Children and Prostitution

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This paper traces the history of prostitution from ancient Greece until modern day Asia. It links child abuse to the prostitution of young women and shows the role of the media in this phenomena.
Outline
Introduction
Prostitution Through the Ages
Prostitution in the Byzantine Holy Land
Prostitution in the Middle Ages
Prostitution in the 19th Century
Child Prostitution in the United States in the Twentieth Century
What is Paedophilia and How is it related to Child Abuse
Why Do Pedophiles Flock To Asia?
The Media and Child Prostitution
Girls of the Night
Conclusion
Bibliography and References

From the Paper:

"From those early references we can believe that societies beliefs about the rights of children were considerably different than our own. In fact, the only children that were held in any regard were the legal sons of citizens and aristocrats. Free men living at the brink of poverty often sold their excess children in prostitution. In Ancient Greece, excess female babies were abandoned and then usually collected by prostitutes and pimps so they could be trained into the life as early as possible."

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