Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Why is it such a big deal?
I don't think that it is a big deal. I say that because she helping with her families bills and even paying for her dads medicine. They should be greatful. This was a desicion she made by herself. Nobody sold her. This was a choice of her's, it was either she sells her body or her family suffers. If it was you and your family was on the line. What would you do?
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I think that it is a big deal to Monica's family because, in their culture, prostitution is a shameful business. In certain places in the world, integrity is more important than poverty, and family names are very, very valuable. Monica's family probably feels that they'd rather be destitute than have a "whore" in the family. That's also probably why they told Monica's daughter that she was dead so she wouldn't have to know that her mother was in this dirty business and so the young girl wouldn't be tempted to do it. I do think personally that her family is messed up for taking the money she made and then beating her for it. If my family was on the line and I had nothing else to do, then I would take prostitution into consideration. You also have to think about it from Monica's daughter's perspective. If you were a young girl and you were told that your mother went to be a prostitute so she could supply for you, wouldn't you feel guilty? Wouldn't you want your mother back and for her to stop being violated, even if it meant poverty for you?
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