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This morning I read the article, “Public Opinion About Prostitution and Measures to Prevent It.” My two prior articles were about organ trafficking, but I’m not positive if my real world example is going to be about that or prostitution. Prostitution is relevant to the Dollhouse because in the show the dolls in a way act like prostitutes. Men or women will pay money to have a sexual experience with one of the dolls. This article was not what I was looking for; therefore I changed my article to, “Understanding the Social and Economic Contexts Surrounding Women Engaged In Street-Level Prostitution.” This article stresses that not only is prostitution a health risk for women, but it is also a concern economically. The article explains a study that was constructed to better understand the reasons that a woman may get into prostitution. Women claimed that the economic stability and social support contribute to the reasons that they remain in this line of work. This relates to the Dollhouse because I am looking at the reasons someone would decide to become a doll in the first place. Like prostitution, money is an extremely high incentive. Also people could feel helpless or lonely and decide to become a prostitute to feel loved or wanted. Obviously being sexual promiscuous comes with the risk of STD’s. In Dollhouse they never mention how this comes into play. The author of this article does not feel that there is a plan that can be formulated to prevent prostitution, even if we can pinpoint the reasons for it.

Murphy, Lyn Stankiewicz. "Understanding the Social and Economic Contexts Surrounding Women Engaged In Street-Level Prostitution." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 31.12 (2010): 775-784. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Apr. 2011.