Child Sexual Abuse and Introduction Prostitution
SCOURGE OF CHILD PROSTITUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES
A Research Paper
Presented To
Dr. Antonio R. Yango
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Perpetual Help System Laguna
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
Communication Arts 2
By
MARIA MAYBELLE F. GALANG
March 2012
Introduction
Prostitution is a performance of sexual acts solely for the purpose of material gain. Persons prostitute themselves when they grant sexual favors to others in exchange for money, gifts, or other payment and in so doing use their bodies as commodities. In legal terms, the word prostitute refers only to those who engage overtly in such sexual-economic transactions, usually for a specified sum of money. Prostitutes may be of either sex, but throughout history the majority have been women, who have usually entered prostitution through coercion or under economic stress. (http://www.free-researchpapers.com/dbs/b3/peh277.shtml)
“Prostitution” to pay for school fees is just one of the many guises of children in the Philippine flesh trade. Nobody really knows how many Filipino children are in the sex trade, but they could number up to 100,000, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). Many are recruited from the provinces, their appeal is the “freshness” factor. These children are exposed to the AIDS virus and sexually transmitted diseases, while many risk physical violence and failing health from long and unholy work hours. They suffer from harmful psychological stresses, development of distorted values, economic exploitation, lack of love and affection, breakdown of family ties, loss of self-worth and endangered lives if they decide to quit. Shocking it may be but there is more to child prostitution than meets the eye. It is just one facet of the horrors daily served to children working in what the ILO calls the worst form of labor, be it on the street or in the sea.
A Research Paper
Presented To
Dr. Antonio R. Yango
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Perpetual Help System Laguna
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
Communication Arts 2
By
MARIA MAYBELLE F. GALANG
March 2012
Introduction
Prostitution is a performance of sexual acts solely for the purpose of material gain. Persons prostitute themselves when they grant sexual favors to others in exchange for money, gifts, or other payment and in so doing use their bodies as commodities. In legal terms, the word prostitute refers only to those who engage overtly in such sexual-economic transactions, usually for a specified sum of money. Prostitutes may be of either sex, but throughout history the majority have been women, who have usually entered prostitution through coercion or under economic stress. (http://www.free-researchpapers.com/dbs/b3/peh277.shtml)
“Prostitution” to pay for school fees is just one of the many guises of children in the Philippine flesh trade. Nobody really knows how many Filipino children are in the sex trade, but they could number up to 100,000, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). Many are recruited from the provinces, their appeal is the “freshness” factor. These children are exposed to the AIDS virus and sexually transmitted diseases, while many risk physical violence and failing health from long and unholy work hours. They suffer from harmful psychological stresses, development of distorted values, economic exploitation, lack of love and affection, breakdown of family ties, loss of self-worth and endangered lives if they decide to quit. Shocking it may be but there is more to child prostitution than meets the eye. It is just one facet of the horrors daily served to children working in what the ILO calls the worst form of labor, be it on the street or in the sea.
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