There is a significant range in the socioeconomic status of prostitutes in Western countries. At the low end, a significant number of prostitutes are also drug addicts who use prostitution to pay for their habit, sometimes referred to as 'crack whores' because of the prevalence of this behavior among some communities of crack cocaine users. At the other end of the spectrum, 'high class' prostitutes may charge ve ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. It is situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is populated by a homogeneous ethnic group, the Koreans, who speak a distinct language (Korean) and use the unique script Hangul. Korea was partitioned into two halves following World War II. South Korea is now a capitalist liberal democracy, and sometimes referred to simply as "Korea". North Korea remains a Communist state, of ...

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• Korea - Names of Korea
• Korea - Culture and philosophy
• Korea - History
• Korea - Gojoseon
• Korea - The Three Kingdoms
• Korea - Balhae and Unified Silla
• Korea - Goryeo
• Korea - Joseon
• Korea - Japanese occupation
• Korea - Division
• Korea - Civil war and hopes for reunification
• Korea - Geography
• Korea - Demographics
• Korea - Korea in sporting events
• Korea - Further readings
• Korea - Special characters

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Prostitution today occurs in various different settings. In street prostitution the prostitute solicits customers while waiting at street corners or walking alongside a street. Prostitution occurs in some massage parlors and in Asian countries in some barber shops where sexual services may be offered for an additional tip. Where prostitution is more out in the open, solicitation is done at bars, even open-air bars. Thailand is famous world-wide for these establishments. < ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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While prostitutes and their clients represent all sexes and all sexual orientations, the majority of clients are male. Prostitution is rejected by most modern religions as being improper or sinful, and prostitutes are considered to be shameful or individuals of low standing in most societies; in some cultures, their customers are typically also looked down upon but are usually tolerated to a greater degree than the prostitute. The English word whore, referring to (female) prostitutes, is taken from the Old English word hōra ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in human history. The war was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis initially consisted of an alliance between Germany and Italy, which later expanded to include Japan and Eastern European countries such as Romania and Bulgaria. Some of the nations that Germany conquered sent military forces, particularly to the Eastern front. Among the expeditionary ...

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• World War II - Causes
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• World War II - Chronology
• World War II - A debated starting date
• World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War
• World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe
• World War II - 1940: The war spreads
• World War II - 1941: The war becomes global
• World War II - 1942: Deadlock
• World War II - 1943: The war turns
• World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end
• World War II - 1945: The end of the war
• World War II - Resistance
• World War II - The Home fronts
• World War II - Technologies
• World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities
• World War II - Genocide
• World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment
• World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians
• World War II - Aftermath
• World War II - Casualties
• World War II - A world in ruins
• World War II - United Nations
• World War II - The Cold War begins
• World War II - Main articles
• World War II - Media

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Prostitution is often described as "the world's oldest profession". Prostitution (at least in the modern sense) cannot have emerged before the emergence of money, which can only have taken place after the emergence of several trades, and it has been claimed that midwives are really the world's oldest profession. However, prostitution has been noted in Bonobo chimpanzee behavior based around access to food and gifts of food, and in penguins in regard to access for suitable stones for nest building. Until the age of industrialization the world ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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According to the paper "Prostitution and the sex discrepancy in reported number of sexual partners", the number of full-time equivalent prostitutes in a typical area in the United States (Colorado Springs, CO, during 1970 - 1988) is estimated at 23 per 100,000 population (0.023%), of which fraction some 4% were under 18. The paper goes on to estimate a mean number of 868 male sexual partners per prostitute per year of active sex work, and offers the conclusion that men's self-reporting of prostitutes as sexual partners is seriously under-reported. The length of these pros ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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Since prostitutes tend to have large numbers of sexual partners, prostitution has often been associated with the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as AIDS. Typical responses to the problem are: banning prostitution completely introducing a system of registration for prostitutes that mandates health checks and other public health measures educating prostitutes and their clients to encourage the use of barrier contracepti ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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Prostitution - Legal issues. Roughly speaking, the possible attitudes are: abolition: "prostitution should be made to disappear" "prostitution is immoral and prostitutes and their clients should be prosecuted": the prevailing attitude in much of the United States and Muslim countries; "prostitution is a sad reality of exploitation of the prostitutes, especially women, but prostitutes should not be criminalized", the current situation in Turkey. "the clients of prosti ...

