Prostitution
Different societies have viewed prostitution in widely divergent ways. ... Other societies have grudgingly tolerated prostitution as a safeguard for the family (It was deemed to prevent rape and to shield virtuous wives from the unsavory sexual appetites of their husbands). Causes of Prostitution All countries have sizable domestic populations of women engaged in prostitution, ranging from . ... Large numbers of women engaged in prostitution began as minors having been tricked or coerced into such by parents, traffickers, partners and pimps. In the United States the average age for entering prostitution lies around fourteen, while in Asia it is well below eighteen. Along with being manipulated as children, poverty is the primary economic incentive that drives women to participate in prostitution, whether directly, or through following the false promises of employment offered by sex traffickers. ... , 1999) Most of the women are seeking to escape poverty, violence and lack of opportunities, but once they are under control of pimps or traffickers, they are “seasoned” into prostitution by physical and sexual violence and economic coercion. ... Nuisances of Prostitution The most commonly cited public nuisances that prostitution creates include: children having to walk by prostitutes and, by doing so, suffer psychological trauma, prostitutes may destroy the image and safety of a neighborhood, they may cause noise and fights during the night, they may loiter in front of businesses on high volume streets, and non-prostitutes may be more vulnerable to harassment in certain neighborhoods due to the presence of prostitutes.