Prostitution By Veronica Monet: Article Analysis

Most people would not see prostitution as the goal career of choice. However, prostitution has been an active career for decades. People have different opinions about how prostitution affects women. In this essay, I am going to talk about two articles. One of the articles is in favor of prostitution while the article is against it. One of the articles is “Prostitution Can Benefit Women” written by Veronica Monet. Usually, when people think about prostitution they picture it as it has been portrayed in movies. They picture women who are possibly strung out on drugs and maybe abused by their pimp, but according to Monet (1994), “Prostitution is a normal sexual institution, one that can increase the self-esteem and well-being of those women who

And I give myself vacations and raises whenever I feel like working for it.” Knowing the benefits sheds light as to why a woman would choose prostitution instead of a regular 9 to 5 job. Of course, there are people who do not believe that there are any benefits for the woman who participates in prostitution. In the article “Prostitution Demeans Women” by Nell Beram, Beram explains how the position has a negative effect on women. According to Beram (2000), “A female sex worker is controlled by the desires of the man who purchases her services. Prostitution is demeaning because it reinforces the antifeminist idea that women are basically objects of male sexual desire.” This is what people usually think of when it comes to prostitution. Prostitution is continuing the culture of female subservience because the male is depending on the male for money. The woman is giving them her body in return for monetary gain. This gives off the assumption that men do not respect prostitutes and instead sees them as toys and have them think that women are at their disposal. When it comes to prostitution, in a way it can harm

I think that it should only be legal for people who are 21 or older and I think that they should be allowed to stop doing it whenever they want. If having the government get involved means that the rules will be followed then yes I think that it should government regulated, but if the government get involved that means 9 times out of 10 the money made through prostitution will be taxed. This could mean people will do it secretly and it will be no point in making it legal because it will still be done quietly. Having rules to control prostitution would hopefully cut down on the abuse and drug use that happens and prevent young girls and boys from being involved. Depending on who you ask, prostitution could be considered empowering to women or degrading to women. I found it interesting that the woman who wrote the article that said prostitution benefits women participated in prostitution herself and the woman who wrote the article that says it demeans women noted that she doesn’t know any sex workers