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Prostitution

Prostitution. Amy S Gail R Emily M. Moonlite Bunny Ranch Video. Definition. Prostitution –The practice or occupation of engaging in sexual acts with someone for payment. Pimp-a person, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, in return for a share of the earnings

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Prostitution

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  1. Prostitution Amy S Gail R Emily M

  2. Moonlite Bunny Ranch Video

  3. Definition • Prostitution –The practice or occupation of engaging in sexual acts with someone for payment. • Pimp-a person, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, in return for a share of the earnings • “John”- Customer • Brothel- A building where prostitutes are available

  4. Bunny Ranch • Most known brothel in Nevada. • Opened in 1955 • All workers tested for STD’s • “Sex Menu”

  5. Pros • Reduce crime • Improve public health • Increase tax revenue • Help people of out of poverty • Get prostitutes off the streets • Reduce prevalence of rape • Reduce HIV/AIDS infections

  6. Cons • Lead to increase in sexually transmitted diseases • Global human trafficking • Violent rape crime such as rape and homicide • It is immoral • Empowers the criminal underworld • Promotes the repression of women by men

  7. Types of Prostitutes • Street Prostitution • Massage Brothel • Escort Services • Child Prostitution • Trafficking • Prostitution Tourism

  8. History • Dates back to the 18th century • 19th century feminists had strong negative views • Abolitionists • Regulationists

  9. Today's Views • Economic Needs • Sexual Abuse • Drug Addiction • Immoral

  10. Statistics • 78% Threatened with weapon • 82% physically assaulted • 82% raped

  11. Minnesota Law • Prostitute- 90 days in jail/ $1,000 fine • Customers- 90 days in jail/ $500-1,000 fine • Pimps- 15 years in Jail/ $30,000 fine • Brothel- 15 years in jail/ $30,000 fine

  12. QUESTIONS?

  13. Sources • Hickenbottom, Iris Leos, and Melanie Ulrich, eds. "Prostitution Then & Now." Women's Issues Then & Now: A feminist overview over the last two centuries. N.p., 18 May 2002. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/femhist/sex_work.shtml> • Lobbert, Annie. Prostitution Statistics: The Real Truth. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.shelleylubben.com/articles/prostitutionstats.pdf>. • ProCon.org. "Founding Fathers on Religion in Government." ProCon.org. 22 Feb. 2008 <http://undergod.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=70>.

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