Economic Inequality: The Role Of Prostitution In The United States

economic inequality that has shaped this country for many years. Women who conduct themselves in sex work tend to feel as if prostitution, or modern day slavery refer as (sex trafficking) is the only way for them to survive. Stated from MacKinnon (2011) Prostitution is observed to be a product of choice, or with the fewest choices. Furthermore, Capitalism, and patriarchy foster economic inequality between men, and women who is force to sell their bodies as commodities. For example, when women, and children have no education, and no skill how are they to make a living in providing for themselves? In the media, and through anti prostitution movements, activist believe that women do have enough education given the fact they can dress themselves to form an attraction as well as a general education. However, what about children, and young females who drop out of school because they come from a broken home, and do not have any platform to become law abiding citizens.
Prostitution, and sex trafficking is a clear representation of this form because this nature comes easy when women, or children need to gain survival. Found by Mackinnon (2011) Many assume that id it’s not desirable than prostitution can be necessary, or inevitable as well as harmless. Prostitution comes in many distinctions that drive women, and children to the dangerous life of violence, and physical harm. When pimps, and madams in brothels sell women, and children for the sake of power the income becomes different given the power of an economic inequality. Mackinnon (2011) stated that in every place prostitutes are overwhelmingly poor, and the urgent need for financial is the popular reason why all ages, and all genders are in the sex