GRADUATE SCHOOL

EDUC 7

PROSTITUTION

Submitted by:
Camille Anne O. De Leon Submitted to:
Dr. Mayette S. Gacosta
PROSTITUTION

Prostitution is the
business or practice
of engaging in
sexual activity in
exchange for
payment. The
definition of "sexual
activity" varies, and
is often defined as
an activity requiring
physical contact.
 STATISTICS ON PROSTITUTION

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.
 CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION

1. Poverty

2. Under-employment or lack of employment

opportunities

3. Physical or sexual abuse

4. Drug dependence and other vices

5. Lack of education

6. Peer influence
 CYBERSEX
PROSTITUTION
Cybersex trafficking,
live streaming sexual
abuse, webcam sex
tourism/abuse or ICTs
(Information and
Communication
Technologies)-
facilitated sexual
exploitation is a
cybercrime involving sex
trafficking and the live
streaming of coerced
sexual acts and/or rape
on webcam.
 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

1. Training and creating jobs for income

generation, poverty alleviation and hunger
reduction are important socio-economic
measures aiming to prevent prostitution
from emerging and developing.
2. Organizing medical treatment, education,
job training and creation to help prostitutes
integrate into the community
 REFLECTION
I PERSONALLY DISAGREE WITH SEX
LABOR. I THINK THAT PROSTITUTION
CAUSES A LOT OF ISSUES FOR OUR
SOCIETY. I AM AWARE THAT PROSTITUTION
HAS EXISTED IN OUR WORLD FOR A VERY
LONG TIME, AND I THINK THAT ANYONE
WHO ENGAGES IN IT CAN MAKE A FORTUNE
FROM IT.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT I OPPOSE SEX
WORK, I DISAGREE WITH THOSE WHO
ASSERT THAT IT IS AN EASY CAREER.
BECAUSE SLEEPING WITH ALL KINDS OF
MEN IS NOT A SIMPLE TASK, THOSE WHO
ENGAGE IN SEX WORK CHARGE HIGH FEES.
I DO NOT SOLELY HOLD WOMEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEX WORK THAT
OCCURS IN OUR CULTURE. I THINK THAT
THE MALES WHO USE THOSE SERVICES ARE
TO BLAME FOR THIS INDUSTRY.