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This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Britain has handled prostitution and the spread of sexually transmitted disease over the decades. Josephine Butler is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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fact a problem throughout the world. After all, it is something that spreads disease. People do argue that if prostitution were legal, the government would regulate it, and then there
would be less sexually transmitted disease. In some nations, there is legal prostitution and in some instances, problems have been eradicated due to regulation. Matthews (2008) focuses on this interesting
topic and that continues to plague the modern western world. Largely, there is a sense of morality attached to the trade and for that reason, there is greater controversy than
simply stopping the spread of STDs. Prostitution, and all the issues that are attached to the vocation, is nothing new. In fact, it is often referred to as the
worlds oldest profession. Selling ones body, or performing sexually for a fee is something that has been done for ages in every part of the world. In many places, it
is illegal. Certainly, certain types of prostitution that involves people who are underage or who do not consent to such acts, are strongly opposed. In England, like many other places,
laws have cropped up and feminists have reacted to those laws and the issue as a whole. During the latter part of the 1800s, in England, the Contagious Disease Act
created a class of women who were required to have government certificates ("Josephine Butler," 2009). The certificate would say that the prostitute is free of disease ("Josephine Butler," 2009). This
sounds rather practical. Yet, there was opposition to the law. For example, it was the case at the time that any man could declare a woman a prostitute for any
reason ("Josephine Butler," 2009). Single women were given virginity tests and they would then be provided certificates from the government ("Josephine Butler," 2009). In other words, most women were regulated,
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