PROSTITUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Prostitution is when they have sex with different people and, in return, they will receive
payment such as money, houses, land, cars, and anything else. They use themselves to get out
of poverty. Due to a lack of education, they think this is what they should do so that they can
earn money quickly. Many of us who see a female prostitute hate it because different people
use it, even though we don't know the real reason why she did this thing. There are others who
don't want to be prostitutes but are forced to become prostitutes because of the hustle and
bustle of life. Usually they just hang out near motels or at bars, encouraging patrons to become
their clients for the whole night or even a few hours depending on what they talk about. Call
girls, hustlers, door knockers, and factory girls are all different types of prostitutes. And one
more thing, and one of the worst, is that there are children who have been abused and turned
into prostitutes by their parents just to survive. They pimp their own children, and others
voluntarily become prostitutes in order to earn money or give to their parents.
According to Parmanand, S. (2019) they contend that criminalizing sex work or even
buying sex is unfair to sex workers, their families, and other people who rely on this line of labor.
In addition of Pliley, J. (2018) that these women engaged in prostitution on a part-time or regular
basis as a means of surviving in a sex-segregated labor market where women were paid
precariously little, or in response to family upheavals like paternal or marital abandonment.
Although there were hazards of genital warts, addiction, violence, harassment by the police, and
unexpected pregnancy, prostitution could be lucrative and gave some women a road to financial
independence. Based on Mendoza C. N. ET AL (2022) They entered this line of work because
to their financial need, physical lust, and personal satisfaction. It also demonstrates the
difficulties that participants could experience, such as contracting an ailment or disease after
having sex with several individuals. Added by Cabo, R. (2018) the prostitution epidemic has
several facets. Through the government-controlled scheme for entertainers' entrance,
prostitutes engaged in prostitution. These women are chosen to sing and perform, but usually,
possibly most of the time, they are also coerced into prostitution. And according on Iskandar, H.
(2018). Prevention of criminal activity, especially the crime of prostitution, must go hand in hand
with the Development Planning Act, which is part of the country's development. The process of
reforming or establishing law enforcement agencies is carried out through formulation/legislative
directives, whereas law enforcement and institutional enforcement proceedings are carried out
through applications/court appeals and criminal proceedings made under
exclusions/administrative directives. increase.
In conclusion, prostitution is becoming one of our problems because more and more children
are being abused and turned into prostitutes, and the other is that because of prostitution you
can get diseases like HIV. In order to prevent the increase of prostitution or to eliminate
prostitution in our country, former prostitutes must be given hope to find a decent job so that
they do not become prostitutes again, and they must also be given sufficient knowledge. To
prevent prostitution in our country, the authorities should be called immediately if there are
pimped children or anything else to catch the pimp immediately. And lastly, let's not discriminate
against prostitutes because we don't know their story, why they do that
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