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This paper discusses the film "Born into Brothels" and explains that it evolved from Briski's experience as a teacher of photography to children of prostitutes growing up in the red light district of Calcutta in India. It describes the efforts made my Briski in making the film from and looks at the methods used. Rather than take full control of the camera, Briski allowed the children to join forces with her in documenting their lives. In order to achieve this undertaking, gave each of her students, four girls and three boys, a camera by which they could record their lives. The paper also examines how the children's photography allows a glimpse not only into the streets of Calcutta, but also into the corruption and condemnation of the lower class living in India.

From the Paper
"Briski first went to India in 1995 to record the murdering of female infants. In 1997, when she returned to India to view her exhibition in Calcutta, she was introduced to the colorful imagery she could photograph in the maze of streets located in the red-light district. For six years six months at a time, Briski returned to the fascinating brothel streets to depict the life of the brothels. At first, she was interested in capturing the lives of the prostitutes, but her focus soon switched to the children surrounded by the degrading practices of sex trade. For Briski, the ultimate madness is that the children of the brothels are stigmatized as their parents and society abandon them to a fate that is beyond their control. "

Tags:Calcutta, prostitutes, corruption

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The writer of this paper analyzes the growing problem of the sex trade industry in America as well as around the world. This paper details the sex trade problem in Asia in which over one million girls are reported to be working working as child prostitutes in brothels. The problem, however, is not confined to Asia alone but is manifested in a flourishing global sex trade or trafficking of children from one country to another and within national borders for the purposes of sexual exploitation. This paper discusses the illegal activity that takes place by international crime rings taking women and children captive with the aim of selling them as sex slaves. The writer also discusses the large amounts of money that are generated in the illegal sex trade industry. The trafficking of humans has grown so large in proportion that it is projected to be the world's most lucrative illegal activity with profits topping $7 billion annually. This paper delves into the criminal nature of the global sex trade in children that is further accentuated by the fact that most of these children are from underdeveloped countries and/or the poorer sections of society.

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"Girl children are particularly vulnerable because they are forced to have repeated sex before their bodies have been prepared for it by nature. This results in physiological problems such as the tearing of flesh, which then becomes a breeding ground for sexually transmitted diseases. These unfortunate children are also exposed to the danger of AIDS that may end up endangering their very lives. Indeed, as Poulin and O'Grady point out, HIV is rampant among prostitutes all over the world. The female gender, as already observed, is particularly vulnerable, and this vulnerability only increases considering that, the global sex trade is more skewed towards the abducting of women. So much so, that Poulin terms it as feminization of migration, although he uses the term to signify the illegal trafficking of women for purposes of labor and sexual exploitation."

Tags:youth, criminal, prostitution, asia, america, poverty

Abstract
This paper reviews the process of legalizing prostitution in the Netherlands. It looks at the history of prostitution in the region, tracing the views of the prohibitionists and the abolitionists, citing the Dutch Morality Act and the Dutch Brothel Act of 1911 and following the development of the regulation of the trade through to the modern day.

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"The history of the Netherlands and the mentality shared by both the government and the citizens is a major aspect of the countrys legalization of prostitution. For centuries, Rotterdam, was known as one of the most prominent European ports. With thousands of sailors passing through the Dutch city, the existence of prostitution in the area was uncontrollable. Unlike many countries during the same time, the Dutch government chose to stay out of the sex lives of their citizens and therefore prostitution seemed to exist in a grey area of Dutch society. The open tolerance of prostitution continued until the religious Calvinist revolution in the early 1900's. This religious upheaval created open debates on the effect of prostitution on the moral standards of society. Two schools of thought emerged in the debate, the prohibitionists and the abolitionists."

Tags:regulation, law, prohibitionist, abolitionist, Dutch, Morality, Act, Dutch, Brothel, Act

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The paper discusses art by Korean ex-comfort women of WWII and how they would paint on themes supporting the comfort women's cause. The paper relates that the government of Japan continues to refute the fact that at least 200,000 Asian and some European women were abducted into military brothel sex slavery. This paper posits that art is perhaps more effective than a large published account of comfort women and their claims in conveying the nature of their experience.

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"The Korean peninsula was colonized by Japan from 1910 till the defeat of imperial Japan in 1945 as signaled the end of World War II. From the late 1930s, an unknown total of Korean girls were sent to serve military brothels of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) throughout occupied Asia where they met similar abductees from occupied China, the Philippines, Malaya, Burma, what is now Indonesia. George Hicks explained the IJA's institutionalization of brothels and their staffing with abducted girls provided by contractors in different countries. (1995) After 1945, the..."

Tags:comfort women, artist, activism, wwii

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"The Baroque era in art was a manifestation of seventeenth-century life. It was expressed in different ways in different regions. The Baroque was the child of the Renaissance and was in part the result of a religious crisis brought about by the Renaissance emphasis on beauty and humanity:
It did not raise hopes of eternity nor promise everlasting glory to the poor to compensate for their earthly lot. The limitation of its message partly explains why the religious crisis came to a head, leading both to the birth of Protestantism and to the efforts of the Catholic Church to reorganize itself as the Council of Trent. Baroque. . . became the interpreter of the Catholic Church. . ."

Abstract
This paper discusses the ways that artistic activism portrays Korean girls who were sent to serve military brothels of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) throughout occupied Asia, during World War II. It discusses how, together with international law, litigation and documentation, artistic activism has attempted to draw more supporters to the comfort women's cause.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Artistic Activism
Exhibits in North America
Concluding Discussion

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"Far work continues to be promised in the future, as more women and other artists take up the cause of the comfort women, making use of their testimony collected in several countries and what are said to be numerous surviving photographs taken shortly after the end of the War or at different times in the surviving comfort women's futures. For viewers not at all interested in imperial Japan's atrocities in Asia or the comfort women in particular, each work discussed in this paper, nonetheless, succeeds in a kind of informal reminder that what we see in the exterior or a person, or in perceptible emotions, can tell very little indeed as to a person's precise life experience. Of the third or so of comfort women to survive their existences of being military prostitutes, each had an horrendous story of devaluation, violence and injuries of all kinds."

