An Analysis Of Stephanie Wickman 's ' The Night '

One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about sex workers is the danger posed to prostitutes. Theft, rape, kidnapping, threats, blackmail, murder, and more are things that these women, (and some men,) have to deal with on a daily basis. Cash is king in the sex work world, and can be easily or forcibly taken in many circumstances. Even for workers who demand payment beforehand, the fact remains that there is not much standing between a man and getting back the money he has to pay for sex. Some workers avoid this problem with a pimp, who can intimidate the client and make theft less of an issue, however pimps bring their own problems and hazards to the industry.

Recruiting victims is effective when the potential victim's family members are involved (Bales 44). The traffickers convince the girls to stay and keep their mouths shut by threatening to do serious harm to the victim's loved ones. The traffickers know where the victim's family lives and

However a majority of the girls are abducted or forced while many are attracted in other ways. Fake agencies sometimes posing as massage agencies lure in women into the trafficking industry. These women are offered money, free transportation to these agencies to work, with an agreement that the costs will be paid back through the woman’s earnings for her work (Hodge, D. 2008). Other girls are lured in through brothels, escort services, hostess clubs, and strip clubs (Kotrla, K. 2010) where they are abused, manipulated, and have been forced to participate in sexual acts against their will.

Pimp is person that force young child into sex for money with brutal force, against the woman will. Prostitutes is a person that does sexual favors for another person for money or another trade. Pimp are actually people that uses human trafficking. Human trafficking is when a pimp make and prostitutes have sex for his or her gain not the prostitute. The pimp will go to bus stop or train stop to spot a runaway that is vulnerable. Pimp like to prey on girls that are the age between twelve and fifteen. Pimps believe a young person does not know how to be strong enough to fend off the advance of a pimp. The pimp will act as if cares about the runaway take the runaway in and take care of the runaway. The pimp makes the runaway love them as if he or she is his or her girlfriend or boyfriend. The runaway gets comfortable and then ask the runaway to have sex with some of his or her friends so he can make

Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement once said, "Slavery still exists, but now it only to women and its name is prostitution."(Hugo) Pimps are finding new ways to get more girls to work for them. They do all this for money. They sell away someone's innocence just to make a few dollars. Pimps use the dependency the girls develop for them against them. They are finding new ways to recruit girls and they use love and emotions to manipulate girls. Dependency, love, and new ways of communication are things that pimps are using to win the war for prostitution.

The intentions of this research paper is quite clear, the intention being that of someone who wants to bring to light the reality of this horrendous crime. The crime being discussed is known as Sex Trafficking. Sex Trafficking by definition means the illegal business of providing a person especially a minor for the purpose of sexual services (Merriam-Webster Law)

Introduction & Historical Background. First off, prostitution has existed even before Christ set foot on this earth. The term is beyond ancient and has a long-term historic footprint around the world. Over the years women have a long history being apart of sex trafficking whether it’s self volunteered or forcefully. Regardless of the laws that have been established to help decrease to eliminate what is still becoming a hot topic problem in the United States and around the globe, human trafficking is still among us today. My goal in this paper is to emphasize on the importance of eliminating women and children solicitation in the black market. Consequently, human trafficking has forcefully placed women from around the world in this sex trade for many years, losing everything from there money, children, self respect and dignity.

Sex trafficking is a form of human trafficking in which an individual is forced to provide sexual services against their will through the use of intimidation, coercion, manipulation, and violence or in which the person induced to perform such acts has not attained 18 years of age (U.S. Department of State, 2012). Hepburn and Simon (2010) states that the CIA estimates that more than 50,000 women and children are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation in the form of prostitution, live sex shows, stripping, and pornography.

