Prostitution Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Abstract

Human sex trafficking involves recruiting, abhorring and transportation of people for the purposes of using their sexual services for monetary benefits. Human sex traffickers coerce or force the victims in the recruitment process. Canada has experienced a rise in the number of human trafficking cases where most of the victims come from vulnerable groups. There have been concerted efforts to curb the vice in an international perspective. However, the general approaches adopted by agencies and organizations such as UNICEF have not incorporated empirical evidence to assure the society that this issue is under control. Criminal gangs have gained a lot from ...

Human trafficking is one of the common acts of criminal in Central America that has been at center stage since 1990s. The increased attention for this trade has been driven by United State initiatives, such as the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons. Depending on the local dynamics, study reveals that, the activity has got different manifestations across the entire region (NOVA 1). According to a publication by the UNODC “Global Patterns on Human Trafficking”, the Central American country states are the source, transit corridor and destination. They act as a destination for women and children ...

Art & Architecture

The Power of Art: Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh, born in 1853, was the elder of the two sons of the Reverend Theodore Van Gogh, a pastor in a village in South Netherlands. He was different from other children in that, he was philosophical. In order to bring him out of his gloom, his uncle sent him as an art dealer to London, where he went out to save souls. He lived the life of the mind. He didn’t start his career by being a painter, what came first to him was to find the answer to salvation. After ...

There is plenty of literature on human trafficking. Much of the available literature relates to human trafficking on women and children. According to Laczko and Gramegna (2004) these two groups are the hardest hit by the illegal trade. In order to avoid ambiguity, most studies and books have described human trafficking as coercion or forceful involvement of people into activities against their wish for commercial gain (Laczko & Gramegna, 2004; Farrell, 2011). In spite of numerous efforts to fight the trade, the number of people affected by human trafficking is still high. A study by the Polaris Project estimates that ...

2012/11/06

“The Tale of Kieu”: A Study on Karma

Right or wrong is purely cultural, yet there are certain things or actions which are considered either right or wrong universally in all cultures. In “The Tale of Kieu,” the author Nguyen Du describes a female named Kieu who suffers innumerable tragedies for paying back the sins she committed in her previous life.
“The Tale of Kieu” narrates the life, trials and tribulations of Thuy Kieu, a beautiful and intelligent young woman, who sacrifices herself to save her family. To save her imprisoned father and brother, she sells herself into a marriage with a middle aged man, a pimp who forces her ...

Introduction

The United Nations defines human trafficking as “the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception with the aim of exploiting them.” Practically, every global nation is impacted by this particular crime. The challenge for all the nations, irrespective of how rich or poor they might be, is to aim for catching hold of the criminals who exploit distressed and despaired people and to protect the trafficking victims, as most such victims are believed to go through unimaginable sufferings in their pursuit of getting and leading a better life. Such victims are to be provided ...

In his book Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes, Don Kulick studies the life of a certain group of transgendered prostitutes in Salvador, a Brazilian city. He explores various aspects of the lives of these prostitutes majorly their social lives, and why they do not identify themselves as females yet outwardly, they are women. In Portuguese they are known as Travestis. The Travestis are very common in Latin America, but they are more known and found in Brazil (Kullick 6). They usually look quite different when compared to other people. In most cases, they look bizarre and ...

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” (Cien Añosde Soledad) is a magical realist novel created by Gabriel García Márquez in 1967. This novel is referred to as the Don Quixote of Latin America because of its overwhelming popularity (Jay Corwin, 4). The novel does not have any clear and obvious philosophy that is why the perception of this novel is very individualistic. The tragic and mystique ending pushes to the idea that multiple aspects of life that are described in the novel are heavily criticized by García Márquez (Jay Corwin, 4). And one of these ...

Abstract

During the just concluded presidential elections in America, one of the principal matters in the agenda of either presidential hopeful was the issue of immigration. Debatably, the United States is the country experiencing the highest rates of immigration in the entire world. One of the consequences of having high inflows of foreigners is the fact that some individuals find their way illegally into the United States. As such, the aspect of illegal of immigrants has been described as one of the most serious menaces facing the United States. Typically, immigration is a concept that concerns itself with the movement of ...

