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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds- Edmund Burke

Superstition is a belief that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck.some of our superstitions stem from our religions and cultures. So deep rooted are some of our superstitions that even the so called inteligentsia,comprising the middle and upper crusts of society follow its dictate.

It wont be wrong to say that every country has its own set of superstitions that are handed down to coming generations.

* In france handing someone a loaf of bread upside down brings both the giver and the recipient hunger and bad luck

*Another old french superstition is that seeing an owl at daytime during pregnancy ensures birth of girl child

* Friday the 13th has been a source of superstition since the 19th centuries.Many people will purposefully avoid doing anything significant due to the belief that the day is cursed

* In Britain broken mirrors and sight of black cats are said to bring bad luck

* In Italy letting a broom touch your feet when someone is cleaning the floors is an ill omen. If you do you ll never get swept off your feet and get married. ”

* The Italian superstitious also not to spill salt or olive oil for the fear of bad luck

* Giving a German knives as a gift means that you are wishing him and his family injury and death

* In china if a dog howls for a few hours in late nights it means someone had died somewhere

* It is another superstitious belief of the chinese that if one has a dream of teeth or snow it indicates that his parents are dead

These beliefs, so long as they dont cause any harm are innocuous.However it is depressing to see the poor and the illiterate even today believing in witchcraft,voodoo and demons. Diseases like jaundice,chickenpox etc are labelled as wrath of God and instead of medicine daily doses of worshipping and animal sacrifice ete are prescribed.some people are beaten to cure them of diseases, children are sacrificed to attain immortality.
This is how tradition, culture, curiosity, fear of the unknown, amusement all cluster and morph into a very very dark shape. This is how superstition becomes the dark side of wonder

Recently in India (Berhampur) four people were tonsured, had their teeth pulled out,forced to swallow human excreta and then were paraded naked around a village because the villagers believed they were sorcerers.
This isnt a culture we can affort to hand down to our children.

No society can progress if its citizens are blind slaves of superstition.knowledge and humanity are the only antidotes to this evil.
It is hoped that as wisdom spreads this evil will dwindle to the point of extinction.

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At this given moment there are 40 million prostitutes at work which is more than the populations of Australia(21 million) and Canada(33 million). May be sex is no longer ‘A sacred rite’ opposed to the beliefs of some cults and brotherhoods centuries back and we have become modernised and outspoken enough to use our freedom of speech to make sex a tea time discussion.sexual puns are a dime a dozen these days so altogether sex and sex talks are no longer taboo.

But as trivial as to make it a business??

Does it imply we have travelled down the road of modernisation to the point of progressional apogee?or have we stooped so low that we can no longer discern what is right and what is wrong as long as we get benefits?

Have we bartered our judgemental skills?

Sex trafficking and prostitution are flourishing grounds of entrepreneurship.The demand doesnt cease and unfortunately spurs the $58 billion industry of sex trafficking.studies reaveal 1 in 10 men in the world have paid for sex.
The top reasons-
1. Satisfy an immediate urge for sex
2.experience a specific physical,racial or sexual fetish
3.unsatisfied in their current relationships

But why have women undergirded such an industry? Why permit such crimes?Is money worth more than self esteem? For us, No. but for people who have to worry about empty stomachs,hell yes ofcourse!
But…. Why prostitution? When there are so many other ways out? It may be the easier way out but definitely not the only one. Infact it isnt as easy as it looks on the outside.
The murder rate for an american prostitute is 204 for every 100,000. Unless money matters more than safety and everything else that prostitution denies it never should be weighed as an option.

Worse is the defenceless of those who are perforce pushed into these forsworn lanes.2.5 million victims are currently being trafficked and even more alarming is the fact that this raunch act is actually legalized within 22 countries including Australia,Germany,Netherlands,Mexico and Columbo.

A canadian report on prostitution concluded that women in prostitution have a mortality rate 40% higher than the national average.sexually transmitted diseases,drug usage & frequent abortions are “the occupational hazards” and adding to it are the psychological effects of sexual abuse.

Thus the factuality of legalized prostitution is obnoxious to the extent of fatuity. The only way to mitigate such exploitation needs tackling the menace more on the demand side which is a downright Herculean task given the culture ,attitude and endemic profanity.However,however difficult it has to be cropped out at all ends and ofcourse the ever present issue of poverty has to be addressed.It needs to be eradicated for the sake of those being coarsed into a lifetime of torture and degradation.

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