Sex trafficking is the act of using force, fraud or coercion to cause a commercial sex act. The victims are primarily women and children. Legally the practice of trafficking for sex encompasses the selection of people, transportation, provision, or forced commercial sexual acts, the use of force, fraud or duress, or if the person called upon to participate in this procedure under 18 years of age. Sex trafficking also occurs when traffickers recruit young women with false promises of good treatment and high payment, however, the reality is much harsher and once under control of the traffickers the women are exposed to slave like conditions and find it impossible to escape. The practice of human trafficking for sexual purposes was documented

Tekla was 13 when her life changed. She sneaked out to a party that summer with a girlfriend she had known since she was 5. While sitting around the table playing dominoes, she was punched by that same “friend” and later assaulted by a couple of guys. “I guess that’s what pretty much when I changed,” Tekla says. I began to no longer place any value on myself.” That same group then talked about taking Tekla to a truck stop and selling her interested parties. At the time, she had no idea what commercial sex trafficking meant (exploiting a person to perform sexual acts in exchange for money or other valued goods). Fortunately for her, a third guy took her home before things escalated (Mcnamara,2015). The people who are sex traffickers who traffics humans are sometimes called pimps. The pimps usually target people who they think are weak minded or people who are isolated. The text states “The pimp might think, I’ll have her start hooking up with some of my friends because she’s in love with me. Then little by little, he may ask her to run away for a day, and on from there,” explains Hollie. (Mcnamara, 2015).If a victim shows resistance, physical force, blackmail and threats to a family member may be used. Pimps control the victims physically and mentally. Traffickers can hide in many shapes or forms you never know what a person’s true intentions are until they reveal them to you their self. Often questions are asked like why people are trafficked. Well according to Earlene Newson she says they are mostly trafficked because they are offered false promises. Such as a better life, a job, and educational opportunities. I also asked her who the traffickers in her eyes were. She believed the traffickers are individuals who come from a poor socio-economic background. They appear to be successful business people who

“The internet has been identified as the number one platform that pimps, traffickers and johns currently use for buying and selling women and children for sex in the United States. Victims trafficked through pimp-controlled sex trafficking, escort services, in-call and out-call services, chat rooms, pornography, and brothels disguised as massage businesses are commonly marketed on websites such as

These prostitutes are known to serve many men a night and like the other types of prostitution, they are controlled by pimps and if they disobey him, they can be beaten or punished another way. The prostitutes attract strangers and criminals, such as drug dealers to their neighborhoods, increasing the risk of burglaries, muggings, and other crimes. Prostitutes themselves are especially vulnerable to robberies and assault. Most prostitutes are also drug addicts, making it hard for them to leave prostitution and in some cases, the pimp is the one who introduces them to drugs, causing them to become addicted in order for them to manipulate the prostitute. Another way a pimp might manipulate someone into becoming a prostitute is by acting like a friend or boyfriend to her and shows her he cares about her, but soon she is unfortunately forced to work for him. On the other hand, some prostitutes may use drugs just to cope with their stress and everything that they have to go through. However, used needles are often found on streets along with used condoms, creating an even more unpleasant environment to live/ be in.

Prostitution is the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money (dictionary.com). There are 40 to 42 million prostitutes in the world; 3 quarters of this group range between the ages 13 to 25. With about a 80% being women, and 20% being male. About 1 million of those live in the United States (businessinsider.com). Most of the women are forced into this job, because it is so unregulated. Some women chose to do this voluntarily but need business help from “pimps” (a man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking part of their earnings in return). Because prostitution is illegal, people can’t report when someone decides to not pay

     So where do these pimps find their workers? They look for troubled youth. Girls who are from troubled families and are desperate for attention. They look for someone who did not have a stable family life because of drug abuse, divorce, or abuse. Girls from these type of situations are easy to approach and are surprisingly naïve and gullible. They are brainwashed by the promises of a good life. They are promised money and nice things; things they did not have while they are growing up. Once they get into the business they are shocked to

Prostitution is the act of trading sex for some form of profit, usually monetary. Many women are often “owned” by a procurer, often referred to as a pimp, that takes a portion of their earnings, brings them their clientele, and offers protection from the girls’ Johns, the men that use their services, among other things. Though the procurer is supposed to protect the girls, he or she often abuses them. The act in and of itself is seen as morally wrong, but the sinister activities that frequently surround those involved in prostitution make matters much worse. Drugs, violence, and even human trafficking are often associated with the solicitation of sex.