Perception of Prostitution
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Recent research suggests that female prostitutes are not as socially and sexually deviant as was once believed. There are a number of reasons for the changed perception of prostitution. The methods of studying prostitution have changed during the last half century. Since the publication of the so called "Kinsey Report" on female sexuality (Kinsey, Pomeroy, Martin & Gebhard, 1953), the definition of "normal" sexuality has undergone gradual revision. In addition, it is probably incorrect to draw general conclusions about prostitutes because several differentiable groups of women directly accept money for sex. The type of prostitution in which a woman is engaged appears to be related to a number of variables, including her motives for working, the her early sexual experiences, her self image, and her enjoyment of sex. The psychology of the prostitute is closely connected with the form of prostitution. Generally involving serial sexual contact with multiple partners, prostitution consists in offering sex for money. Both women and men sell sexual services, usually to male customers, but some wealthy women pay men for sex. The sale of sex by women to men is probably the most common type of prostitution, and it is certainly the type most familiar to the public. Depending on the specific type of prostitution, payment may also cover a range of social interaction; in some instances prostitutes offer their customers various forms of companionship. Prostitution has assum
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eetwalkers are generally more impoverished than are the other types of prostitutes (Exner, et al., 1977).
A relatively small number of housewives engage in prostitution. Many of them do so with the knowledge and consent of their husbands as a way of supplementing the family income; quite often, however, they need a secret source of money to pay heavy gambling debts. Housewives who work as prostitutes usually do so only one or two days a week, coming into a large city from the suburbs. They rarely have pimps, but they compete for approximately the same trade serviced by streetwalkers (Exner, et al., 1977).
Level of pathology appears to be a function of type of prostitution. It would appear that on a variety of measures of psychological well being, call girls and in house girls do not differ greatly from non prostitutes (Exner, et al., 1977). Streetwalkers, on the other hand, exhibit strong signs of dependency and immaturity. Scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Rorschach Test indicated to Exner,et al. (1977) that streetwalkers are "more naive and self centered, less well organized, somewhat more rebellious, and probably have less control over their emotions" than call girls, in house g
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