Prostitution‚ arguably one of the oldest professions in human history‚ has flourished in every form of society since time immemorial regardless of its legality. Particularly in France‚ prostitution has had a long and extended socioeconomic influence and is recognised by Nicolas Sarkozy (former French president) as being part of France ’s national cultural heritage (Gangoli‚ G. & Westmarland‚ N. 2006). In Jean-Luc Godard ’s fourth feature film‚ Vivre Sa Vie (1962)‚ an account of the impact prostitution
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Patty Kelly‚ “Enough Already‚ It’s Time We Decriminalize Prostitution’ depicts the compelling‚ entertaining and mind captivating skills this well-known writer and professor in anthropology captures her audience. However‚ the essay fails to justify its thesis that prostitution should be decriminalized in so many ways. Firstly‚ she shouldn’t base her argument on the findings done on this particular social environment as the focus is too narrow to offer all needed information for an unbiased conclusion
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THE BADI: PROSTITUTION AS A SOCIAL NORM AMONG AN UNTOUCHABLE CASTE OF WEST NEPAL THOMAS COX Introduction Badi are an untouchable Hindu caste‚ with a total population of approximately 7‚000‚ who inhabit scattered settlements in the Salyan‚ Rolpa‚ Rukum‚ Dailekh‚ Seti‚ Jajarkot‚ Dang-Dekhuri‚ Banke and Bardiya Districts of west Nepal. Bali men fish (keeping most of the catch for their own family’s consumption) and make drums and pipes‚ which they sell to Nepalese in neighboring communities. Badi
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Review of Elaine Jeffreys‚ Prostitution Scandals in China: Policy‚ Media and Society Publisher: London; New York: Routledge‚ 2012. Prostitution endures to be a contentious topic which has always attracted public‚ policy and prurient interest (Maher‚ 2013). Bringing together seven prostitution-related scandals in People’s Republic of China (PRC) highlighted by the media since the 1990s‚ the volume seeks to display the milieu of prostitution and demonstrate the nexus between the rampant phenomenon
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drug use have been incendiary in political discussions. Current mixed political and moral issues include "partial-birth abortion" and physician-assisted suicide. Meier and Geis’ main thesis identifies parameters of "victimless crime" in four areas—prostitution‚ drugs‚ homosexuality‚ and abortion—and recognizes that law can solve and create societal problems. The authors believe that "’victimless’ crimes must be seen in the context in which there is no consensus regarding the wrongfulness of such acts
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are to Blame for Child Prostitution in India Child prostitution and civilizations have gone hand in hand all over the world for over 4‚000 years. Ancient religious beliefs and social customs provide the earliest accounts of child prostitution’s origin‚ in the form of both scripture and surviving social systems that have been practiced for thousands of years. It is rather difficult to enumerate or identify all the factors conducive to prostitution‚ because it is often argued
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Prostitution and Death in Taslirna Nasrin’s Things Cheaply Had and William Blake’s London Prostitution is a killer. It kills a woman’s sense of self-respect as well as other people’s respect for her. It kills marriages and breaks up families; and sometimes it evens kills people. Taslirna Nasrin’s poem “Things Cheaply Had” and William Blake’s poem “London” illustrate how prostitution will eventually lead to death; a horrible silence. Nasrin’s poem illustrates how vanity can turn women into
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Illegal Act of Prostitution Alexus Pepin Jonathan Varhola SOC 2000-01 November 16‚ 2014 Introduction “The body of related research that has accumulated over the last 20 years suggests that juvenile prostitution is not a voluntary activity‚ but one that more realistically involves young people running from abusive or rejecting homes” (Nadon et al.‚ 1998).Child abuse is linked to many psychological problems some that may indirectly correlate abuse to the illegal act of prostitution. Generally
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SANTAC Rapid Assessment on the possible Abuse & Trafficking of Children for Sexual Exploitation Purposes (Prostitution) in Southern Africa before‚ during & after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Games The case of Zambia & Namibia conducted from July to Sep. 2008 Presented at SANTAC Regional & National Conference on Preventions Interventions against Child Trafficking: Sharing Lessons Learned and Developing Ways Forward Pestana Rovuma Hotel and Conference Centre‚ Maputo 8-9 Oct. 2008 by Merab Kambamu
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Within her study Burlesque West: Showgirls‚ Sex and Sin in Postwar Vancouver‚ Becki Ross‚ a queerly feminist‚ anti-racist historical sociology professor at the University of British Columbia‚ examines the censored and often trivialized history of the North American “bare legged and bare-breasted chorus girls in vaudeville and burlesque shows.” By utilizing a wide range of archival data and numerous interviews from former performers‚ club owners‚ agents‚ choreographers and musicians‚ Ross provides
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