Prostitution

=**__Prostitution [| wikispaces assignment.doc]__**= - I am advocating for this particular Global issue because it is an issue which plagues many first world and third world countries.

- This issue affects almost every country in one way or another. Prostitution can be found worldwide and it is closely related to the drug trade industry as well. Some specific regions that are more directly impacted by this issue are countries like Holland, which allows legal prostitution, and other countries like Mexico, India, England and the United States, where prostitution is practiced illegaly.

- The major societal impacts of this issue include increased street crime, increased drug trade and increased violence. Prostitution is a controversial process in which many disagreements occur. Therefore, prostitution leads to much crime and violent acts.

- This issue impacts human culture in many ways. Prostitution has been around since around the 18th Century B.C. A lot of art from the Ancient Near East and Greece, (both societies in which prostitution was practiced) have depictions of prostitution. Also, in today's day, a lot of artists include descriptions and tid bits about prostitutes and prostitution as an entity.

- This issue does not have any scientific causes. The main cause of prostitution is poverty and need. Possible cures, or ramifications of this issue are complex and farfetched. Harsher punishment and the outlawing of prostitution can help to reduce numbers when it comes to prostitution, however it will not wipe it out of existence.

- Locally, many people are affected daily by the corruption, violence and crime that is a direct result of prostitution. Regionally and globally, people are affected in that many sexually transmitted diseases are being spread throughout. Politics try to intervene and ramify the negatives of prostitution but without much success.

- The economic impact of this issue is quite interesting. While some may argue that the negative aspects of prostitution are detrimental to any economy, this belief can be easily refuted when pointing out countries such as Holland which regulates and collects much revenue from legalized prostitution.

- I cannot envision a possible "solution" to this issue because while many believe it to be a problem, (such as countries in the U.S. where prostitution is illegal) others see it as an honest way to make a comfortable living (such as in countries like Holland).