The Current Situation in the Tackling of Female Prostitution in the Spanish Daily Press

Abstract

Prostitution is a complex issue, which involves the patriarchy, capitalist globalization, generalized poverty, the differences between countries, the feminization of poverty, migratory movements…Therefore, to be clearly understood, it must be tackled in all its extent. The mass media, as channels of information, have an important role in this sense. This study expects to confirm which prostitution view is transmitted by the Spanish Press. For that, we focus on the analysis of the news published by the main newspapers in its digital version, as well as a revision of the sex classified ads. The results point to a biased view of prostitution. Likewise, the publication of the sex ads legitimize the existence of an institution that submit women.