Well, at the risk of being the 65th person to write about Mill, I really don't think there's much else blog worthy out there as my procrastination has struck once again and I haven't read Wordsworth yet. :) It will come soon though.
I'm writing on a topic that is close to my heart. We discussed in class whether or not prostitution affected anyone but the woman. For the most part, the consensus seemed to be that it affected mroe than just her but just to say my whole point, I will elaborate on my view.. This summer, God gave me the oppurtunity to work with a mission organization who was able to minister to the children of prostitutes as well as the prostitutes themselves. I can't look at a child whose little feet are forever scarred for walking up and down the street every night with his mother believe no one is affected. I can't look at a little girl who is paranoid to meet every new person and believe no one is affected. I can't look at a child of God whose body is forever maimed because of birth defects brought on by their mother's choice and believe that. I can never believe no one else is affected by prostitution. Not only are the children at stake, but take adulterous men. When they pay for prostitution, if that woman has an STD, does it not stand to reason that the man has a good chance of getting it and passing it on to his wife, or even if he is not married yet, to his future wife or girlfriend. Now, let me back up and say that I do not believe that sex before marriage is right but I think I could make a pretty safe assumption that a man who is using a prostitute would not suddenly gain morals when he left the brothel.
Back to my thesis, prostitution does NOT just affect the woman. It directly affects any child that may be born as well as any other partner that the men might have, or that the woman might have down the line when she leaves that life. I don't count the men who pay for her services in this because they bring it on themselves.
As for the fact that she was doing it to pay for her husband's medical bills. Yes, my heart goes out to her. Yes, I believe that she needs money. But, this is not an excuse to hurt other people to get it. There are organizations that pay for such things as well as government programs that will help offset the costs as well. I know firsthand how expensive medical bills can be but this is when we must let go and let God provide for us. Let Him be Jehovah Jireh. If the people are not Christians, that is the first thing they need to take care of. There are Christian health care cooperatives that can help as well as insurance agencies. But as I said a moment ago, He is Jehovah Jireh. He will provide.
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I commented on Seth's post
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. It's like a domino effect. I truly feel that there are VERY few situations in life that don't affect other people in other areas of your life. Even if the prostitute has no children or STDs, her family and friends still have to suffer the embarrassment of having her in their family. So, even though the prostitute doesn't have any children to be affected, her family and friends still are, which is just as important.
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