In 2001, John Irving was holding forth at a Q&A at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and one of the questions had to do with the degree to which Irving’s fiction is autobiographical. After all, if you look at just about all of his novels, the main character has a father who is either completely absent, handicapped, or just incompetent; the setting includes a New England prep school, Toronto, or Vienna (or a combination of the three); the main character has an interest in wrestling; and the plot and themes of the novel have a connection to sexual boundaries. ...

Introduction

The existence of classes in the society has a long history dating back to the 19th century in the Western Europe after the industrial revolution (Abrutyn, 2013). As such, because of the industrial revolution, classes emerged. In this regard, the classes that emerged comprised of those of the rich and those people who worked for them. However, since then different forms of stratification emerged in the society. Examples of such stratifications or classes are the ones based on gender, race, age, and religion (Bartos & Wehr, 2002). Consequently, various arguments exist concerning these new forms of stratification with some people viewing ...

Introduction

This book examines the issues that come about in relationships. In the book, El Tunnel, Juan Pablo Castel who is an artist by profession is attracted to the woman who came to admire some of his paintings at an art exhibit. The woman is incidentally married but Castel insists on introducing himself. She decides to disappear. Castel makes a follow up of the lady throughout the city and fails to track her on two occasions before he finally meets her. He develops interest in her despite learning that she is married to an old scholar. Castel is unable to overcome ...

Introduction

Sports tourism entails traveling for the purpose of observing or participating in a sporting event away from your daily environment and routine engagements (Mclean, Hurd and Rogers 2008). More particularly, the sports event tourism solely encompasses visiting a city or a foreign country to watch sports event. For instance, the two most popular sports events in the world are the Olympics and the FIFA World based on their attendance (Egger and Maurer 2014). However, since the two-sport events occur once in every four years in different countries, it would take many years to host these events twice in a ...

Literature Review: Childhood Obesity

Literature Review: Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity has become a global scourge and an uphill task for many parents to handle. Obesity is a condition that is characterized by an increase in body weight caused by excessive intake of fats. Parents are the main determinants if their children will become obese or not. Therefore, educating parents on how to tackle childhood obesity by providing healthy lifestyle choices to them is the main way of preventing obesity in children. Childhood obesity is preventable.
This review will discuss ways to educate parents on how to tackle childhood obesity. Obesity is considered to ...

Intersectionality is one of the woman’s libbers and the most propagative conception of the critical race theory. Women of color formations are compelled to address Intersectionality and the mutual and complex interactions of race, class, gender and sexuality (Lowe & Lloyd, 1997, p.310). Many feminists debate that a kind consideration of intersectionality is an important element to gain equality in politics and community, and also to improve the autonomous system.

Queer Liberalism

Queer epistemology rethinks intersectionality not just of radical, sexual, or class simultaneity but as a meeting of two streets, and in a landscape long given over to automotivitya place of particular hazard ...

Introduction

The account, which is given by the huge but quiet native half-resident American prisoner. His name is Bromden. His story focuses on Randle Patrick McMurphy‘s actions of rebellion who served out a prison term, by faking mental illness for legal rape in the hospital. Mildred Ratchet the head administrative nurse, with a small medical error she sets laws with mailed fist. Her assistant doctors and her three dark orderlies offer her assistance. McMurphy continuously provokes the customs, and irritates Nurse Ratched, causing steady power struggling between the prisoner and the nurse. He is involved in running a card-table, and also heads ...

Literature review: Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

The following is a topic by topic review of various challenges addressed by Nicholas and Sheryl in the book Half the Sky. The authors identify various forms of oppression and abuse those women in most developing countries experience. Pertinent issues addressed include sexual abuse, discrimination of women in essential things such as education, employment and happiness in life.

There is a dire need to end the sex slavery on women. This can be successful if the fundamental causative factors are explored and resolved. To begin with, sometimes, women are not literally forced into sex by the male species of gender. The ...