Prostitution is a word which applies to far more circumstances than its' usual legal definition which is about prohibiting mas

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Prostitution is a word which applies to far more circumstances than its' usual legal definition which is about prohibiting massive "whoring". I have a very simple way of defining prostitution: Prostitution is when you do something for money that you wouldn't be doing without being paid. You will find under this definition that there are quite a few whores who are not prostitutes, for they actually love what they do, and would continue to engage in promiscuous sex even without the monetary reward. What would be  "shocking" to the average person is to realize that the average person is in fact a prostitute. Most people do the jobs they do only for the money, not because they actually enjoy the work enough to continue doing it even without a monetary reward. However prostitution is also commonly thought to harm the public health and quality of life of many others not directly active it.  

Different societies have viewed prostitution in widely divergent ways.  The three approaches to prostitution I will discuss are the liberal, the classical Marxist, and the radical feminist approach.  A comparison of these theories of prostitution demonstrates a significant contrast of philosophical views that prostitution has had on society.

The liberal positions on prostitution are that prostitution should be legalized which would eliminate laws prohibiting prostitution and allow prostitutes to work without fear of state prosecution or legalization although, they have always seen prostitution as degrading to women. The liberal feminist support women choices to commodity their sexuality and argue that the choices are usually freely made. Their claim relies on a strict distinction between coerced and free choices and correspondingly, between forced and voluntary prostitution.

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In liberalism feminism, prostitution is conceived of in the contractrarian sense of being a private business transaction.  The liberal contends that a woman is free to enter into contracts.  Liberal feminist believe that personal “rights” should predominate over concerns for the social good.  The liberal feminist wants to free women from oppressive gender roles.

Marxism

Marxist feminism arises out of the doctrines of Karl Marx, whose theory is centered less on the material aspects of life than on the more broadly defined social one.  Prostitution is a form of labor and therefore has been specifically noted as falling under the ...

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