Arutz 7 Dozens of divorced Israeli mothers have joined the prostitution trade in Eilat, as divorce rates skyrocket.
Dozens of divorced and separated Israeli mothers have joined
the sex trade in the southern city of Eilat, according to a report on Channel 2 News's website.
The new trend can be seen as a byproduct of Israel's growing divorce
rate, which studies say has reached 40% in just the first ten years of
marriage.
According to the report, Eilat brothels disguised as massage parlors
used to employ women brought into Israel for prostitution from the
former Soviet Union and eastern Europe, but after the security fence was
built along the border with Sinai, Bedouin smugglers are no longer able
to bring these women into Israel.
Their place has been taken, in large part, by Israeli women, many of
whom are divorced or recently separated mothers. The report quotes
several of them as saying that they are able to make 20,000 shekels
(over $5,000) or more a month in prostitution, while their former jobs
earned them a quarter of that amount. [...]
Under pressure from radical women's groups, Israel has adopted a
plethora of policies that encourage women to divorce - including
meaningful financial benefits that are offered to separated and divorced
women regardless of the circumstances of the divorce.
that's pretty sad. there should be more counseling available at lower rates, perhaps the government should sponsor marriage counselors, subsidize their cost... but I know it won't be happening.
ReplyDeleteis it better to divorce or spend the whole life in a abusive marriage?
because divorcing is so easy nowadays, I believe many marriages end up without the "abuse" element. the couples just don't like living with each other anymore and have no idea of how to overcome this crisis...
a problem with no solution, I guess...
Sounds sensationalistic. I would take it with more than a grain of salt.
ReplyDeleteWithout the Torah's absolute value system that determines what's right or wrong, who is to say that prostitution is wrong?
ReplyDeleteI gather that the average secularist, will be hard pressed to explain why when they want to be sexually active with multiple partners its OK, but when a person does it to earn a living it's not OK.
In a promiscuous society, prostitution loses its stigma, an if a woman needs/wants money, she might do whatever it takes to get it.
In a promiscuous society, prostitution loses its stigma, and if a woman needs/wants money, she might do whatever it takes to get it.
ReplyDeleteWithout the Torah's absolute value system that determines what's right or wrong, who is to say that prostitution is wrong?
I gather that the average secularist, will be hard pressed to explain why when they want to be sexually active with multiple partners it’s OK, but when a person does it to earn a living it's not OK.