Sex Trafficking A History That Trafficking

Nothing drives emotions out the window more than hearing about innocent children being used for sex. In Cambodia, sex trafficking has grown into a troublesome issue. Sex trafficking has become one of the fastest growing crimes occurring internationally. It is the third largest crime-business in the world, after drugs and arms trafficking. Women, girls, and even men and boys are victims of the billion-dollar sex trafficking industry. Sex trafficking occurs everywhere, and it is not culturally specific, but a gender specific issue. There are numerous cases of sex trafficking within Cambodia, however child sex trafficking is extremely captivating and distressing to learn about.

Boyd, Danah. "How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags." HuffingtonPost.com, 6 Sept. 2010, www.huffingtonpost.com/danah-boyd/how-censoring-craigslist-_b_706789.html. Accessed 25 Mar. 2017. This Huffington Post article not only discusses the internet's affect on human sex trafficking and sexual abuse, but focuses on the impact that "Craigslist" has had on the black market of sex trafficking and prostitution. Author Danah Boyd writes about her research into sexual abuse and how she believes that the censorship placed onto Craigslist has become more of a help rather than a hindrance for sex traffickers and pimps to find victims.

I mainly just picked sex trafficking in the United States because this is a ‘Dear America” presentation. I do acknowledge that this is happening every where in the world and that this is a universal crises, I just wanted to focus on the U.S since a lot of people are not aware that this is still happening here, just like over seas. Since 2016, there has been human trafficking has rose to 35.7 percent according to UPI.com. There was a total of more than 26,000 calls on the trafficking hotline. According to UPI, the National Human Trafficking Hotline stated "Left unchecked, human trafficking will continue to flourish in environments where traffickers can reap substantial monetary gains with relatively low risk of getting caught or losing

Human trafficking is the sell and extortion of a human being and their rights. In our paper, we will cover why human trafficking is disobedient towards our country and its morals. Not only does the United States of America go against human trafficking but also many other countries. Human trafficking is okay because people want to leave their home countries for many reasons such as poverty, dictatorship, along with other reasons, but is considered abuse, slavery and prostitution; human trafficking is immoral to us.

Sex Trafficking is a global phenomenon defined most often as the trade in women and children using force, fraud or coercion to cause a commercial sex act. Prostitution, pornography and sexual performance that is committed in exchange for money, drugs, shelter, food or clothes is defined as a commercial sex act. Sex Trafficking has a firm grip as a multi-million dollar production, recently skyrocketing with the modern era of technology that allows the business to become even more elusive and harder to track. We’ve all heard of the terminology, but how many of us actually know what sex trafficking entails? January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention

When one thinks of slavery in America, Often times we assume slavery in America ended in 1865 when The Civil War ended and The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States (“ History of slavery in America”, 2013). Truth be told, modern day slavery still very much exists in America; we now call it “Human trafficking”. Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing criminal industries today, while there is not an exact number of how many people are being trafficked in the United States, the Polaris project for a world without slaves writes,

Listening to the horrifying survival stories of young sex trafficking victims in countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is sure to strike a nerve, but the idea of modern-day slavery happening closer to home is unthinkable. Although traffickers are not the first thing that cross a parent's mind when dropping their daughter off at the mall, they are more prevalent in our first world society than many may assume, and often go unnoticed in the United States. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights established a list of basic rights entitled to all humans, but unfortunately, traffickers disregard these rights when luring vulnerable young girls to work for them (“What is the Universal”). Nonprofit organizations,

A young girl from Nepal, filled with hopes and dreams, moves to America. She, like anyone who moves to the United States, wishes to get a job and start earning money. (Transition) A family friend provides her the transportation she needs to get to America and sets her up with a job in the new country. She arrives in America and meets her employer. Unknowingly, the young girl has been sold into slavery by her family friend in America. In that moment, her whole life turned upside down and her heart filled with fear. Everyday thousands of women, men, and children are sold into the sex industry and feel the same way as the young girl. (Transition)(explain the way she feels) The effects of sex trafficking are psychological

Sex trafficking is a form of modern day slavery and is an issue that is now plaguing the world. Those who are attempting to eliminate this horrific crime are realizing the important role of the Social Workers and are now beginning to understand the role they have in ensuring policies are created that focus not only on the criminals, but also on the supports systems needed to support the victims. There are many factors that contribute to this crime and I will examine a few and discuss ways organizations are attempting to overcome this crime.

Ronald Weitzer, Professor of Sociology at George Washington University, in his article “Sex Trafficking And The Sex Industry: The Need For Evidence Based Theory And Legislation,” states that sex trafficking is defined as “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.” Adults who sell sex with the help of someone, are not considered trafficking victims (1337). First, the important goal is to not eliminate trafficking but rather to eliminate prostitution (1344). Second, prostitution is said to “create the demand for trafficking”, but there is no reason why prostitution would “demand” trafficked participants if it is defined as involving deception or force with willing migrants, and why it could not extract from a local pool of workers instead (1344). For example, a few of Eastern European women who sell sex recruit their girlfriends in the home country to work with them. According to many writers and the government officials, sex trafficking has reached epidemic levels worldwide, victimizing “hundreds of thousands” or “millions” of people every year (1347). Third, claims regarding a growing worldwide epidemic are contradicted by the U.S. government’s own figures. For example,

Although human trafficking is being carried on from ancient times, there is very little information on when did it start. So, when did human trafficking start? There is a mixed response to it. Some people believe that human trafficking actually started in the 1700s when small children were exploited for work. Debates raged for years among feminists about “free” and “forced” prostitution, and whether or not all prostitution should be included in the definition of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is horrible. Many people believe that prostitution is apart of sex trafficking, it could be in a way, but also it is not. Prostitution the women are willingly selling their bodies and on the other hand sex trafficking the women are being kidnapped or tricked into thinking they will be in a better lifestyle.

Human trafficking subordinates fellow humans into degrading positions that devalue the quality of life. Every year, an estimated two million children worldwide are exploited through sex trafficking.(palm beach) In the modern world, it has become equivalent to slavery. Paradoxically, both hold the largest and smallest amount of slaves at one time in history. It holds the largest number of slaves at one time. However, it also has the smallest percentage of human population at one time. In those terms, both past and present slavery prove equally immoral to one another. In both cases humans work against their consent for profits obtained through violence and treats. The major difference between modern and past slavery is social acceptance. Today,

“Global human trafficking is big business” (Gale, Cengage Learning). This quote in of itself warrants a deep seated fear and revulsion. But it is also true. Human trafficking is not exactly a new thing; it is as old as humanity itself. That is why Prostitution is considered the world’s oldest profession because it has been around since the birth of humanity. Also, the following sentence quote shows the age of human trafficking. “What may surprise those who think of trafficking as a recent phenomenon, however, is that the introductory quotes are actually from reformers at an international anti-trafficking congress in 1899 (Limonelli).” The 2000

The image above helps illustrate this issue as it portrays the essence of how a human being is used and abused as a commodity as a result of the sex trafficking industry in the world. The bar code symbolizes various aspects of the capitalist world we live in. It represents a product, a good to be sold, traded, used and consumed. The bar code on the arm of a human being is degrading and shocking, but accurately reveals how a person’s self worth, dignity and rights are abused by the sex trafficking industry. The image reveals what happens when a trafficker uses a human body as its tool, sex toy or machine to make a profit.

“Sex-Trafficking” is a very complex and layered phenomenon. Critically evaluate some possible explanations for it's continued prevalence and seeming invincibility to regulation and control.