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Prostitution, Prostitution - Overview and definitions, Prostitution - Types of prostitution, Prostitution - Street prostitution, Prostitution - Escort/Out-call Prostitution, Prostitution - Socio-economic and legal status of prostitution, Prostitution - Legality of selling sex, Prostitution - Advertising prostitution, Prostitution - Regulated prostitution, Prostitution - Prostitution of children, Prostitution - Prostitution and illegal immigration, Prostitution - Sex tourism, Prostitution - Violence against prostitutes, Prostitution - Human or sex trafficking, Prostitution - Medical situation, Prostitution - How common is prostitution?, Prostitution - Politics, Prostitution - Legal issues, Prostitution - Feminism, Prostitution - History

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As in all countries around the world, prostitution has been practiced in Japan since time immemorial. Shinto does not regard sex as a taboo, while the impact of Buddhist teachings regarding sex has been limited. Prostitution in Japan - Shogunate era. In 1617, the Tokugawa Shogunate issued an order restricting prostitution to certain areas located on the outskirts of cities. The three most famous were Yoshiwara in Edo (present-day T ...

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Prostitution in Japan, Prostitution in Japan - Terms, Prostitution in Japan - History, Prostitution in Japan - Shogunate era, Prostitution in Japan - Meiji era, Prostitution in Japan - War era, Prostitution in Japan - Postwar, Prostitution in Japan - Prostitution today, Prostitution in Japan - Legal status, Prostitution in Japan - Types

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Pramoedya was born in 1925, in the town of Blora in the heartland of Java, then a part of the Dutch East Indies. He was the firstborn son in his family; his father was a teacher, and his mother was a rice trader. He went on to the Radio Vocational School in Surabaya. During World War II, Pramoedya (like many Indonesian Nationalists, Sukarno and Suharto among them) at first supported the occupying forces of Imperial Japan. He believed the Japanese to be the lesser of two evils, compared to the Dutch. He worked as a typist for a Japanes ...

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Early years, Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Prominence Post-Independence, Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Imprisonment under Suharto, Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Release and subsequent works, Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Awards, Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Notes

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Presently China and Japan have acknowledged the existence of war atrocities. However, disputes over the historical portrayal of events has been at the root of continuing political tensions between China and Japan. Widespread atrocities committed by the Japanese in Nanking were first reported to the world by the Westerners residing in Nanking city's Safety Zone. For instance, on January 11, 1938, a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, Harold Timperley, apparently tried to cable a similar estimate but was censored by the Ja ...

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Nanking Massacre, Nanking Massacre - Events leading to the Massacre, Nanking Massacre - Japanese Atrocities Begin, Nanking Massacre - Rape, Nanking Massacre - Murder, Nanking Massacre - Theft and arson, Nanking Massacre - Death toll estimates, Nanking Massacre - Geographical Extent and the Killing Duration, Nanking Massacre - Prisoners of war debate, Nanking Massacre - Various Estimates, Nanking Massacre - Historiography and Debate, Nanking Massacre - Post-1972 Japanese Interest, Nanking Massacre - The Ienaga Textbook Incident, Nanking Massacre - Chinese and International Historiography, Nanking Massacre - Current Situation in Japan

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Japanese war crimes - The Tokyo Trials. The Tokyo Trials, which were conducted by the Allied powers, found many people guilty of such crimes, including three (unelected) prime ministers: Koki Hirota, Hideki Tojo, and Kuniaki Koiso. Many military leaders were also convicted.Two people convicted as Class-A war criminals later served as ministers in post-war Japanese governments. Mamoru Shigemitsu served as foreign minister both during the war and in the post-war Hatoyama government. Kaya Okinori was finance minister during the war and later served as ...

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Japanese war crimes, Japanese war crimes - Definitions, Japanese war crimes - Japanese definitions, Japanese war crimes - International definitions, Japanese war crimes - Background, Japanese war crimes - Japanese military culture and imperialism, Japanese war crimes - The events of the 1930s and 1940s, Japanese war crimes - Post-1945 reactions, Japanese war crimes - The Tokyo Trials, Japanese war crimes - Other trials, Japanese war crimes - Official apologies, Japanese war crimes - Compensation, Japanese war crimes - Debate in Japan, Japanese war crimes - Controversial reinterpretations outside Japan, Japanese war crimes - Later investigations, Japanese war crimes - Major incidents

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Japan has also attempted to make up for its role in World War II. Japan established a private consolation fund for comfort women who claim that they were used as sex slaves during the war. Japan has paid monetary reparations to many of the individual nations it invaded. It allocated $3.9 billion to the Philippines, Vietnam, Burma, and Indonesia. Many governments, including Thailand and China, relinquished their claim to Japanese reparations at the intergovernmental level (i.e.: the Chinese government recently began to claim that it had ...

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Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Germany, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Japan, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - China PRC/ People's Republic of China ROC / Republic of ChinaTaiwan, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Singapore, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Japan In detail, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - War Criminal And Yasukuni, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Biological/Chemical weapons, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Textbooks, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Law, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Conclusion, Responses of Germany and Japan to World War II crimes - Resources

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In Chinese, the war is most commonly known as the War of Resistance Against Japan (Traditional: 抗日戰爭; Simplified: 抗日战争; Hanyu Pinyin: Kàng Rì Zhànzhēng), but also known as the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan (中國人民抗日戰爭/中国人民抗日战争), or Eight Years' War of Resistance (� ...

