In an Interview with Vibe Magazine, Nicki stated, “When I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly. The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot… and I thought that to have the success they got; I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing”, this is the perfect example of the hypodermic needle theory at work. As Nicki Minaj grew up, her inspirations were Foxy Brown and Lil Kim. Nicki Minaj was also a passive watcher, as she watched all her favourite artists perform and talk about women in a degrading way. The affects of this on Nicki was she also became thinking like a woman who had no respect.
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
Sex trafficking, particularly that of children, has become a growing concern in the United States over the past several decades (Kotrla, 2010). By definition, child sex trafficking is “when a child (under 18 years of age) is induced to perform a commercial sex act” (U.S., 2013, para. 4), and
The author of this book gives an in-depth explanation as to why many people today still do not view human trafficking as slavery. Because of mainstream influence, society assumes only females that are uneducated, poor, or in prostitution are trafficked. In reality, young children or teenagers who are kidnapped and
Human Trafficking is the illegal movement of people, typically for the purpose of forced labor or commercial sexual abuse. Traffickers use violence, threats, deception, debt bondage, and other manipulative tactics to force people into this business (Polaris, 2016). It is worldwide, ran and participated in by many, and brings in approximately $150 billion and involves 161 countries, annually (Polaris, 2016). Kids and teenagers are obsessed with phones and other electronics, but do they really know who they are talking and giving personal information to?
Introduction Ronald Weitzer states that human sex trafficking is defined as “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for a commercial sex act.”
Oftentimes when people hear the term human sex trafficking, they think of heinous acts that take place in other countries where adults, children, girls and boys are exploited to perform sexual acts in exchange for money or goods against their will. They think it typically occurs in places that
This type of high-scale prostitution is slavery in its own right, with the young adults essentially victims of their situation. One account reported by ABC News shares that a young sugar baby is engaging in sex with her sugar daddy in order to pay for her college (Monte & Tommy, 2014). While it is considered advantageous by both parties, it is no different than the corner prostitution prominent across the nation- the victim needs a source of income and there is an individual willing to provide just that at quite the cost. Pornography, sugaring, and their close connection to the field of prostitution are not just about sex. Rather, they are all about the exploitation of sex, which at its very core, is modern day
“When I stop calling their music garbage I began to listen and find commonalities between the methods of their music and mine. To me the music share the same anger, frustration, fears, and romanticize yet critical observations of black and brown communities feel with drugs, guns, and violence.” Page 5 Absent of this description is the important role that sex plays in the music and communities of the six young girls in the study. The cost of selling sex is African-American females being viewed as sexual objects thus suffering from sexual harassment, rape, and sexual assault. page 47
As humans dehumanize one another, sex trafficking is constantly evolving. The primary targets of sex trafficking are young girls and women, who are given opportunities by wealthy men. Young girls are taken from their families and put into a society where they do not fit in. They are unaware of
Julia Muraszkiewicz argues in her article, “Can Apps Prevent Human Trafficking” on Project Syndicate, that apps should be used in the prevention of the illegal act of human trafficking. The writer begins her article by analyzing the forms in which technology are currently being used for preventive measures. She refers to technology as the “double-edged sword”. Moreover, the meaning of this phrase is that technology such as mobile phones, instant messaging, are already being used by human traffickers for recruitment purposes. Thus, she argues if technology can be used to help the attackers, then it must also be used in counter efforts to prevent the increase of victims. Muraszkiewicz then continues on to depict how apps can play a fundamental
Sex Trafficking Research Paper Theresa Flores, a girl from Detroit, was 15 years old when a boy she had a crush on from school offered her a ride home. Instead of taking her home he brought her back to his house where he insisted she come in. Red flags went off
Human sex trafficking as defined by the United States Department of health and human services is force pertains to the physical restraint or serious physical harm that traffickers use to obtain and maintain control. According to Chesnay (2013), methods of force are typically used to break down the victim’s spirit. Examples of force as a means of control include rape, physical violence, intimidation, physical & confinement and restricted freedom (Williamson & Prior, 2009; Zimmerman et al., 2008). Furthermore, social justice issue of human sex trafficking in children is a global form of oppression that places children at risk for sexual exploitation. Knowing that good research questions must be clear, focused, concise, complex, and arguably.
One day, her boyfriend claims they need money for food and that is when she is introduced to prostitution and starts working for a Romeo pimp (Trafficked Teen Girls, 2010). Romeo pimps are human traffickers who often attract young girls for the purpose of exploiting them later (Abolish Child Sex Trafficking, 2015). Romeo pimps tend to use psychological manipulation as the central means of control (Abolish Child Sex Trafficking, 2015). To explain, Romeo pimps come into the lives of the adolescents through comfortable locales or social media platforms to get to know the child’s vulnerabilities as well as to become the person the child desires in their life (Abolish Child Sex Trafficking, 2015). Once they gain the trust and love of the individual, the exploitation begins and the child is usually unable to withheld from their partner’s demands since he/she trusts them and feel life without them is unthinkable. Thus, the children are deceived into committing sexual and illegal acts as the pimps are psychologically manipulating them into believing these acts are done for love when in reality they are collecting money from these acts for their own advantages. In conclusion, due to emotional susceptibilities, traffickers are easily able to wield and influence
The Minister for Justice blames the individuals who pay for sex for "bearing duty regarding the lives stolen by [human] trafficking" ("Prostitute-clients in charge of 'lives stolen by trafficking'", October eighteenth). Human trafficking is attempted with the end goal of providing constrained work in the sex exchange as well as