profiteering from prostitution : a business perspective
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Profiteering from PROSTITUTION : A Business Perspective. Presented By: Mayan Evangelista, Eric Lim, Shirley Rocafor and Germaine Teh. Facts: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation ) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Profiteering from PROSTITUTION : A Business Perspective
Presented By: Mayan Evangelista, Eric Lim, Shirley Rocafor and Germaine Teh
BACKGROUND
Facts: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o The number of prostituted persons approx. equals to the country’s manufacturing workforce (1998).
o There are 400,000 – 500,000 prostituted persons in the Philippines (1998).
o Prostituted persons are mainly adult women, BUT there are also:o maleo transvestiteo child prostitutes, both girls and boys
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Facts: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o There are 400,000 women in prostitution, excluding:o unregisteredo seasonal prostituteso overseas entertainerso victims of external trafficking (1998)
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Facts: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o Most of the men buying prostitutes in Pasay City are:o taxi drivers o laborers o businessmen o foreigners o male teenagers eager to lose their virginity (1998)
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Facts: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o Filipinos are the main users of Filipinas in prostitution (1997)
o Filipino men who buy prostitutes don’t care if she is 15 or 25 (1997).
o Prostitution can be seen on the following areas:o Cebu (2,988 registered in 1996)o Davao (1,525 in 1996)o Angeles City (of the 500, 75% are children, 1997 data)
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Facts: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o Prostitution and sex trafficking are pervasive in the countryside (1998).o Laoago General Santoso Negroso Southern Tagalog provinceso Pinatubo areao Pagadian, etc.
o Teen-age girls are being forced into prostitution.o In Davao, there are >1,000 prostituted teen-age girls.o Customers pay as little as $0.50 or $0.25 (1998).
o If $1=P45, that would be P22.50 or P11.25.
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Prostitution Tourism: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o The Philippines is one of the favored destinations of pedophile sex tourists from Europe and the US (1997).
o A Philippine Adventure Tour costs $1,654 (P74,430 if $1=P45), including:o round trip airfareo hotel accommodations o guided tours to the bars where men purchase sex from
prostitutes for as little as US$24 (1998). o If $1=P45, that would be P1080.
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Prostitution Tourism: (from the Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation)
o Many sex establishments in the Philippines are backed by Japanese capital (1998).
o 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).
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More on Prostitution:
o Philippine laws do not define prostitution but prostitutes are criminals.
o Clients or men who avail of sex from women in prostitution are not expressly penalized. o BUT clients of child prostitutes are.
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More on Prostitution:
o The following persons involved in prostitution are penalized through the various Philippine criminal provisions:o Prostitutes (except children)o Pimps and procurerso Those engaged in the business of prostitutiono Those profiting from the businesso Those enlisting the services of women and children in
prostitution
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More on Prostitution:
o 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).
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Type of Female Prostitute Rates (2007)
Decent-looking young Filipino woman
P1,500 per night
Better-looking and younger call girls
P5,000 per night
Short-time company of a movie starlet
P15,000 or less
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More on Prostitution:
o Golf tours to the Philippines of Filipino-American sports enthusiasts have become popular because o not only do the tourists play golf o but they can also avail the services of GROs and young
female companions who double as masseurs or whatnot (2007).
o Prostitution may be a bigger “business” than illegal gambling such as jueteng (2007).
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Sources:o http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/philippi.htmo http://cpcabrisbane.org/CPCA/IWSSForum.htmo http://www.mabuhayradio.com/content/view/743/51
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