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“Prostitution- the world’s oldest profession”. Although this statement contains an element of truth, the effect of globalisation has seen the sale of women move from the sale of the individual woman’s body to an organised and systematised global industry. Consequently, sex work, which has always been an issue of unequal gender relations, has arrived as one of the most profited international markets; may they be called go-go dancers, mail order brides, massage girls or prostitutes, they are in effect but commodities in a multi-billion dollar transnational sex-trafficking industry, which profits from the sale of women and children within and across borders. While all those with vested interest in the industry may benefit financially, the women who are merely commodities in this international market find little or no benefits from the economical development that follows its success. Their situation is on the contrary perpetuated by the structural patriarchy of society, which pays little attention to the development of women’s opportunities for economic independence, leaving prostitution as the highest paid job or only job available to many women in South East Asia or in the states of the former USSR. Subsequently increasing the vulne
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Some common words found in the essay are:
United Nations, Foreign Affairs, Women United, USSR Subsequently, , Watch/Asia Burmese, Asia Pacific, Women CEDAW, HIV-positive Adding, East Asia, sex workers, sex industry, women sex, women children, human rights, trafficking women, situation sex workers, south east, east asia, traffic women, protection women, south east asia, women sex industry, sexually transmitted diseases,
Approximate Word count = 1844
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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