PROSTITUTION

MARTHA LASO
KAREN ACOSTA
YULIED GARCIA

Prostitution

is not the oldest trade in the

world: exploitation, slavery and gender
violence are all older, invented by men to
subjugate women in order to ensure their
sexual availability. Some liberals, above
all men and brothel entrepreneurs who
provide generous financial backing to
certain current opinions, are behind the
debate on the need to regulate female
prostitution. That is to say, to convert this
expression of violence into a profession
like any other for women

Violence against women

prostitutes
Fidelia

Suarez, president of the

Association of Women Seeking
Freedom (Asmubuli), denounced the
prevalence of violence against people
in prostitution, especially women. This
ensures that when the cops are out
there in the corner these take
advantage of those without health
certificate that require them the
extorcionan either sexually or
economically

the

biggest cause of
prostitution is the lack of
opportunities

the

reality is that there

are many women in
prostitution even with a
university degree

7.1 percent of people in

prostitution in Bogot
began before age 15 and
17.4 percent between 15
and 17.

According

to the Ministry of
Women, 60.8 percent of people in
prostitution are victims of
physical violence; 27.4 percent
have been sexually abused and
21 percent have endured police
abuse.

child prostitution
It

is a social reality and a

consistent offense in performing
sexual acts between a child and
another person in exchange for
older material, financial or other
benefit assets.
Child prostitution would mainly
by extreme poverty in parts of
developed countries and
underdeveloped countries
Research shows that many
factors forcing minors into
prostitution. It is shown that
most of these are the economic
needs at home, escape from
home and the search for self
sustenance, drug addiction,
exploitation by a pimp.