Lyceum Northwestern University

Tapuac District, Dagupan City

ILLEGAL PROSTITUTION

Submitted to: Paul Jimenez

Submitted by:

Collin Velasco

Francesca Merin

Reyshir Montemayor

Patrick Rye Zaratan

 Introduction

Prostitution is the practice of engaging in relatively indiscriminate sexual activity, in

general with someone who is not a spouse or a friend, in exchange for immediate payment in

money or other valuables. Prostitutes may be female, male, or transgender, and prostitution

may entail heterosexual or homosexual activity, but historically most prostitutes have been

women and most clients are men.

Prostitution in the Philippines is illegal, although somewhat tolerated, with law

enforcement being rare with regards to sex workers. Penalties range up to life imprisonment

for those involved in trafficking, which is covered by the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of

2003. Prostitution is often available through bars, karaoke bars (also known as KTVs), massage

parlors, brothels (also known as casa), street walkers, and escort services.

The "Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study" conducted in 2002 by the University

of the Philippines Population Institute and Demographic Research and Development

Foundation found that 19% of young males had paid for sex and 11% had received payment

for sexual favors. In 2013, it was estimated that there were up to 500,000 prostitutes in the

Philippines, from a population of roughly 97.5 million. Citing a 2005 study, Senator Pia S.

Cayetano asserted in her “Anti-Prostitution Act” (Senate Bill No. 2341 s.2010), that the number

of people being exploited in prostitution in the Philippines could be as high as 800,000. The

bill was reintroduced in 2013 as Senate Bill No. 3382, and in 2015 as Senate Bill No. 2621.
 Presentation of the Arguments

Prostitution is often described as a “victimless crime”, because in theory, no one present

at the crime is unwilling. In reality, prostitution of an individual is particularly lethal form of

violence against an individual and a violation of basic human rights.

The researchers states the idea that prostitution should be legalized is wrong. For those

few who suggest otherwise, the researchers would argue that sex for money is illegal not just

because it's immoral, but because it's just plain bad for an individual at every level.

Violence is the nature of sex industry. It is a cruel lie to suggest that legalisation of the

whole industry will protect prostitutes. It is not possible to protect someone whose source of

income exposes them to the likelihood of being raped on average once a week.

Arguing that STD testing prevents disease is like arguing that pregnancy tests prevent

pregnancy. It is a fundamentally flawed line of reasoning to begin with, the only way to truly

protect the health of a prostituted person is to get them out of the sex industry.

Legalization of prostitution increases the demand for prostitution. It boosts the

motivation of men to buy women for sex in a much wider and more permissible range of

socially acceptable settings. With the advent of legalization in countries that have

decriminalized the sex industry, many men who would not risk buying women for sex now see

prostitution as acceptable.
 Presentation of the Counter Arguments

 Prostitution is a simple transaction, a trade of money for a service. As long as

all parties are of legal age and have each others consent, since when is a

simple transaction a crime?

 Perhaps you think sex work is an immoral lifestyle. However, it is no less

moral than a lifestyle of random “hooking up”, or the stereotypical lifestyle of

the professional athlete or rock star who brags about how many women he had

sex with. It doesn’t make any difference right?

 It is argued that legalising sex work is beneficial to curbing the HIV epidemic

because it allows governments to monitor and regulate the sex trade. In doing

so, they can ensure that sex workers are empowered to negotiate condom use,

improve their access to public services, and protect them from violence and

abuse.

 Research evidence supports this argument. An analysis of data from 27

European countries found that in countries that have legalised some aspects of

sex work there is a significantly lower HIV prevalence among sex workers

compared to those countries where all aspects of sex work are criminalised.
 Response to the Counter Arguments

For the vast majority of prostituted individual, prostitution is the experience of being

hunted, dominated, harassed, assaulted and battered. The majority of girls enter prostitution

before they have reached the age of consent. In other words, their first commercial sexual

interactions are rape.

Consensual sex is legal. But as soon as one party offers cash to another in exchange

for sex and that money is voluntarily accepted, it's considered prostitution, and that is illegal.

This is hypocritical, illogical, and wasteful, it needs to stop. It is deplorable and in many ways

degrades and robs the participants of fragile parts of their humanity.

How possibly can a prostitute prove that he/she was forced to become a victim of

sexual violence if this has happened in their recruitment or is part of their "working

conditions".

Under laws that legalize and try to regulate prostitution, health check cards are often

given to women. In theory, the cards can be presented to buyers as proof that the women have

been tested and are disease free. Even when the women are tested for medical conditions, the

tests are unreliable and invalid because many tests take days or weeks before the results are

available. During that time, the women see more men who could be infected.
 Conclusion
The mere fact that prostitution is considered as an immoral way of living, still, most of the
individual continue to do this kind of job for the sake of money. Prostitution helps them to
survive their everyday life. On the other hand, prostitution act as a service business given to
different areas such as motel and other bars that regard as a way of circulating economy and
helps in contributing to the progress of society.

Considering the different positive effects in legalizing prostitution in the society, you cannot
deny that it can also results to numerous negative impact that serves as a critical issue
nowadays. Number of population rate or number of abortion is continuously increasing
because of prostitution. Teenage pregnancy, Aids or different sexual diseases, as well as
lacking of resources famously known as crisis due to large number of individuals will take
place too. In addition, regarding to the human rights such as women's power and dignity
might be affected that will result to more crimes.

Legalizing prostitution will take a more responsibilities, if ever the government will
implement it. It will always be a pressing issue, since most of the people think that it is as sin,
as crime, as enslavement, as productive work and a disease vector. Generally, it is preferred
by many people to remain it illegal and should has amore strict enforcement of law against it.

All in all, through the data gathered, the researchers believe that prostitution must not be
legalised in the country even though there are positive effects of it in the society, especially in
the life status of citizens and in the economy of one country; still, the negative effects are
;heavier in such a way that its more serious ;and more important in this kind of matter.
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