Courting to Prostitution??

So Leanne Battersby (a character in Britain's best loved soap Coronation St) is now working as a high-class prostitute, claiming that women prostitute themselves all the time, the only difference is she gets money for it instead of just a few drinks and a meal.

Forty years ago she wouldn't have had a point, but nowadays 'binge drinking' amongst young women in the UK has become so rife in some areas, that a guy doesn't necessarily have to take a girl out to get lucky. Because it seems girls are drinking so much, they think nothing of getting off with a guy that gives them a bit of attention at closing time.

It’s pointless to go into the morality of either situation, because in my opinion neither is better than the other. What worries me most is that many girls in their teens and early twenties are risking their health, and personal safety on a regular basis without much thought. Statistics already show that the level of STIs, unwanted pregnancies and number of injuries sustained whilst drunk and requiring treatment at A&E have rocketed amongst this age group over the past few years. And what's worse, in an age where respect is given more weight than morals, I would question how much respect young women have for themselves and how much young men have for young women, when it's accepted that having a laugh means being taken advantage of.

Now I'm sure there's loads of you out there who will say what kind of fuddy duddy am I to criticise people who want to have a good night out with their mates, the girls know what they are doing and look out for each other. I’m all for having a good night out and a few drinks with it, but I say if you can't remember what you did last night the morning after, chances are you weren't in a state to make an informed decision about what you were doing in the first place, or to control the situation.

Just over fifty years ago, after a long hard fight, women's right to equality was enshrined in UK law, but if all this means to today's youngs people is freedom for women to be disrespected and taken advantage of even more in the name of having a good time, what was the fight for?