ABSTRACT
The child prostitution problem has become a central concern in Taiwanese society in the 1990s. It has attracted substantial public and government attention, which, helped by a recent pro-child protection socio-legal climate, has prompted considerable changes to legislation, policing matters and welfare intervention. Feminists started to attack the patriarchal men and the sexually pervert men for creating huge demand for child prostitution. They urge that more social and legal restraints and punishments should be imposed on child prostitution customers. The children who have been deprived of their childhood innocence are suffering from double-victimisation caused by the societal value complex of humanitarian and antagonism towards prostitution-involved children. Stereotypes and misinformation about child prostitution in Taiwan have significantly hampered our overall approach. The understanding of child prostitution based on individual misbehaviour and deviance also hinders the development of appropriate reform projects. The illegality of frequenting child prostitution has become an important legislative issue in Taiwan.
