Prostitution_In_Toronto

Prostitution In Toronto Prostitution in Toronto This document, Prostitution in Toronto, was written in 1915. It was a Report by the Toronto Social Survey Commission. It takes a look into a very widespread problem in the social order of Toronto. It gave motives for the source of prostitution and the trends that were generating this large dilemma. In order to understand the author’s argument you must first appreciate what he is trying to say to the reader. Prostitution is a social disease. “It is not merely an affair between the sensual man and the depraved and avaricious woman, as individuals, but is the outcome of a complex social condition, which through artificial stimulation, multiplies both the demand and supply.”(p.139) The authors were showing that it’s a very intricate problem that is impossible to totally cure and there are several reason why that is the case. There were dynamics that were present when this document was printed that were innate and gained that cause the women to resort to this immoral livelihood. It was caused by immigrating into Canada without money, your family’s social class or lack of jobs as it was a multi faceted problem. Poverty prostitution, women, document, toronto, very, social, point, time, piece, causes, reader, profession, order, wages, public, problem, majority, large, immigrants, first, early, class, century, case, been, 20th, 1915, written, writing, way, various, together, takes, take, survey