Stockholm Syndrome’S Role In Exploitation. Life Threatening

As many Stockholm victims, Hearst begins to depend on her captors and trust them. The victims may feel the kidnappers are their only source of food, water and shelter. The kidnappers may use these privileges as a reward and punishment system. Depending on the abductor and how long he may keep the person, they also begin to develop feel for the victim. The kidnapper may also lie to the victim, tell them all their family is dead, they are not wanted or their family is no longer looking for them.

This documentary caught my attention right from the opening lines. People, in general, do not like to admit when they are wrong, so when the narrator began by claiming that the entire set of beliefs he had grown up with and lived his life by were wrong and “untrue” it made me stop and consider how that would affect a person. To have your entire way of thinking be proven invalid would be an unsettling situation to put it simply. I could not begin to imagine how that would feel, but I tried to keep this thought in mind as I continued with the rest of the documentary as it explored complex ideas involving education, employment, and obedience.

Roger Moore, a famous actor, once said: “The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.” Many people do not know this but yes, children are being forced to become children soldiers to this day, in other parts of the world. These kids become brainwashed and mind warped from the gore and the fact that they are being forced to kill living people. The reader learned more about the situation from the book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.

Victims under the control of a trafficker may have rehearsed answers. Counselors that have established a rapport with the student are more likely to recognize the inconsistencies. Coming to terms with the reality of the abuse can be a difficult hurdle for the victim. The counselor will have to overcome irrational beliefs as well as an unhealthy but intimate victim/abuser bond. Often the abuser is a family member, partner or someone they fear. Victims often display signs of Stockholm syndrome. A counselor with an empathic rapport with the student can successfully explore intense emotions, relationships and

Imagine a town full of content children getting an education, running around with friends and siblings in the field, and helping their mothers cook and clean in the house. Sadly one day, gunshots and screams echo throughout the whole town and the children are taken away from their families instantly and violently. There is nothing the parents can do about it. The children that were taken away are now not in control of their own lives and are forced to take other's lives. If the children are able to make it back home, people are able to see their fear, trauma, disabilities, and illnesses that have overpowered their childhood. Roughly 300,000 kids are turned into a soldier; around 100,000 boys and girls are from the Middle East (Mancini 34).

This report highlights the controversial issues regarding child solders recruited for combat in Iraq. There is a total of approximately 10 million child soldier in Iraq are involve in the terrorist organisation, Islamic State. Child soldier in the Islamic State are usually use as spies, messengers, lookouts or in propaganda. Throughout history, Iraqi children have been engaged in war as early as the Gulf War in 1991 as well as the Iran-Iraq war.

When kids join the violence many of them do not have parents or are losing their parents at a young age, the effect of this is they don't’ have a responsible figure to look up to and they now follow bad examples. An very striking piece of evidence said by Ishmael Beah is “ My troop leader was like my dad to me, I looked up to him.” This piece of evidence is very interesting because it goes to show that child soldiers are being given very poor examples of how to act and they are getting brainwashed. An example said previously that has two meanings to me is “ In some countries, hunger and poverty drive parents to sell their child into service.” This example found from New York Times is very fascinating due to is showing how child soldiers are not really wanted by their parents, this can be very negative on the child and can lead him dark thoughts such as having the urge to

Am here to talking about child soldiers how do they get the child soldiers hear let me tell you how they get them they kidnap them when they a little kid like ages around 7 to 9 and the people train them for war they train to kill other people some of the kids do drugs. Children are more easily manipulated than adult fighters. Many children will fight on the frontlines. Not all fight, they may be given jobs such as couriers. Girls are often forced into sexual slavery. Many are recruited by force stolen from their families and forced to fight. In some cases children are made to kill their relatives so they can never return home. Others join voluntarily, driven by poverty and the hope of a regular meal. These child soldiers are

Child Solders are a breach of Human Rights and is an issue in many countries. There are many organizations that try to help these kids, but unfortunately this trend is often looked past by people living in the developed world. This report will discuss the sad truths behind the use of child soldiers, where in the world they are predominantly used, and why this issue is worth all the attention, if not more attention.

(Vindevogel et al.,2011). , interview a boy Lira, that was abducted and was a child soldier at the age of 11. He told the story of how he became a child soldier, he explained how they would beat you with a hundred stick so that you would become “strong hearted”. (556) Afterwards, you would be considered a soldier, Lira was forced to kill about twenty people. He explained “There was a girl I came with from the same village and they forced me to kill her. It was difficult for me to reject, because if you reject they will kill you. So you do that to safeguard yourself ( Lira 557 )”.

Recruitment and use of children in war is one of the six grave violations against children in situations of conflict. Currently, there are over 300,000 child soldiers being exploited in battle, while six million have been gravely injured or are now permanently disabled. Additionally, there are about 20 million boys and girls that have been displaced and are refugees in surrounding countries due to the gross violations of conflict and human rights. The role of children in armed conflict is not restricted to direct participation in warfare, but includes boys and girls in support functions that ultimately are a bigger risk and hardship than combat.

The practice of conscripting children forcefully to soldiers is one of the most nefarious forms of slavery in the modern world. In the late 20th and early 21st century it was a rising conflict and a common occurrence in places such as Iran, Liberia, and Uganda. Human rights activists recognized that the use of child soldiers will increase in the near future, as well as involving the conflict of HIV/AIDS in these areas and the increase of the youth population. Children are enslaved, captured, and abused under the hired gun. They are forced to do certain tasks requested by whoever recruited them. Children are vulnerable and they can be manipulated easily. According to the article Background and History of Child soldiers “In Asia, the key recruiters

Stockholm Syndrome is a strange and exceedingly complex condition, most commonly seen in victims of a hostage situation, or similar experience. It is characterized by the victim developing positive empathy towards their ‘captor,’ and negative emotions towards others who seem like they are of help, such as doctors or police officers; another, lesser known, part of Stockholm Syndrome is the fact that the captor creates an emotional bond with their hostage as well. Rarely do the impacts of this disorder subside once the immediate danger has concluded, and often do they continue into years, and possibly decades of therapy.

Around 120,000 adolescent children are now engaged in conflicts throughout Africa (“Child Soldiers: An Overview” 4). In Sudan, for instance, thousands of children, some as young as 12, were recruited against their will into separatist and government groups (“Child Soldiers: An Overview” 5). Thousands more children have been enlisted into the armed forces throughout Asia and the Pacific. The most significant numbers are in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and recently, Cambodia. Myanmar, a country in Asia, has some of the most child soldiers throughout the world, with children being recruited into both non-government and government armed forces (“Child Soldiers: An Overview” 6). The number of child soldiers has been decreasing annually, but these children are still being taken against their will.

Another reason Oryx displays signs of Stockholm Syndrome is that she is not furious with any of her abductors. Rather than being furious, she flaunts that she is not weak and can withstand anything. As previously mentioned, hostages obey their kidnappers because they are unaware of the consequences. They want to do everything right to get their captors satisfaction in order to keep their life. Oryx got the satisfaction of Uncle En by doing exactly what he asked, and that caused her to fall in love with him. Atwood used dialogue between Jimmy and Oryx to describe how content Oryx was with her kidnappers. Atwood explained that Jimmy was annoyed with the story that Oryx was describing to him, and her story didn’t sit well with him. Jimmy stated