I haven't been to DR yet but having read many posts in this site I see this is a major issue.
The reality is that wherever there is poverty and little social support from the Government prostitution is rife. I've travelled a lot and the issue is common in countries such as Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia amongst many others.
The subject is complex but you can categorise the issue in a number of ways.
There are those women that do it because they need the income as the only way to support themselves. Under the circumstances I say good luck and respect them for their courage. There are other women who are forced (not just for financial needs) into prostitution and these are the ones that need protection.
There are those guys that need prostitutes because for whatever reason they are lonely or unable to get female company. These guys, in my book, are better off with a prostitute than raping someone.
Then there are those (and I have read a few posts on here) who do it because they have no respect for women. They sleep with these women as some form of ego trip, a form of patronising control. Not nice.
Prostitution works morally best in countries that are not poor. The vast majority of women there do this as a job and always have the choice of walking away. I hope one day DR will be in this position.
Believe it or not, we are better off than a few hundred years ago when poorer women had no rights at all and were 'taken' whether 'paid' or not.
I'm not justifying anything, just recognising that the world's oldest profession will never disappear.
The reality is that wherever there is poverty and little social support from the Government prostitution is rife. I've travelled a lot and the issue is common in countries such as Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia amongst many others.
The subject is complex but you can categorise the issue in a number of ways.
There are those women that do it because they need the income as the only way to support themselves. Under the circumstances I say good luck and respect them for their courage. There are other women who are forced (not just for financial needs) into prostitution and these are the ones that need protection.
There are those guys that need prostitutes because for whatever reason they are lonely or unable to get female company. These guys, in my book, are better off with a prostitute than raping someone.
Then there are those (and I have read a few posts on here) who do it because they have no respect for women. They sleep with these women as some form of ego trip, a form of patronising control. Not nice.
Prostitution works morally best in countries that are not poor. The vast majority of women there do this as a job and always have the choice of walking away. I hope one day DR will be in this position.
Believe it or not, we are better off than a few hundred years ago when poorer women had no rights at all and were 'taken' whether 'paid' or not.
I'm not justifying anything, just recognising that the world's oldest profession will never disappear.
