Assalamualaikum WBT and a very good morning I bid to Sir Carl Martin Albert, the lecturer for GEC 1033 : English For For Effective Communication and my fellow friends. The topic that I brought for today‟s speech was basically was basically about the oldest profession in human‟s human‟s history none other than Prostitution: A very serious matter. Before I go further into this topic, I would like to give a very simple definition about this serious problem. According to Oxford Dictionary, prostitution can be defined as the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. Fellow friends, In recent decades, the growth of prostitution in this country has been due to a number of factors. First and foremost is the demand of local prostitute among international tourists. Nowadays, the demand of local prostitute is getting higher among tourists from Europe, Middle East and Russia and causing an increase in sex tourism especially in big cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. According to the research made by the UNESCO, Malaysia was listed as one of the sex tourism in the world. I knew, this fact is quite harsh but we have to accept that sex tourism do exist in our beloved country. The second reason why prostitution grows tremendously in Malaysia is because of financial problems and urban lifestyles among Malaysians. To live in this urban era, people tend to be more materialistic lifestyle and the opportunities to participate in the night life especially in the city. In order to cope with the high cost of this preferred lifestyle in an urban environment, they are tempted to find an extra job in the sex sector. Nagaraj and Yahya in 1995 said that, many of families who are struggling in the urban environment may find the sex sector as an attractive source of income. Thus, women in lower income groups who don‟t have a higher academic background and are lack of parental guidance still can live in luxury lifestyle. A family problem is also one of the factors leading to prostitution. Psychologist Carl Pickhardt Pickhardt in his article entitled “ Parental Divorce and Adolescents” explain that teens from broken families might develop a cynical attitude toward relationships and harbor feelings of mistrust, both toward their parents and potential romantic partner.
This will cause the teen to spent most of the times with their friends or the other bunch of spoiled youths. If the parents did not take any further action, it is not impossible that their daughter will end up as sex worker. Ladies and gentlemen There is a lot of negative side effect related to this case. But I will only highlight some major points which are more crucial than the others. Firstly, the prostitutes will be sorted from the lives of the other family members. This is because some of them cannot accept the facts that his or her siblings or relative work as a prostitute. Parel in 1996 mentioned that most of the women and girls still be a sex workers is because of they are not accepted back by their family and community. From this point, we knew that family and friends support is one of the key to change these prostitutes to be a better person. Next, prostitutes can spread a very dangerous disease in this era none other than, HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS affects the economics of both individuals and countries. The gross domestic product of the most affected countries has decreased due to the lack of human capital. Without proper nutrition, health care and medicine, large numbers of people die from AIDS-related complications. They will not only be unable to work, but will also require significant medical care. It is estimated that as of 2007 there were 12 million AIDS orphans. This proves that prostitutes never give any positive impact towards the development of our nations and beloved country. Last but not least, image of our country will be tarnished because of the sex sectors. Based on the report entitled „Reporting on Prostitution – The Media, Women and Prostitution in India, Malaysia and the Philippines‟ that had been edited by Lois GRJEBINE state that Malaysia as the internationalization of prostitution networks. This mean that, Malaysia is famous for it‟s international prostitutes and not because of it‟s harmony and multiracial ethnics. Malaysian have to look this matter as a serious problem and must take immediate steps before this sex sectors grow bigger and become one of the giant sectors in the world.
dear future teachers, To sum up, prostitution never brought any goodness towards our society nor our nations as well. So, we as a future leaders are obliged to spread varies of information and take not just one but a lot of solution about this matter before it is too late. What choice will you make when you leave here today? Don‟t you want to see the better Malaysia? Let‟s think about it teachers. The choice is in your hands. Thank you