Tags:testimony, IJA, brothel

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The paper describes how in India, young girls are often forced to work for brothels or on the street, scared, abused, and eventually left for dead all in the name of financial gain. The paper details the scope of the sex trade and sex trafficking in India, considers the criminal nature of the practice and highlights the serious health consequences for girls and women.
The paper addresses the cultural problems in putting an end to the sex trade and presents a three-pronged approach that can hopefully effect real change.

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"Together, India, Thailand, and the Philippines have an estimated 1.3 million children in slavery, enslaved in the sex trade ("India Facts" para. 3). These women and children face torture, rape, and violence for refusing to perform sex acts, and can be punished for other reasons as well. While there are around 10 million prostitutes working in India, about 90 percent of them are slaves, made to work until they can pay of their debts, or the price it cost the madams and pimps to purchase them ("India Facts" para. 10, 14). With customers paying about $2 each ("India Facts," para. 16), it is easy to see why it may take these women years to pay off their debts, if they ever can. McCormick's Sold makes it clear that the madams who are "caring" for these women charge them for every necessity and convenience from the medicine they take when they catch a disease from their customers to the makeup they are forced to wear in order to attract men. Together, India's sex trade contributes $400 million or more to the Indian GDP ("India Facts" para. 16). Thus, it is just as easy to see why officials are reluctant to halt the sex as it is to understand why these child prostitutes will often never make enough money to pay back their debts."

Tags:trafficking, prostitutes, brothel, crime

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This paper discusses the potential benefits to the United States that would come with the decriminalization of prostitution. It describes the potential profits from taxes and commerce that would be created by brothels and how the streets would be rid of crime and raise the property values of surrounding areas. The paper also suggests that the regulation of prostitution by the government would lower the infection rate of sex workers by testing for diseases and prohibiting the use of drugs.

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"Removing prostitutes from the street and placing them in brothels will remove an element of crime that ranges from petty theft to capital murder. Many prostitutes are drug addicts that attract a criminal element that lowers the property value of an area. The first female serial killer to be executed, Aileen 'Lee' Carol Wuornos, was a drug addicted prostitute. Street prostitution causes gentrification in the area that these prostitutes begin to operate, by bringing not only the crimes committed by the prostitutes but by the criminal element that tends to operate in the same area. Placing brothels in these areas with an increased police presence funded by the revenues attained by the brothel would raise property values in an otherwise condemned area and increase the safety for those too porr to move out of the area. The decrease of customers and increase of police presence would also remove the drugs from the area and the criminal element that is so often associated with the use of drugs. The decrease of drug use in these areas would create a decrease in profits for drug smugglers and force these criminals to seek out new markets."

Tags:brothel, STD, drugs

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This paper discusses the sex trade in Jamaica and compares it to Cuba. It describes the history of the trade and the factors that influence it. The paper examines the socioeconomic factors that contribute to the trade, as well as the rise of men in the trade of prostitution. It also look into the participation of tourists in the demand for this service. Finally, the paper researches the conditions in which the women work and live, which women work within the strip clubs and brothels, the accompanying use of drugs, their health-care (specifically as to HIV and STD testing) and their chances of being arrested for their work choice.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Research Questions
Background
Literature Review
Conclusion

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"The work of Kempadoo (2004) strives toward illumination of the inner working of the sex trade in the Caribbean as related to gender, sexuality, race and work and the economics of the sex industry. According to Kempadoo (2004) generally prostitution is viewed as violence toward women however Kempadoo challenges this accepted view holding that sex for money can be oppressive but in the lives of the women in the Caribbean it may also be a provider of a form of freedom. In the work "Global Sex Workers" the various authors use the term 'sex workers' very deliberately. The view held is that criminalization of prostitution is that it results in hurting the workers themselves instead of protecting them. The authors look at prostitution from an angle that looks at the deeper morals that exist within the inner-workings of the economics of prostitution and introduces the reader to the voice of the sex workers themselves. This work provides a candid view in the reality of prostitution in the Caribbean."

Tags:prostitution, oppression, illegal

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This paper puts forward the argument that prostitution should be legalized. It examines how up until now, banning prostitution has not only failed to eradicate the trade, but has transformed the trade into a seedy world of criminals, pimps, and disease-ridden prostitutes contributing to the health risks of society. It looks at the advantages of its legalization such as the savings by the government of a tremendous amount of time and money in their attempts to enforce prostitution laws which could be diverted to more serious crimes, such as homicides and how in a regulated setting, the government can also benefit from the taxes it collects from the prostitutes and the brothels. Most importantly, it brings the trade of the prostitution into the open, freeing it from the domination of criminals who govern the underground world.

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"Legalization of the prostitution industry will give the authority the upper hand to regulate it, thus issuing brothels licenses and guidelines, while eliminating undesirable elements. By implementing these laws, the government will be protecting the well-being of prostitutes, customers and society. Holland provides a good example with the legalisation of its prostitution industry. Under the regulations erected for this industry, licenses are issued to brothel owners who have registered their workers and complied with strict safety standards. The brothel owners are subjected to police screening, Those who employ under-age prostitutes or illegal immigrants risk being arrested by the authorities (Sissons, 1999, p. 27)."

Tags:government, underworld, crime, drugs, pimps