Sex Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

The infectious disease of prostitution that has poisoned the population of sex workers can only be alleviated through the criminalization of its nature. The idea that prostitution is merely the exchange of sexual services for money is what buries the reality of sexual violence deep into the ground. Often, sex workers will be coerced to surrender their power to the hands of their client. In Canada, sex workers are stalked as prey by the treacherous monster of sexual abuse. They are enslaved into a sexual commodity and are stripped of their basic human rights. In an international study done by clinical psychologist, Dr. Melissa Farley, it was concluded that, of all of the Canadian women participants, 75% were injured during their work of prostitution

Some women do not feel as though they have another option for a career path, so they choose prostitution. Although many people claim that condoning prostitution could mean that they are condoning the degradation of women, this is not true. These women are choosing to be prostitutes as their profession, and they want the same respect as other career paths. Supporters want prostitution to be legalized, as well as regulated by police to prevent human trafficking, monitored by physicians for STDs, and allowed to be reported for any violent crimes against women in that work force. By doing this, a new career for both men and women can become available while bettering the community, but also by increasing the tax revenue. Not only does the legalization of prostitution could lead to a work force that complies to the law and community, but also complies with women 's wants to express their sexuality. Feminists argue that legal prostitution can allow men and women to explore their inner desires. Ultimately, prostitution should be legalized throughout the United States due to its benefits of decreased violent crimes, safer working environments, improvement of public health, and increased tax

Victims are often silenced and told that telling law enforcement will only create more of a problem for them because prostitution is against the law. In most cases, no one steps forward to get their traffickers in jail. The feeling most girls have is turning there pimp in, means turning themselves in. In other cases, many get attached to their pimp and develop dysfunctional relationships that make them scared to come out and tell law enforcement. “Traffickers also play into the narrative by telling victims, who are exploited for sex, theyĺl threaten to call the police and report them for prostitution if they push back” (Alvarez 2). Women are taken when walking on the streets alone, normally at night by pimps or gangs normally in big cities. This starts the delivery of these women. There taken to houses or abandoned buildings in areas they feel as if they can’t escape and are forced into prostitution. However, sometimes these women and young girls are able to escape. Then once found and rescued they’re asked multiple times, “Why didn 't you try to escape?”. It 's not that they didn’t want to, but they were mentally damaged and had Stockholm Syndrome, a survival strategy that enables the hostage to survive (Julich 2). It 's a traumatic bond that the victim feels towards their abuser and makes them stay because they’re under the impression this is the only person they’ll see and be able to

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"Sex trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that exists throughout the United States and globally. Sex trafficker use violence, threats, lies, debt and other forms of coercion to force women, men and children to engage in commercial sex against their will." Slavery has negative effects. The quote is giving an example of slavery, sex trafficking. It's forcing people to have commercial sex against their will. Victims are lied to, threatened, and abused. Victims can be men, boys, women or girls of all ages. According to this quote slavery is horrible. Sex trafficking is horrible because slavery is considered abuse, assault and is against human rights.

Legalizing the practice is “making prostitutes more likely to report abusive clients or associates to the police” (“Legalizing” 48-49). When prostitutes can report abuse, then it makes the trade much safer and it helps the people be less scared when they know that they won’t get in trouble for how they make money. In addition, “some organizations campaigning against trafficking have come to an understanding that when sex work is illegal, it is much riskier for sex workers to complain to the authorities when they are enslaved, beaten, or cheated” (Lopez 31-33). With more and more organizations and human trafficking campaigns recognizing that legal prostitution is safer, more sex trafficking victims, those who aren’t there voluntarily, can be more easily identified and removed from the trade. The Women’s Organization Network for Human Rights Advocacy, or WONETHA, “has received 85 reports of sex workers being arrested and harassed by the police since January, but says many more cases go undocumented. In Oklahoma, a police “unit has arrested 27 pimps and 16 buyers, while 104 people have been arrested for prostitution” (Beitsch 100-101). Prostitutes are arrested more than pimps and buyers. Even though this is only one unit of police, it can most likely be an example of how many law enforcement agencies treat prostitutes. Treating prostitution as a crime and arresting the prostitutes makes the sex workers wary of approaching cops and scared to report things in fear of being arrested as a

One of the strongest arguments of legalization of prostitution is decreasing crimes and violence in sex industry. It’s not a secret that prostitution is a dangerous profession, and brothels-keepers very often allow their clients to scoff at prostitutes, to beat and humiliate them for a special fee. According to Prostitution Research: 70-95 percent of prostitutes experience physical assault during work; 60-75 percent of prostitutes are raped while working as a prostitute; and 95 percent of prostitutes

