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Profiteering from PROSTITUTION

Profiteering from PROSTITUTION. Presented By: Mayan Evangelista, Eric Lim, Shirley Rocafor and Germaine Teh. Facts (from the Factbook o n Global Sexual Exploitation) : The number of prostituted persons is about the size of the country’s manufacturing workforce (1998).

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Profiteering from PROSTITUTION

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  1. Profiteering from PROSTITUTION Presented By: Mayan Evangelista, Eric Lim, Shirley Rocafor and Germaine Teh

  2. Facts(from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation): • The number of prostituted persons is about the size of the country’s manufacturing workforce (1998). • As of 1998, there are 400,000 – 500,000 prostituted persons in the Philippines. • Prostituted persons are mainly adult women, BUT there are also male, transvestite, child prostitutes, both girls and boys. • There are 400,000 women in prostitution (1998), excluding unregistered, seasonal prostitutes, overseas entertainers and victims of external trafficking. Background RELSFOR

  3. Facts: • Most of the men buying prostitutes in Pasay City are taxi drivers, laborers, businessmen, foreigners and male teenagers’ eager to lose their virginity (1998). • Filipinos are the main users of Filipinas in prostitution (1997) • Filipino men who buy prostitutes don’t care if she is 15 or 25 (1997). Background RELSFOR

  4. Prostitution Tourism(from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation): • The Philippines is one of the favored destinations of pedophile sex tourists from Europe and the US (1997). • A Philippine Adventure Tour costs $1,654, including round trip airfare, hotel accommodations and guided tours to the bars where men purchase sex from prostitutes for as little as US$24 (1998). • Many sex establishments in the Philippines are backed by Japanese capital (1998). • The tourism program of the government which aims to project the Philippines as a major tourist destination has increased the number of prostituted women (1997). Background RELSFOR

  5. More on Prostitution: • Philippine laws do not define prostitution but prostitutes are criminals. • Clients or men who avail of sex from women in prostitution are not expressly penalized. BUT clients of child prostitutes are. • The following persons involved in prostitution are penalized through the various Philippine criminal provisions: • Prostitutes (except children) • Pimps and procurers • Those engaged in the business of prostitution • Those profiting from the business • Those enlisting the services of women and children in prostitution Background RELSFOR

  6. More on Prostitution: • According to one DOM (2007), the cheapest commodity now in the Philippines is the Filipino call girl (GRO in the night clubs or in bars or working student). • Decent-looking young Filipino woman is P1,500 per night • Rates can go up to P5,000 per night for the better-looking and younger call girls. • For P15,00 or less, one can have the short-time company of a movie starlet. • Prostitution may be a bigger “business” than illegal gambling such as jueteng Background RELSFOR

  7. Sources: • http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/philippi.htm • http://cpcabrisbane.org/CPCA/IWSSForum.htm • http://www.mabuhayradio.com/content/view/743/51 Background RELSFOR

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