SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY

UNIT: VII
TOPIC: PROSTITUTION
HOURS: 1
P.B.B.Sc. II YEAR

Submitted By Submitted To
Mr. Rahul Meena Mr. Krishna Soni
Lecturer (Child Health Nursing)
Clinical Instructor
 Objectives
• At the end of the class students will be able to:
1. Introduce the Prostitution
2. Define the Prostitution
3. Explain the nature of Prostitution
4. Describe the causes of Prostitution
5. Explain the biological causes of Prostitution
6. Enlist the economic causes of Prostitution
7. Enumerate the psychological causes of Prostitution
8. Describe the social and individual causes of
Prostitution
9. Explain the evil effects of prostitution
10. Discuss the suggestions to remove this problems
 PROSTITUTION
• Prostitution is very common in urban areas. It
results due to illiteracy and unemployment as
well as poverty.
• It is a burning social problem around the globe.
A female who makes extra marital or physical
relations to earn money and get high standard of
life is involved in prostitution. In this a female
makes physical relation with more than one
person and her objective is only to earn easy
money and high life style. It is a crime associated
with sex.
There are many definition
of Prostitution. The simplest PROSTITUTION
definition says that it is an
exchange of money
for sexual purpose that is
offering sexual intercourse
for pay or in other words it
is an act of sexual
intercourse in exchange for
money.
 Definition

• According to Prem Sharma Modgil- A

prostitute is a female who agrees to make sexual
or extramarital physical relations with any
person, who offers money or any kind of help for
such an act".
Or
• Acording to Eiliot and Merrill- "Prostitution
is promiscuous and for money intercourse which
has the lack of emotions"
 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROSTITUTION

•Street prostitutes
•Bar dancers
• Call girls
• Religious prostitutes
• Escort girls
• Road side brothel
• Child prostitutes
• Fricatrice prostitutes
• Gimmick prostitutes
• Beat prostitutes
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PROSTITUTION

STREET PROSTITUTES
Conti…..

BAR DANCERS
Conti…..

CALL GIRLS
Conti…..

RELIGIOUS PROSTITUTES
Conti…..

ESCORT GIRLS
Conti…..

ROAD SIDE PROSTITUTES

Conti…..

CHILD PROSTITUTES
Conti…..

FRICATRICE PROSTITUTES
Conti…..

GIMMICK PROSTITUTES
 Nature of prostitution
 Prostitution is an occupation.
 A Females are indulged in this for money or economic needs, not
for physical satisfaction.
 Lack of love and emotions is found in prostitution. Males just want
to satisfy their physical need and females want to earn money.
 Illicit relations are found in prostitution. Society or state does not
permit this occupation or relation.
 Lack of discrimination is found in prostitution. In this, age,
beauty, caste and other things do not matter, they just want
money, only money matters in prostitution.
 Prostitution is an immoral occupation and has a bad impact on
society.
 There is a barter system in prostitution. Female offers her body or
physical organs and sex organs for money
 Causes of prostitution
Biological Causes
 Defective sex organs of husband.
 More sex urge in female then male.
 More sex urge in male than female.
 Non-vegetarian people have more sex urge than
vegetarian people.
 If somebody indulges in prostitution at
adolescent stage once, because of uncontrolling
 Causes of prostitution

Economic Causes
• Poverty is the main root of this problem.
• Unemployment.
• Desire of high standard of living.
• Increasing prices of basic goods.
• Unable to fulfill all basic needs with her income.
• Modern industrialization.
 Causes of prostitution

Psychological Causes
1. Mental deficiency.
2. Impotency in male.
3. Nymphomania.
4. Lack of love from partner.
5. Pimps.
6. Low moral values
 Causes of prostitution
 Social Causes

1. Lack of moral teaching.

2. Lack of family and social control.

3. Late-marriage system.

4. Bad working system.

5. Class system of stratification.

6. Alcoholism and drug addiction.

7. Corruption.

8. Bad Neighborhood.

9. Under-age employment of girls.

 Causes of prostitution

Individual Causes

Lack of privacy.

Inability to get married.

Neglected by husband.

Illegitimate motherhood.

Physically handicapped.

Lack of affection.
 Evil effects of Prostitution
• It is a stain on women.
• A person becomes characterless who indulges in
prostitution.
• It is responsible for personal disorganization.
• It is responsible for family and social
disorganization also.
• It has a bad impact on coming generation or their
own children.
• It is responsible for increasing the rate of crime.
• It is responsible for increasing the number of AIDS
patients.
 Suggestions to remove this problems
• The members of all communities should be aware to
remove this problem by canvassing and advertisements.
• The facility of rehabilitation should be given to prostitute
lady with the help of social welfare departments,
religious and social institutions.
• Commercial recreational cinemas and dancing halls
should be banned
• Government should take important steps to remove
poverty because poverty is the root of prostitutions.
Suggestions to remove this problems

• The law of employment for widow and divorced

women should be made.
• Discrimination on the basis of economic standard
or other standards should be considered a crime.
husband who neglect his wife should be punished
by the law
 SOME SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT PROSTITUTION

Trading in minor girls is rampant and has increased significantly in

recent years.
 SOME SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT PROSTITUTION

A large number of prostitutes in India are minors.

 Teacher References
• SHARMA PREM (SECOND EDITION, 2019).
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY FOR B.SC. NURSING
STUDENTS; JALANDHAR PUNJAB: LOTUS
PUBLISHERS.
• CLEMENT A LAN (FIRST EDITION). A TEXTBOOK OF
“SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN NURSING”.
HYDERABAD: JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL
PUBLISHERS (P) LTD.
• ANTHIKAD JACOB (SECOND EDITION, 2014).
SOCIOLOGY FOR GRADUATE NURSES. NEW DELHI:
JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD
 Student References
• SHARMA PREM (SECOND EDITION, 2019).
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY FOR B.SC.
NURSING STUDENTS; JALANDHAR PUNJAB:
LOTUS PUBLISHERS.
• CLEMENT A LAN (FIRST EDITION). A
TEXTBOOK OF “SOCIOLOGICAL
IMPLICATIONS IN NURSING”. HYDERABAD:
JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
(P) LTD.
Thank you