What exactly is prostitution? According to Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary, it is the act, practice or profession of offering the body for sexual relations for money. In a broader term, prostitution is described as the act of exchanging sex for money, favour or gratification. It is not in all cases that money is the lure. So, simply put, a prostitute is that woman who uses her body or sexuality in the manner described above. Today, men are also into big time prostitution all over the world. And how is this act perpetuated? In Nigeria, as in many other countries of the world, prostitution thrives in many forms.
There are several categories of prostitutes.

Unfortunately, the more crass and visible, the more condemnation by the society. From the dingy walls of a brothel to the most complex glamorous and sophisticated high societies. From the prostitute in the brothel to the street walker, the escort and the professional who lives a double life, prostituting in the shadows and those who simply have no obvious compelling reason for doing it.
Perhaps with the exception of the last group, every class of prostitute will have a reason and a circumstance to her story.


Princess Adetola Adesida, CEO, Lydia Grace Foundation, an NGO with several years experience in counselling, rehabilitation and empowerment of young women, listed the several categories of women who prostitute as follows:


Brothel based prostitutes: These are more likely to be women without education or vocation to pursue any other means of sustenance. Most of the time, they live in the brothels and wait for potential clients who want to patronise their wares. Many of them come from the villages and rural areas. According to her, we must understand that apart from the South West, for many years, priority was not given to the education of the girl child. Most young girls went to the farms and also, as they grew up, the responsibility of the families fell on their shoulders. So, for them, it is mainly for survival reasons.


The street walkers: This category of girls often have some basic education but lack the financial capacity or support to pursue their next goal. This could be vocation or education or a form of trade. Many of them engage in prostitution in order to save up to be able to move on. Sexual curiosity does sometimes get the better of some girls and they go in for the experience with the hindsight that they can also make money from it. Some street walkers are recruited by others voluntarily, by force, or blackmail. It could be a love-vendor or madam who will manage their affairs and provide protection for them. Some, like those trafficked to other locations or countries are forced to take to the streets to offset phantom huge sums of debts by their traffickers.


Escorts: This is a big money spinning business enterprise that caters for a cross section of sexual preferences across societies. The innovation of the internet has added to the sophistication of escorts. Like some street walkers, escorts are managed by pimps and madams who act as the contact points for business. They act as middlemen, negotiating between the women and the potential customers. Most of the women are educated and/or employed, while large percentages are also university students. The money from this trade is used for whatever is of value to them and this could range from payment of school fees to pursuing a certain lifestyle and taste.


However, sexologists are finding it increasingly difficult to classify what constitutes prostitution and who a prostitute is today. It is not all the time that women who engage in sex for money are in dire need of money. It is not because they are poor and helpless but for sundry other motives. Take for instance, a Nigerian girl in her teens schooling abroad, all bills paid for by her parents, yet is in a sexual relationship with a married man who pays for her holiday trips around the world and buys her exotic designer labels. Or her counterpart in a Nigerian university who is an ardent follower of the Aristo movement? Yet, this form of prostitution has been excused by critics as peer pressure influence and a result of our dwindling moral and societal values. Neither the girls nor their clients think of this as prostitution but a mutually satisfying and benefitting arrangement.


So, what do you call a woman who agrees to sleep with the boss for a raise or promotion in the office? A married woman carrying on a relationship with her boss to secure her position? A student having sex with the lecturer to raise her scores? Can a married woman who offers sex in exchange for groceries to feed her family be compared with a man who turns a blind eye to his wife’s adultery with a highly influential political godfather in exchange for a juicy post of his own? Is he her love-vendor or her husband? The truth is that sex is a very potent weapon. Those who engage in it do so for a reason, obvious or remote. Even marital sex is manipulative most of the time, especially by the woman.


While I do not know this described ‘lazy’ girl’s circumstance and background, I am in no way justifying prostitution also. There are no doubts many dangers associated with prostitution, especially sexually transmitted diseases and those who expose themselves, do so with knowledge of its implications. But faced with severe economic hardship and no helper in sight, people tend to switch to survival mode. It is unfortunate that most of us are self seeking hypocrites and many live double lives while applying double standards in judgment of others. The story of Jesus and the prostitute who was about to be stoned to death aptly captures my views on prostitution. He who has no sin should cast the first stone!

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Any girl who sleeps with at least three guys within six months is a PROSTITUTE.

@rocktation, ishilove, lalasticlala! pls front page

SeverusSnape:
Any girl who sleeps with at least three guys within six months is a PROSTITUTE.

lol! its not as simple as that.

coollabman:


lol! its not as simple as that.

Come on!... We don't need to write big grammar to describe prostitutes. Besides, A girl don't need to relocate to a brothel to become a PROSTITUTE. Some are home prostitutes, while others are school prostitutes. The OP already States so...

honestly did not read that...

