2011年10月26日 星期三

The Establishment of Red –light Districts -Related to Social Morality-revised annotation 2

This is the revision of my annotation 2.


1.I give some ideas based on the survey I found in the unrevised annotation 1, and I support the ideas through a book and the slogan of a organization.
2. Compared with the unrevised annotation 2, this article is more complete .
3. I check my grammer errors.

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   A newest survey( 2011, Apple News' survey, whether to establish the red-lightdistricts, Plus website http://www.plus28.com/thread-4275507-1-1.html)  which I found  accomplished by Apple News shows that there are 49.88% people agree with the establishment of red-light districts. However, when they are asked if they agree to establish red-light districts near there residential areas, only 34.20%people show there agreement. And people who show disagreement in this survey say it would lead to the ruin of morality. From this survey, it shows that we change our concept about sexual industry nowadays. It is acceptable for us to regard it as a legal occupation and receive the establishment of the specific working areas. Nevertheless, we still have many negative impression about prostitutes. So we don’t want the red-light districts established near our residential areas. We still see prostitution as a work that would break social morality. This becomes a strong barrier that results in many people’s disagreement.
    Some additional people in society think that women should abide by the three obediences and four virtues. If women have sexual relationship with other men for the money, they are not the good women that they expect. However, women have the rights to choose the occupations they want, they have the bodies decision-making rights to have sexual relation with whoever. It is women that control their own bodies. Both male and female have freedom to have sex. But we tend to condemn women when it comes to sexual transaction.  In Josephine Chuen-juei Ho’s book The Straightforward Women 豪爽女人(           1994,Crown Culture Coporation ) she says that the stronger sex suppression and gender inequality in society leads to the consequence that women can’t show their sexual passion directly.  Taiwan’s common environment of sex culture asks women to be submissive to men’s sexual desire. And people would think that it is not proper when a woman asks for sex actively. Under such a masculine priority concept, a woman uses her body to earn money is not accepted by people.
     And people also say that sex workers engage in sexual transaction would ruin the social morality, and they are against the social ethic. An organization which was found by Margo St. James called COYOTE(Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) that advocates decriminalization of prostitution happens to respond to those people’s saying. Society rules are changing all the time. There are not a fixed standard to tell us what is moral and what is immoral. And prostitution is existed in society actually. Our nonacceptance of prostitution comes from the thinking that we don’t see it as a proper occupation. But  why not? The sex workers don’t steal others money. They use their ability to earn money. Some sex worker even become professional after they experience every sexual transaction. They can control the contexts of their sex works, to avoid their bodies to be hurt when they are working. They know how to use their professional sexual performance to attract consumers, to please them. This way, they produce a way to protect their bodies decision-making powers.
 Like other occupations, prostitution can be professional. It makes woman know how to enjoy themselves when working, and enables them to know the beauty of their bodies. It is nothing to do with the concept of morality or immorality.  
       
     

2011年10月19日 星期三

The Feasibility of the Establishment of Red-light Districts(revised annotation 1)

This is my revision of annotation 1.
In this revision, I take the people's saying in the video I find for example, and show my oponions about their saying. And I also compare Taiwan's situation with Holland's to find the feasibility of the establishment of red-light districts.



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   Instead of talking about the decriminalizing of prostitution, perhaps I should focus on the policy of the establishment of red-light districts first. In fact, Prostitution had been decriminalized by the government this year. And the establishment of red-light districts becomes a controversy issue. At April in this year, the Premier Den Yih- Wu (2011, the news from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7J4XxSN6A)said that every city could establish red-light districts in the specific areas. In these areas, sex workers could have sexual transaction without punishment. But it still has some restrictions. For example, the red-light districts could not be established near the schools, churches, temples, hospitals and the places related to education or religion. What’s more, the sex workers have to apply for licenses and register their names to ensure that they have the legality to engage in sexual transition.  They also have to receive regular health examination to avoid the infection of sexual diseases. And they cannot solicit actively. However, if they have sexual transaction out of the areas, they will be punished.  

