History
Women and children have been exposed to sex trafficking for many years (Hughes, 1999). It became a political problem in the early 1900s (Hughes, 1999). When a female was without proper protection, she could have been enslaved into sex trafficking back then and the same precaution remains today (Hughes, 2013). Sex trafficking, was devised in the 1980’s when female advocates were rioting on the selling of women and girls in prostitution and pornography (Hughes, 2013).
Definitions
Sex trafficking is defined as enslaving a person for different sexual activity, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2015). Victims can come from all social classes, ethnicity, and sex (CDC, 2015). Sex trafficking is a broad network but is commonly involved in young people below the age of 18 (CDC, 2015). A massive …show more content…
This guy is called a “John” or a “Pimp” who showers his prospects with gifts and deceitful promises (Frundt, 2005). The female is then so comfortable with this new lifestyle that she doesn’t realize that it is all a trap. Gifts turn into abuse and family and friends turn into strangers (Polaris Project, 2015). The popular age of entering this industry is 14-16 years of age, according to Shared Hope International (SHI, 2015). Once adolescent females are forced into sex trafficking they have a goal to reach every night to satisfy the pimp (Polaris Project, 2015). The goal is to come back to the pimp with $500 to $1000 or more (Polaris Project, 2015). If the goal is not reached by the deadline of that night, the female is beaten and then has to go back out and try to make the goal before returning back “home” (Frundt, 2005). Many people wonder if they had chances to leave, why they didn’t take it (Frundt, 2005). For, instance asking a child that was captured why they didn’t try to escape (Frundt,
Women and children have been exposed to sex trafficking for many years (Hughes, 1999). It became a political problem in the early 1900s (Hughes, 1999). When a female was without proper protection, she could have been enslaved into sex trafficking back then and the same precaution remains today (Hughes, 2013). Sex trafficking, was devised in the 1980’s when female advocates were rioting on the selling of women and girls in prostitution and pornography (Hughes, 2013).
Definitions
Sex trafficking is defined as enslaving a person for different sexual activity, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2015). Victims can come from all social classes, ethnicity, and sex (CDC, 2015). Sex trafficking is a broad network but is commonly involved in young people below the age of 18 (CDC, 2015). A massive …show more content…
This guy is called a “John” or a “Pimp” who showers his prospects with gifts and deceitful promises (Frundt, 2005). The female is then so comfortable with this new lifestyle that she doesn’t realize that it is all a trap. Gifts turn into abuse and family and friends turn into strangers (Polaris Project, 2015). The popular age of entering this industry is 14-16 years of age, according to Shared Hope International (SHI, 2015). Once adolescent females are forced into sex trafficking they have a goal to reach every night to satisfy the pimp (Polaris Project, 2015). The goal is to come back to the pimp with $500 to $1000 or more (Polaris Project, 2015). If the goal is not reached by the deadline of that night, the female is beaten and then has to go back out and try to make the goal before returning back “home” (Frundt, 2005). Many people wonder if they had chances to leave, why they didn’t take it (Frundt, 2005). For, instance asking a child that was captured why they didn’t try to escape (Frundt,