World of prostitutes V. 2

The World of Prostitutes comprises of prostitutes; clients; and exploiters of prostitution procures; pimps; madams; landlords, who rent out their premises; brothel keepers, gangsters of the underworld, law enforcers, courts and correctional institutions.

The author traces prostitution and prostitutes from the earliest twilight in which the history dawns to the clear daylight of today, without a pause, or a moment of obscurity. The history of the world demonstrates the existence of prostitution in all ages, and among all nations, since the day its first pages were written. No man-made laws and rigours of punishment have been able to suppress the evil. Suppressed in one form, it immediately assumed another. Again pur sued, it is driven underground where it is least susceptible to control and supervision. Laws had been framed declaring prostitution and houses of prostitu tion and all who lived by such means, illegal and immoral. There the laws stand.

The great law of Nature is not abrogated by any artificial state of society. Moral or religious teachings and principles will restrain its operations in some; human laws in some; the fear of consequences in some; yet there always have been, and probably always will be, many of both sexes who are not re strained by any of these considerations. They have sustained and will continue to sustain, not only, pros susta titution but houses of prostitution in face of every man-made laws. The law of Nature prevailed. If pros titution cannot be eradicated, the question is: In what form should it be allowed to exist so that its evil effects can be arrested. This question received the close attention of the World Community.

The earliest measure to combat international traf fic in women and girl, for the purpose of prostitution, was taken by the League of Nations in its 1910 Con vention when White Slave Traffic was banned. The Convention made trafficking of a woman or a minor girl from one country to another, for the purpose of prostitution, a punishable offence. This was followed by the United Nations 1949 Convention for the sup pression of Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of prostitution of others. The United Nations called upon all Member Countries to ratify the Convention, but not all countries adopted it.