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Notes on Prostitution in Israel
Author(s) -
Cnaan Ram A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1982.tb01243.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , scope (computer science) , politics , state (computer science) , independence (probability theory) , sociology , political economy , criminology , political science , law , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language
The State of Israel is witnessing a significant growth in the scope and variety of pfostitution. This change began more than thirty years ago but became a recognized social problem only in the late sixties. Adopting the idea that prostitution is an unavoidable aspect of any comprehensive society, this article summarizes the trends in Israeli prostitution. The viewpoint is supported historically and empirically that Israel, like other comprehensive societies, had to pay some social cost for political and economic independence. This cost is, in part, the existence of certain deviances such as prostitution.