A group Young people aged 18 to 20 rent their services whore to celebrate one of their own coming of age. This is the story behind it.’men‘, Cosmo’s new short film gender violence in womenIt was published on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The production manager warns that prostitution is not for “old gentlemen with a whiskey in one hand and a cigar in the other.” Jaime Dezcallar. in spain, One in ten teenagers pay for sexual encounters. According to INJUVE’s 2020 Youth in Spain Report, 10.6% of young people aged 15 to 29 admit to having engaged in prostitution at some point.
“They don’t see any problems. I pay you money and I give you sex in return. In this equation everyone needs to be happy and there is no such thing. no moral objection“, charges Dezcallar. “This is a topic that was almost taboo for me at first and I had to do a lot of research, but later when I talked to my friends the stories immediately came out,” explains the director. I managed to contact some women in the world of prostitution. “From there I took information too gave me goosebumps. “They told me that the customers were actually people with no social skills and felt like they were being done a favor,” he explains.
Normalization of prostitution
Heroes of the short film Gabriel SánchezHe plays Javi, a young man who turns 18 and Catalina SopelanaShe plays Sara, the prostitute that Javi’s friends hire for the party. “They helped me a lot to get to grips with the issue, obviously putting love into it and guiding me through the process of putting myself in the shoes of that character who finally says what he wants. is love someone and do it the way they can and she knows that from the ways she’s been taught,” says Sánchez. “And I didn’t want to leave her as a victim, because ultimately Sara is the victim,” he explains. Javi’s friends think they are “They think they haven’t done anything wrong. “The birthday boy, on the other hand, feels the social pressure of losing his virginity.”Having sex is not a human right” he warns Gabriel.
Sopelana, on the other hand, wanted her performance to show a mix of “discomfort” and everyday life, so she decided not to meet the actors until after the short film had been shot. “I did it with respect and some responsibilityBecause after all, you have to be careful when interpreting realities that are so far away from you,” says the translator. “Prostitution is a reality that exists, and I think the short film helps focus on it. There is a lot of unconsciousness and no training for this“says the actress.
The normalization of prostitution hides a serious problem: objectification of women, access pornography at a very early age and the eroticization of sexual violence. According to Save the Children’s report ‘Sexual (mis)information: pornography and puberty’, in the majority of cases (53.8%) the first contact with pornography occurs before age 13. In fact, 8.7% of survey respondents say they watched porn before the age of 10. “I don’t know how to solve the problem but it certainly can’t continue to be taboo, it needs to be talked about and addressed somehow because dangerous behavior“, warns Dezcallar.
Little sexual education
Experts point out the following among the causes of the problem: lack sexual education. “I can understand young people trying to engage in direct sexual intercourse due to lack of sexual education. educate through pornThis is terrible and should be ignored,” says the protagonist. Many of the videos reproduce gender stereotypes. Pornography portrays women as subordinates, affecting its embodiment. In these videos, it is men who control, dominate, humiliate women and even use open violence against them.
“The school does a lot, but it also does a lot The environment you grew up in and the things your family instilled in youBecause it also depends on how much you’ve internalized machismo, you may think prostitution or porn is right or wrong,” Sánchez argues. “Women still have a lot to do, and that’s what men are here for. We can help in our place without overshadowing yours.“concludes the actor.