How Much? Prostitution and Its Social Repercussions

Abstract

This chapter explores the controversy over prostitution in our society today, regarding semantics and the public opinion, split between those who are against and those who are for it. Furthermore, among the latter, there are often disagreements over the conditions under which prostitution should exist. The case of Spain is interesting because although prostitution is not illegal per se, it is not considered a legitimate job either, which means it is not regulated. The author analyzes the social repercussions of prostitution in Spanish society today from an ethical point of view through the lens of post-Franco Spanish films such as León de Aranoa’s Princesas (2005), Guillermo del Toro’s El espinazo del diablo (2001), and Santiago Segura’s Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (1998), among others.