PROSTITUTION AND HIV TRANSMISSION
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This paper is about prostitution as a profession, rights and laws for the women in this profession and how prostitution plays a role in transmitting STDs.
There are many topics covered in this project and while researching on those topics many questions came up. Questions like- Are all sex workers prostitutes? Why a person who is paid to have sex with different partners is a prostitute but the person who pays to have sex with different partners is not a prostitute etc.
Prostitution means making a sexual contact with someone who is not their husband or friend in exchange of money or some other benefits. Prostitution is being carried on from ancient times till today but the difference is earlier it was a recognised profession but now it is no more considered respectful.
There are various ways in which prostitution is done and there are also various types of prostitution is done and there are also various types of prostitution for example Street prostitutes, window prostitutes, etc. Another type of prostitution which gained less public attention in Male prostitution.
There are various factors which lead women to practice prostitution such as social factors, poverty, rape, abduction etc. Women who opt prostitution as their profession willingly or forcefully are not socially accepted and become subject to harassment, domination, insult, humiliation etc.
Prostitutes face various sort of problems along with stigmatized life. They are the neglected part of the society. Socioeconomic situation of their neglected part of the society is very poor. Because of illiteracy their women also neglect the health problems.
In India laws directly do not make prostitution illegal but to make it difficult to practice prostitution without making it a crime certain laws are made for third parties who elevate the activities related to prostitution. In the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, it is seen that the punishment is only for the third party but there must be certain laws for the punishment of the client.
There are certain punishments related to prostitutes in the IPC as well which are given under Section 366A, 366B, 372, 373.Prostitution also plays a vital role in transmitting the STDs and hence proper preventive measures should be taken for the same.
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