, claimed by both the United States
and neighbouring Haiti
, in the Caribbean
.
Navassa Island was claimed for the United States on September 19, 1857, by Peter Duncan
, an American sea captain, under the Guano Islands Act
of August 18, 1856. The modest settlement was created to house both mine workers and supervisors whose goal was the rich deposits of guano
found on Navassa. This resource, gathered mainly from the interior of the island, was stored in Lulu town for later shipment to the United States.
Mining operations on Navassa Island were halted in approximately 1900, and the settlement is now uninhabited.
The town lies on Lulu Bay.
Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!
I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.
[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.
[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.
Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.
Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.
Prostitution is organized rape.