prostitution
...y of females to sacrifice both their bodies and emotions reveals an innate flaw in the American social and economic structures. Throughout the development of American society, the confining roles of gender have created a societal dependence on prostitution, as an economic support base for the impoverished and as a means of upholding the double sexual standard, while at the same time hypocritically condemning prostitutes through attempted regulation Although society desires to exterminate prostitution, several groups dispute the method of action, unable to agree upon important factors. Traditionally, prostitutes were alienated by their offender status, allowing the "respectable and moral" majority to perceive them as oversexed and deeply disturbed. This illustration of prostitutes stems from the double standard and influences the neglect of prostitution as a problem as it only effects the lowest social class (Rosen xv). In contrast, contemporary feminist view perceives prostitutes as the greatest exploiters of women, blaming them, as Kate Millett says, as "the very core of female's social condition" (qtd. in Schur 99). In this view, prostitutes are neither welcomed in the women's movement nor included in the social benefits of progress. Another branch of feminists perceive prostitutes as liberated women who refuse to conform to societies sexual roles. This view asserts that prostitution is the ideal occupation for women, as it frees them from d...