THE CONSEQUENCES OF PROMISCUITY AND THE BUSINESS OF SEX IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Maureen Amaka Azuike

Department of English,

University of Jos, Jos

Email:          amakaazuike@gmail.com                            

Abstract: The business of sex has recorded a global increase due to social and economic challenges like the high rate of poverty and unemployment among the youths and their unbridled quest for a sexual freedom which brings with it, dire threats and grave consequences. The aim of this paper is to examine the situational and social factors which are responsible for the immoral behaviour and sexual mercantilism of our youths in the digital age. The immorality of our youths and their acquisition of foreign values and indecent social habits have turned them into objects of universal derision. This paper is underpinned by the sociological theory which offers explanations for the nature and development of society and for social behaviour which reflects the economic, social and political influences of society on a group of people. The conclusion of this paper is that the business of sex (otherwise known as prostitution) legitimizes the brutalization of women. It also re-enforces male domination; especially when women are used as sex machines or are treated as sexual slaves for the suppression of men’s sexual urges. 

Keywords: Brutalization of Women, Business of Sex, Digital Age, Economic Challenges, Male Domination, Sexual Slaves.