PROSTITUTION, DRUG

DEPENDENCE,
POVERTY AND
UNEMPLOYMENT

ED 216

By: VENGIE P. PAMAN

 PROSTITUTION

Defined as the industry in which a

person provides sexual service to others
in exchange for money (Goodlin, 2009),
and the person who provides these
sexual services and receives payment is
known as “sex worker” or prostitute
 TYPES OF
PROSTITUTION

1. STREET

2. BROTHELS

3. ESCORTS

4. SEX TOURISM

5. VIRTUAL SEX

6. GIGOLO
 1. STREETS

 In street prostitution, the prostitute

solicits customers while waiting at
street corners, sometimes called
"the track" by pimps and
prostitutes alike. They usually dress
in skimpy, provocative clothing,
regardless of the weather.

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 2. BROTHELS

 are establishments specifically

dedicated to prostitution, often
confined to special red-light
districts in big cities. Other
names for brothels include
bordello, whorehouse, cathouse,
knocking shop, and general
houses.

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 3. ESCORTS

 In escort prostitution, the

act takes place at the
customer's residence or
hotel room (referred to as
out-call), or at the escort's
residence or in a hotel room
rented for the occasion by
the escort (called in-call).

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 4. SEX TOURISM

 Sex tourism is travel for

sexual intercourse with
prostitutes or to engage in
other sexual activity.

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 5. VIRTUAL SEX

 Virtual sex, that is,

sexual acts conveyed by
messages rather than
physically, is also the
subject of commercial
transactions.

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 6. GIGOLO

 A man who has a

continuing sexual
relationship with and
receives financial support
from a woman. A man who
is hired as an escort or a
dancing partner for a
woman.
BECOMING A PROSTITUTE…

Prostitution is given for some causes such

as:
• Lack of financial resources.
• Lack of moral values instilled.
• Low educational level.
• Family disintegration.
• Feelings of abandonment and
inferiority.
• Inability to establish satisfying
and heterosexual relationships.
• Mental deficiency.
CONSEQUENCES…

The consequences of prostitution are:

• Venereal diseases such as AIDS,
vaginal herpes, gonorrhea, etc..
• Lead to drug and alcohol
addictions.
• Precipitates mental weakness.
• Social rejection.
• Violation of the law.
• Unwanted pregnancies.
• Broken families
 DRUG
DEPENDENCE
 DRUG
DEPENDENCE
Dependence is defined as a compulsive
craving that develops as a result of
repeated administration of the drug
characterized by:
● Increased desire to take the drug
● Increasing dose to get the desired
effect
● An increasing effort to collect it
● Causing physical and
psychological dependence
 TYPES OF DRUG
DEPENDENCE

1. PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE

 Is a biological phenomenon which

depends on type, dose, and duration
of drug use irrespective of the
personal factors and associated with
withdrawal syndrome.
 TYPES OF DRUG CAFFEINE
DEPENDENCE

2. PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE (drug habituation)

 Is a condition resulting from the

repeated consumption of a drug, in
which there is a psychological or NICOTINE
emotional dependency.

Most common habit forming drugs…

Drug dependence includes both the terms
ADDICTION & HABITUATION
 DRUG ADDICTION

 Is a state of periodic or chronic

intoxication, produced by the
repeated consumption of a drug
and alcohol. Alcohol, Cannabis and
heroine are the most abused
substances in the world.
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