96). Male domination of women is so pervasive; they argue that a new constitution may be necessary to combat the institutionalization of male values.
There are also a significant number of prostitutes who support this hypothesis. The major legalized-prostitution opposition group is WHISPER (Women Hurt in Systems of Prostitution Engaged in Revolt). WHISPER was created in 1985 in response to a number of prostitute's rights groups. They reject the claim that women "freely" choose prostitution. They agree with Catharine MacKinnon and others that women are limited in opportunities by the male-dominated society, and thus are forced into prostitution to service the sex-starved male (Flowers 45). Prostitution is female slavery, they argue, and decriminalization will provoke an already horrendous social injustice and cause more women to degrade themselves by entering into legal prostitution.
Their position is originated from their analysis of women's economic powerlessness and social dependency. As a result, many feminists want remedies for prostitution to be linked to social policy reforms in areas like poverty, un-employment, and child welfare. They emphasize that the growing population of females living in poverty, by way of divorces and non-marital pregnancies, needs to be addressed along with prostitution.
On the other hand however, some women truly do choose prostitution for a profession. Although this can be argued, there are many high-class women in wealthy positions that enjoy this not only as a job, but perhaps a hobby of some sort. Our culture has deemed it wrong for females to desire and want sex, when they satisfy that need it is sometimes seen as dirty or shameful. Society needs to realize a lot of women enjoy sex and if they can do it on their own terms, I say more power to them. These professional prostitutes work their own hours, call all the shots and can make a great deal of money...