The Image of Women in the Sex Trade
Susada Viravong
Washington, USA
Abstract:
An old profession, a modern problem in today’s society is prostitution. Women in
the sex industry are on the rise no matter how much effort we try to control the
problem. This is the result of modernization where people’s desire (tanha) for
money and material things are on the rise.
Whether that these women are willing or not, society’s view of them and their
profession is still seen as negative. These women cannot face people in society
because even money can buy their body and their integrity, reducing their worth.
Now, these women’s old profession is no longer taboo, instead, their profession
is more visible and out in the open for society to see and buy their service.
The above concept influences the painter’s creativity studies and researches on
prostitution. From painting and researching the theme of Women in the Sex
Industry, which the paintings capture real life problem, the painter would like
her work to act as a social criticism towards our apathetic society. The painter
also wishes that her work will educate society about the problem of prostitution
and hope that her work will motivate other potential artists and researchers to
use her work to further their studies about prostitution as a theme for their
artwork.