Lux Alptraum: Article Analysis

The adult services ads on the internet offer an accessible means for the commercial sexual exploitation of children, but the truth is that the demand for sex with underage girls precedes the technology. Closing down such avenues may temporarily interfere with business, yet the industry of selling children for sex continues as long as there are buyers. (Axtell, pg.2) According to the U.S. Department of Justice, human trafficking is the second fastest growing criminal industry- just behind drug trafficking. Approximately half of all victims are children. (Axtell, par.2) The buyers have it made so easy when they can just go online and purchase their girl of choice. The internet has black market pages for buying humans, but most are only open for a certain number of hours then deleted completely. Websites such as Backpage and Craigslist are monitored but not all are captured. Backpage accounts for about 70 percent of America’s prostitution ads (many placed by consenting adults who are not trafficked), according to the AIM Group, a trade organization. Backpage cooperates with police to screen out ads for underage girls. (Times, par. 9) With all of these portals being available it makes capturing some of the sick people out there buying their own kind close to impossible. Craigslist used to have an erotic section but it was removed from the page after the infamous “craigslist killer” case. However, there is a personal section

The author describes the impending the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on whether current Canadian prostitution laws are putting female sex workers at risk for violence and murder. These laws can change the ability to do sex work in Canada, as prostitution itself is not illegal but the Supreme Court may direct certain bans if voted in. This paper reveals the laws are mainly aimed to protect women against harm since a year before Robert Pickton murdered many female sex workers in British Columbia. Then Fine’s paper address policies about sex workers and if it is helping or violating workers rights. Fine’s article includes a diverse array of perspective on this issue, as he presents that there isn’t a clear resolution when it comes to

According to Casselle & Cramer (2008), this article talk about moral panics where girls use type of communication technologies being not common. Their discussion try to draw comparison between today’ girls fear and using the internet, mainly from websites, and

Six years ago I went on vacation to Hawaii. While visiting, I quickly noticed the large quantities of tall women with twelve-inch heels on. However, the police casually walked by these women, even though the women clearly stood out as prostitutes. Although prostitution is illegal in Hawaii, the normality of

In the article, “could you become a mean meme?” by Kristen Lewis informs readers of the advantages and disadvantages of social media, as well as how to be smart with privacy. Did you know that whatever you do on internet you are being watch in some way? Social media is

The conversation of both the legalization and the prohibition of prostitution in Canada has become a controversy in today’s society. Research has provided information that shows the legalization of prostitution is a benefit to society and sex workers all around with examples of employment rights, healthier workers and the

Lewchuk, commences by presenting the challenging of the constitutionality of Canada’s adult prostitution offences the Downtown East Side Sex Workers United Against Violence Society (SWUAV), and Sheryl Kiselbach have been proponing. She continues by supporting that decriminalizing prostitution will indeed improve the lives of sex workers lives. This, in turn,

AJ Weber Mrs. Fuerholzer AP Seminar 10 November 2015 Do the Benefits of Social Media Outweigh the Risks? There is much controversy over whether or not the risks of social media outweigh the benefits. While it can be used for numerous types of criminal activity, it can also be used to stop these crimes and other criminals. Just a few examples of occurrences that can negatively affect or even inflict physical harm on people through social media usage include things such as cyberbullying, sexual predation, robbery, etc. These things can permanently affect people’s lives or even, in some cases, kill them. Given these risks, there are also many strategies the police utilize to catch criminals, which would not be possible without social media. So, which is it? Does the amount of predators or cyberbullies online and on social media give ample enough reason to consider social media more help than harm, or are there enough good things that result from social media usage to consider social media a valuable asset? Social media can be used as a tool in law enforcement, but there are too many negative factors, like crime and cyberbullying, that were directly caused by social media to consider it much of an asset.

With the development of social networking sites, chat rooms, and other web based communication sites, cyber-sex trafficking has hit record highs. According to “What is Sex trafficking” (2015), sex trafficking occurs when a person uses force, fraud, or coercion for a commercial sex act with either an adult or a child (“What is Sex Trafficking,” 2015). Sex trafficking is not only limited to women and girls, this heinous crime also affects males and young boys. Sex trafficking is a vicious cycle that incorporates the trafficker, the victim, and the buyer. The victim is the adult or child being brought into the sex trafficking ring. The trafficker lures the victim in often by promises of a better life and the buyer is the criminal who purchases

Traffickers and pimps are looking for vulnerable, “at risk” young girls to come join the black market of sex trafficking. Whether this means the girls are in a foster care system, a group home, an already abusive home situation, or simply living in a family below the poverty line and struggling to make ends meet. These types of victims are easy to convince that a life of prostitution which seemingly offers protection and opportunities is what they deserve. Before the widespread use of the internet, traffickers had to send out pimps to “scope out” their potential victims, gather information, and determine whether or not they fit the criteria of the black market. But with the rise of the technological era and easily accessible personal info, traffickers simply require their pimps to scour online profiles, find vulnerable targets, and send out a message or set up an online ad that appeals to their

It allows for questioning LGBTQ youth to be able to find countless and countless of information regarding their sexual identity, they are able to use social media to find and make close friends and able to make a difference in lives of other LGBTQ that could use the support. Social media, like a double edged sword, can be helpful in one way but dangerous in the next. All depends on the intent of the person handling

In line with sexual exploitation, different sources have cited that the internet and online platforms provide traffickers with the platforms to advertise massage parlors and escort services to a wide audience (Farquet et al. 302; Limoncelli 73). To this extent, the traffickers can reach a considerable number of individuals willing to buy the commercial sex services offered by women trafficked from a different part of the world. Equally, empirical evidence shows that technology often provides adequate means of reaching obscure target audiences, including pedophiles looking to have access to young girls, people with extreme sexual desires, and those individuals interested in child pornography. Since most of the people within these target audience often fear to express their desire publicly, they exploit their desire privately through the internet. In the end, the increased interactions between traffickers and these

Slavery is a modern, pervasive problem. Human trafficking has been found in every state in America (humantrafficking.org). It seems that most Americans likely live within a comfortable drive of someone who is being exploited through human trafficking. There is a growing trend in human trafficking toward sexual exploitation (Bennetts, 2011). The Information Age has helped to create new opportunities for sex trafficking to flourish.

Sexual favours in return for money, just the thought of this has people cringing, although laws have deemed to move forward with the idea of prostitution it seems although socially there has not been much progress. The idea of prostitution still scares, or one could even go as far to

While many people put off and ignore the issue of social media and its downfalls, others say that people should think about how our lives are being affected by this advancement in technology, including, lack of human contact and precious time being lost due to consumption with social media. Social media is currently a highly controversial topic in which numerous people have mixed feelings. Society has typically viewed new advancements in technology as beneficial and a sign of success within their country. But, has it solely caused successful outcomes, or are there downfalls to these advancements?