Prostitution

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ces between sex roles will be analyzed in relation to prostitution. Finally, the various failed attempts to abolish prostitution will be discussed. “Legally [prostitution] is often defined as the hiring out of the body for sexual intercourse.” Some say that the exchange of money does not need to take place. Albert Ellis, one well-known sexologist and author would define prostitution as, “A woman or a man engaging in sexual relations for non-sexual and non-amotive considerations.” This definition would therefore include “…girls who trade their sexual favors for food, entertainment or other gifts.” Each individual may have different views as to what a prostitute is or how they feel about them. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century reformers, for example, wanted to eradicate prostitution. It was looked at as the cause of all evil and poverty, among other things. But, it was over the place, girls supplying their bodies for the males’ high compulsion to satisfy their sexual desires. Canada’s industrial development equipped many women with outlet for their skills and energies in addition to the home and other work places. With all the improvements in transportation and communications, growth of the cities is the availability of new consumer goods provided in an age of national growth. However, with all of this came economic and social tensions. Most Canadians were concerned with the presence of certain ethnic groups, poverty in the cities and an increasing crime rate. With this new found awareness of social problems, came the belief that by identifying and classifying problems the nature of the world could be reformed to insure a moral, ...