Effects of Prostitution
Book Review: Teen Prostitution
Johnson, Joan J. Teen Prostitution. New York: F. Watts, 1992. Print.
Ones adolescent stage is viewed as innocent and pure. However, a multi-million dollar industry
within our world strips teens from their youth and leaves them fighting for their lives. Children as
young as 10 are working the streets as their life style revolves around prostitution. United States of
America implies an image that any individual can live a life filled with money. However, not everyone
reaches this “American Dream”. Those who were not born into money know the hardships of the
streets and the feeling of desperation and loneliness. Societies youth fall victim to prostitution as an
attempt to fill a void within their lives. Their bodies become the product of their new found income.
Media avoids revealing the truth about teen prostitution and many individuals within society show little interest nor sympathy towards them. Unfortunately, many view teen prostitution as a crime and those
who are involved in teen prostitution are referred to as criminals. However, society is incapable of
seeing beyond stereotypes. Teen prostitutes fall victim to countless obstacles that have taken place
within their personal life in which lead them to be stripped from their innocence and forced to sell their
bodies in order to survive. In a world that revolves around money, sex, and drugs, these teens become
vulnerable to STD 's and put themselves in situations in which can be life threatening. Both sexes
undergo intensive psychological damage while prostituting and feel as if it is impossible to escape from the world they have so willingly ran to. In Joan J. Johnson 's, Teen Prostitution, Johnson evaluates
America 's youth and the connection with the rapid increase in teen prostitutes and the reasons why
teens choose this path. Majority of youths enter the life style of a prostitute
Johnson, Joan J. Teen Prostitution. New York: F. Watts, 1992. Print.
Ones adolescent stage is viewed as innocent and pure. However, a multi-million dollar industry
within our world strips teens from their youth and leaves them fighting for their lives. Children as
young as 10 are working the streets as their life style revolves around prostitution. United States of
America implies an image that any individual can live a life filled with money. However, not everyone
reaches this “American Dream”. Those who were not born into money know the hardships of the
streets and the feeling of desperation and loneliness. Societies youth fall victim to prostitution as an
attempt to fill a void within their lives. Their bodies become the product of their new found income.
Media avoids revealing the truth about teen prostitution and many individuals within society show little interest nor sympathy towards them. Unfortunately, many view teen prostitution as a crime and those
who are involved in teen prostitution are referred to as criminals. However, society is incapable of
seeing beyond stereotypes. Teen prostitutes fall victim to countless obstacles that have taken place
within their personal life in which lead them to be stripped from their innocence and forced to sell their
bodies in order to survive. In a world that revolves around money, sex, and drugs, these teens become
vulnerable to STD 's and put themselves in situations in which can be life threatening. Both sexes
undergo intensive psychological damage while prostituting and feel as if it is impossible to escape from the world they have so willingly ran to. In Joan J. Johnson 's, Teen Prostitution, Johnson evaluates
America 's youth and the connection with the rapid increase in teen prostitutes and the reasons why
teens choose this path. Majority of youths enter the life style of a prostitute