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Article Evaluation

For my article evaluation I have chosen the Wikipedia article entitled "Prostitution in Israel." This article interested me because prostitution is a subject that is often forbidden to talk about. Some countries turn a blind eye, while others make an effort to take a tougher stance. I learned from this article that prostitution in Israel is actually legal, but sites for prostitution such as brothels are illegal.

The content in this article are divided into subcategories including: History, Economics, Immigration, Trafficking, and Politics. Every category is related to prostitution is Israel, however the economics category threw me off a bit. There is one sentence in this section that only provides the number in which prostitution creates revenue in Israel. There are no clarifications and context of this number. Some more information on the economics of prostitution in Israel would make this a better article. In addition, I'd like some more information in the politics section of the article. The information is very vague, using language such as "various groups." The information provided is up to date.

The tone of this article is neutral overall. The language is very matter of fact, without alluding to specific opinions on the issue of prostitution in Israel. However, the article undoubtedly pays more attention to the process of eradicating trafficking by the government.

The citation links work when I click on them, and they redirect me straight to the cited article. The sources do seem to support the information provided on the page. However, I noticed these sources are slightly bias. The information was gathered from non-academic sources such as blogs, that are heavily opinionated on prostitution. The potential bias from gathering information from sources such as blogs are not noted in the text.

From reading the talk page, people have noted that there is no such thing as trafficking in Israel. This article claims prostitution in Israel is legal, while it seems people on the talk page are saying that prostitution in Israel in illegal. This article is rated as "start-class" and is a part of other WikiProjects including Sex Work, Sociology, and Israel. Wikipedia discusses this topic differently than how we would talk about this in class because this is heavily historical, rather than perceived in context. In class we recognize the intersectionality of prostitution, whereas this article touches heavily on straight prostitution, only giving one sentence notice to gay prostitution.