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Wednesday 4 April 2007

Modern art/Graffiti

Street art is a form of expression. It is usually done to express feeling about political issue, the loss of a love one, racial awareness, ethical issue and war.
Graffiti is the common term for spray painted work in the public domain. Popular locations for art work are train stations, estates, markets and underpasses. These types of locations are preferred because it has a larger audience and will receive the response that the artist wants.
Graffiti is seen as a bad thing because it defaces public property. Youth culture is also a reason why graffiti is not appreciated as many young people use the method to promote gang culture and distasteful squiggles on buses and shop fronts, this vandalism and not art!

Monday 2 April 2007

prostitution


What is Prostitution?
Prostitution is offering your body in exchange for money. This act can occur either within a property or on the street to attract punters (male buyers). This act is commonly associated with women of all ages and even as young as 12 years old in some cases.
Prostitution can be an exploitative line of work as many women tend to rely on 'PIMPS' to look after them and protect them against violent punters. Prostitution tends to attract women who are vulnerable due to extreme drug addictions, poverty and homelessness.
Many Prostitutes don't enjoy their jobs but feel that there is no alternative method for them to earn money quickly. Prostitution is often the last result in many cases.

Why is it such a big issue in society?
Prostitution is part of the 'sex industry' and it feeds crime like burglary, shop lifting and drug dealing. Prostitutes will dominate a small area so that they have a regular amount of punters. Prostitutes are prone to sexual transmitted diseases because they often will not go to the clinic to get seen for fear of judgment but in doing this they increase the health risks for the punters and themselves. Diseases such as Gonorrhea, Syphilis and HIV/AID are a higher risk to prostitutes because the have multiple partners and may use un-sterilized needles for drugs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A434701
http://www.avert.org/stds.htm


The common assumption is that the sex industry is dominated by female worker; well male prostitution is just as common as female prostitution. Men are seen to be less vulnerable but it is much harder for men to get work because not many females will look for men on the street they would prefer Brothels or Escorts because it is seen as more classy. Some men will settle for same sex work because they need the money.


The government has mentioned legalizing Prostitution so that women will feel safer in a controlled area or location under supervision. This would hopefully reduce the crime as well because the women would be paid correctly.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/sex_work_male.html
Should Prostitution be legalized?