Prostitution as a social problem

Prostitution is a social anomaly that causes negative effects and consequences in society and its social impact every day builds a major concern. Since its establishment the researchers had to fight against a long scientific tradition that considered the 'ramería' as an expression inherent to human nature. It is not possible to conduct a comprehensive approach to highly complex phenomena such as prostitution and without taking into account the complexity of social phenomena, especially of sexuality itself. But we must distinguish at the outset to condemn not just as well as attempts at social and moral. Prostitution, also known by the name of meretricious is the regular provision of sexual services a person in exchange for payment. Venal prostitution was formerly a religious ceremony practiced in the temple of the goddess of love and money originally entered into the temple treasury. Initially there is a reference to prostitution in the Middle East, starting with Mesopotamia. The early Mesopotamian offer traces of prostitution that marked all the other civilizations of mankind. At first sexual service was hospitable, that is, more than I could have a weary traveler's house guest, I had to pay for this.

In 1990 research was conducted among 914 prostitutes in Mexico City and found that 46.4% had 16 to 24 years and 40.5% from 25 to 34 years, their average schooling was 5 years. Although 8% were professionals and 2% had graduate, 61.7% were single, 77% had children, 51.9% belonged to low socioeconomic status, 27% to 21.1% medium to medium high, dominated by they had 3 to 4 dependents (32.1%) and two dependents (27.3%). Between 1992 and 1993 a study was conducted in the 2641 Mexico City prostitutes, of whom 80% initiated sex between 12 and 18 years, the 68.23% charged for the first time between 15 and 24 years, the number of clients per day was 1 to 5 in 83.9% worked in the street 47.6% in bars and clubs in 40.2%, in hotels 6%, 0.7% in brothels and 'call girls' accounted for 1%. As customers were 48.6% from 21 to 40 years and 60% were married.

Prostitution is given for several reasons: lack of financial resources, lack of moral values ​​instilled and the lower level of education, family disintegration, feelings of helplessness and inferiority, inability to establish satisfying relationships and heterosexual, moral deficiency, among others. This results in: venereal diseases (AIDS, vaginal herpes, gonorrhea, etc..), Leading to drug and alcohol addictions, mental weakness precipitates, social rejection, violation of law, unwanted pregnancies, broken families. Currently 13 states regulate prostitution Republic: Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Chiapas, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Sinaloa and Zacatecas. Poverty is largely a case, the starting point for a person to reach the condition of Discharged unemployment rate. The largest number of children, adolescents and young prostitutes come from the ravages strata of society. The rape and sexual abuse forms are a common cause for people to opt for the path to prostitution and it is not free men or women. There are many cases in which children are subjected in addition to assault, sexual abuse by her father, stepfather, relatives or strangers.

This involves many children being exposed to early sexual initiation, incestuous relationships, the risks of early childbearing and the incorporation into prostitution, causing its social discrimination and marginalization. For prostituted women, motherhood is a huge responsibility and also a reason to live. Nymphomania sometimes leads to prostitution. Its causes are varied: lack of parental love in childhood, neurosis, hormonal disorders, mental weakness, and so on. Because of their activity, the prostitute is generally rejected by society. His occupation is not recognized as work and has no benefits, rights and obligations that society has created for different economic activities. He said as a person transgressing social norms. Consequently, it is socially marginalized. Because of the position taken by the company before the prostitute, it can be seen as social deviants, and their study may be conducted under the focus of the sociology of deviance.