is of interest as confirming and roughly measuring the common statement that prostitution in Cuba is almost confined to the class of foreign-born women. It was prepared for, but not included …show more content…
The United States decided to remove their authority over Cuba to end of Cuba’s war for freedom from Spain, and suspended its assistance until the Convention modified the Constitution. “Within the postwar population in Cuba, women faced a special set of limitations and obstacles, women enjoyed few civil and political rights by the term of 1901 constitution” (Perez, 1943 , p. 163). The Cuban revolution enacted the oppression of women, the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) was generated in the 1960s in Havana to support women’s movements. Even though Cubans attitude changed towards women staying home, some individuals were reluctant to elect women as leadership roles because of their household responsibilities. The Federation of Cuban Women assisted women with free childcare services, most women studied medicine, law and others selected entrepreneur careers. “In 1956 women made up only 17% of the paid workforce, compared to today they comprise 46.7%” (Brown, 2016, p. 1). Pre-and post-revolutionary women decided to continue their occupations as prostitutes, this time with a new name as Jineteras which started in the …show more content…
Violence is somewhat common for these women who are exposed to a variety of individuals seeking their services. Several women have been assaulted while doing their jobs, without the proper prevention against the abuse. The violence against women has generated a social conflict and some women are forced to prostitute themselves in their own country to be able to fulfil the basic needs of survival, for example, food, clothes, and shelter. This investigation will help us analyze the problem through the eyes and experiences of jineteras.
Prostitution is a labor which involves sexual desire to one or more individuals in exchange of monetary compensations, goods or sometimes as an escape.
“There need be no such ambiguities in relationship between men and women, least of all when a men has bought a woman’s body for his use as if it were like any other commodity. The sex act itself provides acknowledgment of patriarchal right….when women’s bodies are on sale as commodities…men gain public acknowledgment as women’s sexual masters that is what I wrong with prostitution” (Jaggar, 1994, p.