England Prostitution

During the Victorian era prostituion was a wide-scale problem in Britian. The eseence of prostitution went against every moral that was being promoted during this era. Chastity, prudence, and grace were dismissed and and disregarded by "fallen women".  It gained momentum, an the largest concern was veneral diseases among prostitutes. British military men were found to be the largest Victim of this problem. The goverment believed that the decline in health and effectiveness of military was a result of prostitutes with veneral diseases mingling with military men. The response was The parliament passed he Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869 and as a result of these acts, the British government was given the right to stop and detain any woman identified as a prostitute and force her submission to an examination with the intent of identifying whether the woman in question suffered from a venereal disease. Prostituion during the Victorian era had gained much attention from both British society and government. The Page Act was passed of 1875 was passed and forbid the importation of women for the purposes of prostitution. Shortly after the Magdalene Houses were founded helping women transform from that lifestyle into a much better one. This is where Rosetti found the influence of The Goblin Market, from this era and wanted to bring awareness of this in Goblin Market.