For most of the nineteenth century, prostitution was not considered a distinct crime as it was viewed as a “necessary evil.” This view changed during the Progressive era when prostitution began being viewed as deviant behavior, potentially leading women to more crime (Lucas, 1995, p. 47). However, it was more than just related to the specific crime of prostitution as the role of women in society was changing at the time with more women in the workplace and outside of what was thought to be a woman’s place: the home (Lucas, 1995). Prostitution was, in a sense, a symbol of changes in women’s “behaviors and attitudes” causing fear and dismay as it was a threat to gender and societal norms (Lucas, 1995, p. 48). At this time, the view of prostitution coincides with deviant behavior ideologies, which view certain social behaviors as deviant from the norm or expected, in that women were departing from the typical roles and values associated with womanhood (Erikson, 1962). The sexist origins of the criminalization of prostitution tie into the issue of criminalizing victims of sex trafficking in that the blame has historically been on those providing the service instead of the individuals paying for it; in fact, “young girls are prosecuted at reportedly higher rates than even the men who exploit them” (Annitto, 2011, p.

A prostitute is commonly known as someone that partakes in sexual activities in exchange for money. As a society they have been marked with derogatory labels such as “whore” or “hooker”. Our society has made prostitution a taboo endeavor that is not to be spoken of. It is looked down upon to partake in the act of prostitution whether is be by selling or buying. Christians have most publicly ridiculed prostitution. We can exam the ethical and unethical standpoints of prostitution through the guidelines of Margaret Farley’s Christian ethical framework delivered to us in her novel Just Love.

However, she refused to do it and as a result, she was brutally beaten and raped countless times. Macy was forced to have sex with men countless times across countries. She was traumatized and her emotions were unstable for many months.Eventually, she was rescued by the police in Washington D.C. Turns out, the authorities claimed that she was involved in sex trafficking and was threatened to be put in prison if she doesn’t testify against her trafficker. Powell provided examples on how Macy experienced mistreatments and defined it as sex trafficking. Examples include physical violence such as strangling and statutory rape (Powell). Clearly, Powell’s definition of sex trafficking is a victim subject to rape and mistreatment similar to Macy’s status. This entails that Macy feels threatened and scared even when she’s safe with the

Although an issue may not be obvious to the average eye, it is an issue nonetheless, and one that meets this qualification is sex-trafficking/pimp-trafficking in America. Sex-trafficking is essentially the recruitment, harboring, and obtaining of a person with the intention for commercial sex acts. The victims are dehumanized (majority are young girls, some young boys), treated like cattle, and have a high fatality rate. Unfortunately, prosecuting trafficking, can be difficult as victims are psychologically intimidated to act as witnesses and at times for those prosecuted as “pimps”, the jail time and fines are low compared to what is should be. This is an issue that Floridians should make an effort to stop, as Miami is among the top three

Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) occurs when minors are forced, coerced or otherwise involved in the commercial sex industry. The majority of people who are sex trafficked are females under the age of 18; Research suggests that the average age for a young girl to be recruited into prostitution is 12-14 years old. However, males are just as victimized by this crime as females. Victims of domestic minor sex trafficking often experience feelings of helplessness and self-hatred. They are also easy targets for sicknesses and infections; HIV and AIDS known to be prevalent. They may also experience pelvic pain, vaginal tearing, and/or urinary difficulties as a result of commercial sex work. The best way to help prevent sex trafficking is to

Prostitution can be defined as the provision of sexual services for money. The word “prostitute” became common in the of 18th century. During the ancient times this kind of services had been supplied for economic rewards mainly by courtesans, concubines or slaves. Courtesans and concubines often held high positions in traditional societies. The main feature of modern prostitution is that women and men tend not to know each other. Although sometimes men become “regular clients”. This was not characteristics of most forms of sexual services for economic reward in ancient times. In traditional small communities, sexual relationships were controlled so that never been a secret. Nowadays people prefer anonymity. Presently, prostitutes

explored the role of race in the prostitution and sex trafficking of people of color. In addition it examined the social and legal responses in the United States. Many scholars and advocates have had vital discussions and public outcry has led to safe harbor legislation aimed at shifting the legal paradigm punishing prostituted minors and toward greater protections for this vulnerable population. Policymakers have ignored the connections between race and other root factors that such people of color into America’s commercial sex trade. This articles also argued that race and racism played a role in creating the epidemic of sex trafficking in the United

Thirdly prostitution is immoral as a woman is exploited and degraded once she enters the trade. In the business of prostitution prostitutes are frequently exploited, sexually harassed and raped even if they dislike it. According to Silbert (2009),"68% to 70% of women in prostitution are being raped on the average, eight to ten times per year". This violates the intimate relation between personality and physical embodiment. For example a woman who is or has been a prostitute will not be accepted by a society. It disables women to find love, get married and have children. Therefore it can be implied that the trade of prostitution degrades a women’s life and disables them to live a happy