PROSTITUTION- A CAPITALIST ADVENTURE

BY: Ayabonga Nkalitshana

OPINION -The well-known reality about prostitution is that it helps people without employment to be able to provide for themselves and their families, and be able to have a comfortable living. To some it is a solution to their life problems of unemployment, poverty, and many others they face every day. These are some of the extreme measures people go to for help and it has become a survival mode for people who lack skills, or some even have those skills but are not given a chance by society to play a role in its development. In my own thinking and understanding prostitution is part of the economic culture that exists globally.

Lawmakers and government officials need to stop running away from the fact that capitalism as much as it has been good to some people but it is the root of the most unjust conditions we find ourselves in. it is an uncontrollable state of business where people sell themselves for a profit without needing to be managed or directed. It is the only type of business where you get the product directly from the supplier all the time. It has been made illegal because it has limited control and management basis when it comes to tax and the contribution to other payable levies by capitalist entities.

Its legalization in approximately 38.1% countries around the world has meant that no one other than the sex worker benefits from the earnings of the work done. It helps protect the workers from exploitation and risks that they face on their everyday work, also the abuse by law enforcers. In some states where it has been made legal it forms part of tourism and attracts many visitors around the world. In reality and in truth prostitution cannot and will not be totally controlled or managed in its illegal state, it is the sort of business that has been there for many decades and will continue to exist as long as there are people who are willing to sell.

It is a choice made by an individual whether to become part of this growing business or not, as long as there is unemployment, poverty and lack of service delivery, it will always be there as part of society.