Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Ideal of Sex Gone Wrong

        Around the world, society has a different way of accepting prostitution and rape. Women across the world have not been able to speak up for themselves and have rights to their own body. However, in today’s society women have rights to their body but the laws still justify to not take some cases as serious. Prostitution has been band from countries and acceptable to others. Rape has been also banded from countries and accepted along with prostitution in other countries. My argument is why is prostitution and rape still okay in other countries? Shouldn’t it be not acceptable everywhere? Why is there blame to women for date rape? If a woman says no to sex, no matter how much she entices a man, he should respect her answer.   
            Prostitution is selling your body by doing sexual services. Back in the day men used to give attractive women money for sexual pleasure. Now prostitution has turned into physical, emotional, and psychological abuse. Across the world men have gained control over women. In the United States, men are considered to be “pimps” and the women are called “whores”. Men will sometimes beat women if they don’t make enough money and sell their body in a certain fashion. Prostitutes are usually dressed in short miniskirts, high heels, makeup, hair extensions, long nails, and halter tops. In other countries, men will have a house full of women called “whore houses”. In a country like Russia, women are put out on auction for wealthy men to buy them. I feel that the whole idea of prostitution is degrading but if a woman wants to sell her body, let it be on her own leisure, not being controlled. On the website www.prostitution.procon.org stated, “…German government legalized prostitution. Now, legal contracts between prostitutes and clients can be established. The government withholds a portion of their earnings to pay social benefits like pensions and health insurance and to guarantee a regular 40-hour-workweek”. Also, in Germany I found several reports of women being forced and bidden on for a lot of money for private owned prostitutes. In the movie called, “Taken” was about a young girl that was kidnaped in Russia and was almost sent to another country. However, he father was able to save her. Unfortunately, other women in real life has dealt with that same situation and was not saved. Also, a lot of women are introduced to drugs and a lot of them die on overdose. Lastly, I feel that women should not be sold and controlled.
            Rape is a violent act that includes sex to feel dominant over someone. Women are raped all around the world by men. Majority of men rape women because they have to feel powerful or can have a psychological issue as well. Also, date rape is considered to be a woman giving mix signals to a man and he becomes sexually aroused. I feel that a man doesn’t have a right to have sex with any woman if she says no. It doesn’t matter if she flirts with him or shows her body. However, there have been many cases that women have found drugs in their system and men have taken advantage of them. In court, men will try to plead not guilty and say that they had consensual sex. However, blood works shows on women that they were intoxicated with drugs slipped into their drinks.  On the website called www.cwfefc.org stated, “Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. (U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey)”. I feel that people need to be on women side even if they did go home with a unknown man. If she says no to sex, it’s no and the man needs to accept that.  
            In my Sociology 170 class at Northern Illinois University, my professor had a lecture about Sexual Issues and Controversies. He talked about the different sexual issues such as prostitution and rape/date rape. I honestly feel that society doesn’t see women bodies important. Society portrays women to look and act a certain way. Also, I feel that the whole date rape is strictly cause by the man not the woman. If a woman even changes her mind about having sex, the man should accept that.

            In conclusion, I feel that women rights are still not equal because some women are forced to this day to be prostitutes and raped. I don’t believe in date rape because I feel that if a woman is standing in front of him naked, if she says no then its no. I feel that women should not have their rights taken from them.   

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