Prostitution
is a word, which applies to for more circumstances that its usually English
definitions. Beyond the English definition, it also embraces definitions in
various spheres. The legal definition for example talks about whoring while the
English definition has it as the act of offering or devoting one’s talent to an
unworthy use or cause.
Oxford dictionary of sociology
(1994), defines prostitution as ‘the provision of sexual favours for financial
reward, clerk (2001) classified prostitution as a deviant behaviors (sexual).
Based on this, he defined prostitution as the act in which certain individuals
(which are most females) offer themselves for sexual inter-cause (with most
males) and accept in cash, material goods etc.
Abraham Flexner’s foundational text
on the study of prostitution (1913) defined it thus “characterized by three
element variously combined barter, promiscuity and emotional indifference. Any
person is a prostitute who habitually or inter-mittently has sexual relations
more or less promiscuously for money and other mercenary consideration.
Sheila Jeffreys (2004) holds the
view that traditions of prostitution by male commentators completely omit men
from the definition and sex prostitution as a sexual activity of women. Thus
Angele Kehealani (2004) gave an over view definition “prostitution is what you
do for money that you would not do with out been paid”.
Form
the above, prostitution as a sexual activity is the practice of engaging in undiscriminating sexual activity for immediate payment. Prostitution is been
practiced by either sex is male or female, it could be heterosexual where the
female is the prostitute and the male counterpart as the client.