Prostitution in the 19th and 20th Centuries

From the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, due to the essence of society, working-class women in the United States were forced to support themselves with all means including prostitution. Every woman needs to decide which way he or she works for himself economically. Meanwhile, the selection of women is limited in terms of work. As time goes by, more and more women are forced to work because they do not have a husband and there is no other way to make a dowry for her husband. By 1910, wage labor force was composed of young women of 14 years old, accounting for about 20%.

Concern about women's trafficking began when we were worried about women's prisoners of war and slavery engaged in individual women's migration and prostitution from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. In the 19th century, female immigrants as an independent autonomous strategy intensified and fear of unethical behavior that might soon be brought to Western countries, especially because women thought that they migrated to prostitutes and work It is concerned. This led to a panic based on race and gender. And it caused a fear of human trafficking of white slaves. This does not deny the fact that women are actually being trafficked or exploited, but puts the words of trafficking in the context, and from the non-Western, criminal and violent fears It is to try to take a policy that confronts the situation. Other "cruel and invasive people"

Many of the women who played retro erotic from the 19th century to the early 20th century were prostitutes. The most famous is E. It is a proposal by New Orleans women for J. Bellocq. In the 19th century France and the UK passed the infectious disease bill, so legalized prostitution became a public opinion issue. This bill regulates pelvic examination of prostitute suspects. It applies not only to Britain and France, but also to its overseas colonies. Many early feminists tried to abolish these laws because prostitution was illegal and should not be regulated by the government or because it was forced to exacerbate women's health checkups. A similar situation exists in the Russian Empire. These include prostitutes active in brothels approved by the government, yellow internal passports showing identities, and weekly medical examination visits. Lev Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" represents Russian legitimate prostitution of the 19th century