Essay About Prostitution In The Philippines

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment or some other benefit. It also has been called “the world’s oldest profession” because it has been around since almost the beginning of time. Even if all the nations around the world will unite to eradicate it, they will never succeed. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute and is a kind of sex worker. There are about 42 million prostitutes in the world who are living all over the world and it was estimated that there were up to 500,000 prostitutes in the Philippines in 2003. Other countries legalized prostitution and regulated rules for it already, but prostitution in the Philippines still remains illegal. Although prostitution has become one of the major problems in the Philippines, making it legal does not promote women’s health, does not enhance women’s choice, and it does not protect the women in prostitution. Because not just women but also young individuals are strongly affected, many a country, like the Philippines,

Prostitution should not have been an option for a woman to sell herself to a man just because she needs the money for whatever reasons. Although prostitutes sell their bodies for sex, it does not mean they are always willing. My friend, who has a prostitute friend, told me that some prostitutes, including her friend, have to put their minds somewhere else to think they’re not having sex. Legalizing prostitution will only lead to more women or even young individuals, who are less fortunate, to indulge in prostitution, most especially when they will know that they can already use prostitution to earn money. Prostitution is one of the many ways to earn money; prostitution once not legal is always illegal. Prostitution can be the number one choice for uneducated women to earn money and influence from other people is a great contributor to why some women indulge in