Modern day trafficking is a type of slavery that involves the transport or trade of people for the purpose of work. “Not all slaves are trafficked, but all trafficking victims are victims of slavery” (Soroptimist 2012). Human sex trafficking is a major issue that affects women and girls, whether they went into the trafficking voluntarily or not.
As we all know human sex trafficking is happening more and more in the world today. The human trafficking industry makes about $32 billion yearly to transport or to trade people for work (Soroptimist 2012). According to the U.N., about 2.5 million people around the world are ensnared in the web of human trafficking at any given time (Soroptimist 2012). The two videos I chose are about one woman by the name of Kendall who says her parents conceived her to sell her into human sex trafficking. The only time Kendall met her birth parents, they told her she should appreciate what they did for her and that it was the best thing for her. Kendall’s owner also told her that the reason she was conceived was for him. Kendall did not chose this life but there are some that chose it …show more content…
And additional numbers of women and girls are trafficked within countries. Germany even tried passing a law to legalize prostitution in hopes of cutting down on human sex trafficking but it did not work (Spiegel 2013). Experts and aid organizations estimate that there are up to 200,000 working prostitutes in the country (Spiegel 2013). Kendall is not alone in her situation at all, there is another young girl named Alina. Her story is a little different because she chose to go there with a friend but was lied to about what really happened there. She was put in a brothel and given no freedom. She was made to have sex with more than one man at a time, even during menstruation, she would use sponges in hopes that customers would not
As we all know human sex trafficking is happening more and more in the world today. The human trafficking industry makes about $32 billion yearly to transport or to trade people for work (Soroptimist 2012). According to the U.N., about 2.5 million people around the world are ensnared in the web of human trafficking at any given time (Soroptimist 2012). The two videos I chose are about one woman by the name of Kendall who says her parents conceived her to sell her into human sex trafficking. The only time Kendall met her birth parents, they told her she should appreciate what they did for her and that it was the best thing for her. Kendall’s owner also told her that the reason she was conceived was for him. Kendall did not chose this life but there are some that chose it …show more content…
And additional numbers of women and girls are trafficked within countries. Germany even tried passing a law to legalize prostitution in hopes of cutting down on human sex trafficking but it did not work (Spiegel 2013). Experts and aid organizations estimate that there are up to 200,000 working prostitutes in the country (Spiegel 2013). Kendall is not alone in her situation at all, there is another young girl named Alina. Her story is a little different because she chose to go there with a friend but was lied to about what really happened there. She was put in a brothel and given no freedom. She was made to have sex with more than one man at a time, even during menstruation, she would use sponges in hopes that customers would not