All Rights Reserved. Articles Home - Prostitution. It is something that undoubtedly does now and has always existed in every corner of the globe. Prostitutes are depicted on television and in Hollywood films in a wide range of ways from drug addicted homeless women lurking in the shadows of urban city streets to high priced escorts who cater to some of the richest men in the world.
In many countries including the United States, prostitution is illegal. Each specific country and their people have their own respective view of prostitution and the Dominican Republic is no exception. In this article, we will examine prostitution in the Dominican Republic and everything that relates to it in some detail. The prostitution rate per capita in the Dominican Republic is considered very high. Additionally, the Dominican Republic is statistically the 4th largest exporter of prostitutes in the world behind Brazil, Thailand and the Philippines.
So why are the rates so high? Why are so many Dominican women prostitutes? Well, we can probably point to a number of social factors to answer that question.
First and foremost, the Dominican Republic suffers from a very high poverty rate. Educational standards are very low and the majority of people living in the campo countryside stop attending school at a young age. The adult literacy rate is a low For most, there is little or no opportunity.
There is also a very high rate of teenage pregnancy and fatherless families are extremely common. It is not surprising with so little opportunity and so little hope of future opportunity that many Dominican women turn to prostitution. How do Dominican Women go about being prostitutes? Well, the common misconception is that the majority of Dominican prostitutes works in tourist areas and caters to tourists, when in fact this is not the case. The men visit brothels and massage parlors that litter the country and are filled with Dominican women.