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Second Sino-Japanese War, Second Sino-Japanese War - Nomenclature, Second Sino-Japanese War - Invasion of China, Second Sino-Japanese War - Chinese Strategy, Second Sino-Japanese War - Number of troops involved, Second Sino-Japanese War - National Revolutionary Army, Second Sino-Japanese War - Japanese side, Second Sino-Japanese War - Chinese and Japanese equipment, Second Sino-Japanese War - Stalemate and foreign aid, Second Sino-Japanese War - The Pacific War, Second Sino-Japanese War - Casualties assessment, Second Sino-Japanese War - Chinese Casualties, Second Sino-Japanese War - Japanese Casualties, Second Sino-Japanese War - Aftermath, Second Sino-Japanese War - Legacy, Second Sino-Japanese War - Who really fought the Sino-Japanese War?, Second Sino-Japanese War - Major figures, Second Sino-Japanese War - Military engagements, Second Sino-Japanese War - Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War - Battles, Second Sino-Japanese War - Battles in Burmese Campaign, Second Sino-Japanese War - Attacks on civilians, Second Sino-Japanese War - Footnotes

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Sexual slavery - Forced prostitution. Forced prostitution is a form of sexual slavery that is often directed at immigrants to Western and Asian countries. Often the "owners" of these people will confiscate passports and/or money in order to make the women involved completely reliant on them. This practice, also known as sex trafficking or human trafficking is illegal in most countries. Human trafficking is not the same as people smuggling. A smuggler will facilitate illegal entry into a count ...

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Sexual slavery, Sexual slavery - Modern-day sexual slavery, Sexual slavery - Forced prostitution, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in Africa, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in the Middle East, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in the past, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in North America, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in East and Southeast Asia during World War II, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in Japan post World War II, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in Korea, Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in the Middle East, Sexual slavery - External references, Sexual slavery - Quality Organizations

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In Chinese, the war is most commonly known as the War of Resistance Against Japan (Traditional Chinese: 抗日戰爭; Simplified Chinese: 抗日战争; Hanyu Pinyin: Kàng Rì Zhànzhēng), but also known as the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan (中國人民抗日戰爭/中国人民抗日战争), or Eight Years' War of Resistance (� ...

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Second Sino-Japanese War, Second Sino-Japanese War - Nomenclature, Second Sino-Japanese War - Invasion of China, Second Sino-Japanese War - Chinese Strategy, Second Sino-Japanese War - Number of troops involved, Second Sino-Japanese War - National Revolutionary Army, Second Sino-Japanese War - Japanese side, Second Sino-Japanese War - Chinese and Japanese equipment, Second Sino-Japanese War - The National Revolutionary Army, Second Sino-Japanese War - The Imperial Japanese Army, Second Sino-Japanese War - Stalemate and foreign aid, Second Sino-Japanese War - The Pacific War, Second Sino-Japanese War - Casualties assessment, Second Sino-Japanese War - Chinese Casualties, Second Sino-Japanese War - Japanese Casualties, Second Sino-Japanese War - Aftermath, Second Sino-Japanese War - Legacy, Second Sino-Japanese War - Who really fought the Sino-Japanese War?, Second Sino-Japanese War - Major figures, Second Sino-Japanese War - Military engagements, Second Sino-Japanese War - Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War - Battles, Second Sino-Japanese War - Battles in Burmese Campaign, Second Sino-Japanese War - Attacks on civilians, Second Sino-Japanese War - Footnotes

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Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World War II - A debated starting date. [4]The date on which World War II started is a debated subject; historians do not all agree on which event signified the start of the war. The most common date used is 1 September 1939, marking the German invasion of Poland which resulted in the B ...

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World War II, World War II - Causes, World War II - Participants, World War II - Chronology, World War II - A debated starting date, World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe, World War II - 1940: The war spreads, World War II - 1941: The war becomes global, World War II - 1942: Deadlock, World War II - 1943: The war turns, World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end, World War II - 1945: The end of the war, World War II - Resistance, World War II - The Home fronts, World War II - Technologies, World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities, World War II - Genocide, World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment, World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians, World War II - Aftermath, World War II - Casualties, World War II - A world in ruins, World War II - United Nations, World War II - The Cold War begins, World War II - Main articles, World War II - Media

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Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World War II - A debated starting date. [4]The date on which World War II started is a debated subject; historians do not all agree on which event signified the start of the war. The most common date used is 1 September 1939, marking the German invasion of Poland, which resulted in the ...

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