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19 May 2011, 7:59 pm
pandabear wrote:
Students consider prostitution to pay for school
BERLIN (Reuters) – One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Center said on Wednesday.
The figure in Berlin, where prostitution is legal, was higher than students surveyed in Paris (29.2 percent) and in Kiev (18.5 percent), the three cities the report looked at.
The study found some 4 percent of the 3,200 Berlin students surveyed said they had already done some form of sex work, which includes prostitution, erotic dancing and Internet shows.
The results surprised the study's authors, who said they undertook the study because student prostitution had been often reported but little was known about its relationship to education policy.
"The main motivation of students to turn to prostitution were the financial incentives, namely the high hourly wages," Eva Blumenschein, one of the study's authors and a 26-year-old student at Berlin's Humboldt University, told Reuters.
Blumenschein said recent educational reforms aimed at speeding up students' time at university may play a role in them seeking out sex work.
"It's possible that because educational reforms have increased student workloads, they have less time to earn money," she said. "Coupled with higher student fees, in this instance, leads students into prostitution."
Thirty percent of students working in the sex industry were in debt, the study found.
That compared with 18 percent of students who said they would consider sex work who were in debt.
BERLIN (Reuters) – One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Center said on Wednesday.
The figure in Berlin, where prostitution is legal, was higher than students surveyed in Paris (29.2 percent) and in Kiev (18.5 percent), the three cities the report looked at.
The study found some 4 percent of the 3,200 Berlin students surveyed said they had already done some form of sex work, which includes prostitution, erotic dancing and Internet shows.
The results surprised the study's authors, who said they undertook the study because student prostitution had been often reported but little was known about its relationship to education policy.
"The main motivation of students to turn to prostitution were the financial incentives, namely the high hourly wages," Eva Blumenschein, one of the study's authors and a 26-year-old student at Berlin's Humboldt University, told Reuters.
Blumenschein said recent educational reforms aimed at speeding up students' time at university may play a role in them seeking out sex work.
"It's possible that because educational reforms have increased student workloads, they have less time to earn money," she said. "Coupled with higher student fees, in this instance, leads students into prostitution."
Thirty percent of students working in the sex industry were in debt, the study found.
That compared with 18 percent of students who said they would consider sex work who were in debt.
It's odd to spot this all of a sudden. I was just reading about this very same thing in my Sociology textbook earlier
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It is kind of sad that they have to do that to pay for college. I know I'm not going to be too happy when I get my first student loan bill after graduation (at least I've still got 2ish years before that happens). Personally I don't think I could be a prostitute to pay the bills though.
If no prostitution, then no colllege education (for some of them). With with no education, fewer employment options at lower pay. With fewer employment options and lower pay they are more likely to have to do something like prostitute anyway.
Does anyone else see a very sad cycle here, or is it just me?
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Oodain wrote:
you wont force respect no matter what, that has to come through upbringing and education.
besides if the older generation didnt make a grand problem out of the issue and "went along with it"
the general view might actually change,.
besides if the older generation didnt make a grand problem out of the issue and "went along with it"
the general view might actually change,.
I know that it is people between the ages 50 and 64 who support the legalization of prostitution the most.
When you say they "went along with it" did you mean that you think they agreed with it? I kind of confused on that.
Oodain wrote:
the disrespect of this trade was largely perpetrated by religons in my mind.
many large civilizations had a flourishing trade in sexual favour, some of them had more respect of woman (or at least seemed to have) than we do today in the west.
many large civilizations had a flourishing trade in sexual favour, some of them had more respect of woman (or at least seemed to have) than we do today in the west.
You're partly right here actually. It was called "temple prostitution." In parts of Asia every woman was forced to be a prostitute before she could marry. In fact this still happens in some places in India. In some places though, prosititues were considered to be very important people (you could guess that it was because of the service they provided, that is what I think). So you never know, it all depends on which culture and religion you're talking about.
Ah, the source for the facts is Social Problems (the 9th edition) by Henslin and Fowler. Thought I'd add that since I just learned all of this earlier.
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