  In the video(2011, published by Zhong Tian News from the website http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7J4XxSN6A) I found which is related to the policy, there are a few of lawmakers raise the following doubts to this issue. And I would like to aim at these following doubts to talk about the feasibility of this issue. A lawmaker says that it might lead to the ruin of morality. To this point, I want talk about the experience of Holland first. "Holland is the first country to establish red-light districts. And sex working has been legal since 2000. The sex workers in Holland have to pay tax to the government. It results in the increase of the tax revenue. And lots of tourists come to here to see the true colours of Holland’s special sexual industry. So it also stimulates the development of local sightseeing."(2009, The Liberty Times' digital news, Holland's red-light distrcict, http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/jun/12/today-so1-3.htm)Therefore, the establishment of red-light districts brings some positive benefits to the country. Most importantly, people in Holland have an open-minded attitude to the establishment of red-light districts.  They regard it as a legitimate industry. And the sex workers gather in this area do reach the goal of the management  of dispersed sex workers successfully. I can’t see the serious ruin of morality occurs in Holland. So perhaps the problem is that Taiwan and Holland are from different culture backgrounds, their acceptability of red-light districts quit different spontaneously. But if we never carry out this policy, we could not judge the degree of negative or positive influence it brings to society. And the concept that it will break the morality in society can be changed as well. All the concepts are variable but not fixed.
  And some people question that how to establish red-light districts? Are there any available spaces to establish red-light districts? To begin with, the choice of the areas to establish red-light districts is important. If the government would like to establish in communities or near the communities, it is necessary to gain the residents’ agreement.  But people in Taiwan tend to disagree with the establishment of red-light districts when it comes to establishing near their community. And under the restriction that the red-light districts could not be established near the schools, churches, temples, hospitals and the places related to education or religion, perhaps there are only mountains or fields could establish red-light districts. What’s more, Taiwan is such a narrow island that burdens the population of high density. Most of the spaces are used to establish buildings, houses, and so on. After all, commercial development is one of the main industry which Taiwan focus on. It’s hard for Taiwan to establish red-light districts in the areas of commercial development. So, no matter the attitude to sexual industry or the conditions to establish red-light districts, Taiwan’s environment could not offer those sex workers a specific space likes Holland to establish red-light districts. And as the modern society develops rapidly, it is getting harder and harder to carry out this policy even though more and more people can receive the establishment of red-light districts. Because the future problem will be that there are not any available and suitable spaces to establish it.    
    

2011年10月14日 星期五

Giving Comments

My comment to Flora's issue paper:

You post two totally different movies. I think the points that they focus on are different as well. I think you introuduce two movies in the some time will confuse the point you want to talk about. Maybe you can just choose one!

To Ruby's:

At first, you say you are against young marriage. And you think your friend must divorce in the end. But latter, you change your thought about young marriage. You think about marriage in a positive way. So what leads to this changing? As you say, financial affairs still exist.This way, would the marriage still keep for a long time?

2011年10月5日 星期三

Should the Government Decriminalize Prostitution through the Establishment of Red-light Districts?(Annotation first draft)

    After I see some videos which are about the issue of the establishment of the red-light districts, I would like to change my topic.Instead of talking about the decriminalizing of prostitution, perhaps I should focus on the policy of the establishment of red-light districts first. Because there are so many complicated problems related to this issue. And I might not take every condition into consideration. Actually, at April in this year, the Premier Den Yih- Wu said that every city could establish red-light districts in the specific areas. In these areas, sex workers could have sexual transaction without punishment. But it still has some restrictions. The red-light districts could not be established near the schools, churches, temples, hospitals and the places related to education or religion. What’s more, the sex workers have to apply for licenses and register their names. They also have to receive regular health examination. And they cannot solicit actively. However, if they have sexual transaction out of the areas, they will be punished.  The establishment of red-light districts is the government’s policy for response to the decriminalization of prostitution. The government says that it is convenient to manage dispersed sex workers by this way.        

When it comes to red-light districts, we cannot neglect the experience of Holland. Holland is the first country to establish red-light districts. And sex working has been legal since 2000. The sex workers in Holland have to pay tax to the government. It will result in the increase of the tax revenue. And lots of tourists come to here want to see the true colours of Holland’s special sexual industry. So it will also stimulate the development of local sightseeing. Therefore, the establishment of red-light districts could also bring positive benefits to the country.  However, there still have many negative effects that we must to pay attention to. The smuggle of women from Southeast Asia or Eastern Europe is a serious problem because that this area is out of the government’s manage.        
Compared with Holland, we must think about the suitability of red-light districts in Taiwan. After all, Taiwan and Holland are from different culture backgrounds. So, what are the opinions of Taiwanese about the establishment of red-light districts? According to a survey made by Apple paper in 2009, there are more than half people could receive this policy. It seems that the establishment is feasible. However, how about the opponents of this policy? They insist on the policy would brings lots of social problems. For example, it might lead to the ruin of morality. They suspect that this will become the indirect encouragement of sexual transaction. And women smuggle might also be a problem in Taiwan. Furthermore, the infection of sex disease should be considered as well.  
The purpose of the establishment red-light districts is for the convenience of the management of sex workers. In those specific areas, the sex workers’ working rights can be protected surely. And under the restrictions made by the government, I think the problems which people are worried about could be controlled properly, even if it still has to be improved as to reach the sex workers and people’s need. In the social cost point of view, the benefits are more than the loss. So the establishment of red-light districts is practical.