The Media As A Stigma Against Women - 2277 Words

Society is very judgmental. Sex-workers are viewed for what they do and not for who they are. People love to assume and critique others by what they do to make ends meet. The words we know to describe these workers are; greedy, objects, whores, hookers, prostitutes†¦ There is an endless list of people’s assumptions on sex-workers, mostly believing that these workers have no education or morals. This subject is taboo, but I believe that it is because people are not fully informed about these individuals and their hard work. Sadly, the media is feeding us with negative images. Men are barely thought of when discussion prostitution and sex-work, but males also sell their bodies for money. This can be seen as a stigma against women. The†¦show more content†¦The diversity of sex work can vary from fantasies like exotic dancers, phone sex, escorts and street-based workers. You can work independently, with colleagues or for someone else. Popular locations for this type of work are hotels, cars, alleys or parks. A few commonalities in this industry is that sex workers are mostly women (80 %) with male clients, they are mostly heterosexual and most of the work happens off-street (80-90%). Unfortunately, the word prostitute is used more than the term sex worker. â€Å"The word prostitute reinforces the discrimination and stigma of the persons involved. This dominates how they are perceived and often leads to the formation of a master status suppressing and contaminating all other status possessed by the individual† (Shaver, 2015). Today and for many years, money is the major motive for becoming a prostitute. Sex work has been practiced since ancient times and even the most primitive societies have transactional sex. If we look back in history, hetaera in Greece and geishas in Japan were known as high levels of companionship. Prostitution was not only popular in America. Sex work and attitudes towards have change though out history. Stereotypes are a widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person, a group or a thing. For most people, there is at least one time in their lives were they felt or knew they were a