A prostitute is a Woman or Lady who does for money what other women does for pleasure.

A prostitute isn't a term for a woman alone.. If ur a guy and u'v slept wit so many girls, u r a prostitute as well...

And am not advocatin for d feminine gender... Just so u knw...

This is a thought provoking question.

Many people see prostitutes as only those girls that operates in a brothel or ashewo joint, and they are stigmatised. Even guys that patronize them are also stigmatized.


Some ladies don't operate in brothels or olosho joints, buh the kind buhlala they receive day in day out, am not sure any olosho in brothels can stand it! They probably have done it with every Bayo, Baruna and Etim in their area for money, yet these ladies keep calling the ones in brothel prostitutes. (HYPOCRISY)

Am not in support of the later nor the former, buh to me, prostitution is like football, Professional and non professional. Wether you play in the streets or you are a professional like Ozil, Sanchez or Messi, you are still a footballer. Same goes with prostitution: If you operate in a brothel or you are the type that jumps up and down doing guys around, you are a prostitute.

If you sleep with your boyfriend and demand for money you are ___________?

All those multicoloured biatches I see every night while driving from 7pm standing under the street lights of wuse 2, opposite sofa lounge in abuja! Those are PROSTITUTES!

If u exchange sex for any material thing, even if na chewing gum.


If u request for airtime b coming to ur bf house for sex, then u be olosho,

I pity u because ur own olosho too cheap


It applies to both male and female

chigoizie7:
If u exchange sex for any material thing, even if na chewing gum.



If u request for airtime b coming to ur bf house for sex, then u be olosho,


I pity u because ur own olosho too cheap



It applies to both male and female

ha ha

Cutehector:
A prostitute isn't a term for a woman alone.. If ur a guy and u'v slept wit so many girls, u r a prostitute as well...

And am not advocatin for d feminine gender... Just so u knw...

Na true...you just advocated tho
You must be a feminist

misspicy:

Na true...you just advocated tho
You must be a feminist

taa godforbid.... I'm a humanist...

SeverusSnape:
Any girl who sleeps with at least three guys within six months is a PROSTITUTE.

if ur theory is right, that means any girl hu sleeps with four guys in a year aint a prostitute

Cutehector:
A prostitute isn't a term for a woman alone.. If ur a guy and u'v slept wit so many girls, u r a prostitute as well...

And am not advocatin for d feminine gender... Just so u knw...

I disagree. As long as there is no gratification (cash or kind) in return for his 'services', then technically it doesn't count as prostitution. Promiscuity, sexual/moral laxity etc, would be more apt.

plendil:


I disagree. As long as there is no gratification (cash or kind) in return for his 'services', then technically it doesn't count as prostitution. Promiscuity, sexual/moral laxity etc, would be more apt.

so the names u just wrote should apply to the ladies in d brothels!

plendil:


I disagree. As long as there is no gratification (cash or kind) in return for his 'services', then technically it doesn't count as prostitution. Promiscuity, sexual/moral laxity etc, would be more apt.

and wat of thoese who pose as sugar guys to sugar mummies? Huh?

Cutehector:
so the names u just wrote should apply to the ladies in d brothels!

If the lady in the brothel is receiving money for her sexual services, then she is a prostitute.

Cutehector:
and wat of thoese who pose as sugar guys to sugar mummies? Huh?

Of course, if he's been paid by the sugar mums, then its prostitution.

Get me right. That a man sleeps with all the women in a brothel every night doesn't make him a prostitute. He could be called morally lax, a promiscuous man, a reprobate, sexually addicted, etc, but NOT a [male] prostitute.

Note that we are talking strictly semantics here: its not as if the man who sleeps with 10 women/night and doesn't get paid is any any better than the professional prostitute who gets paid per round. Its just difference in terminology.

plendil:

If the lady in the brothel is receiving money for her sexual services, then she is a prostitute.


Of course, if he's been paid by the sugar mums, then its prostitution.

Get me right. That a man sleeps with all the women in a brothel every night doesn't make him a prostitute. He could be called morally lax, a promiscuous man, a reprobate, sexually addicted, etc, but NOT a [male] prostitute.

Note that we are talking strictly semantics here: its not as if the man who sleeps with 10 women/night and doesn't get paid is any any better than the professional prostitute who gets paid per round. Its just difference in terminology.

alright, I just needed u to admit smth which u just did.. Case closed

coollabman:
@rocktation, ishilove, lalasticlala! pls front page

what about back page

dOnLarich:
what about back page

lol! e for don make sense, but I think I prefer front page

SeverusSnape:
Any girl who sleeps with at least three guys within six months is a PROSTITUTE.

Do you just randomly pull those numbers out of a hat or?

MrsPhyno:

Do you just randomly pull those numbers out of a hat or?

No, It's just the fact. No girl will even be able to admit that, so as not to be referred as a prostitute.