Slavery is the condition of harsh labor and forbidden freedom that has existed for many centuries. Throughout history slavery was in a variety of different forms. Slavery was selling people to the wealthy. It was a form of trade for people to have someone to do the dirty work for them. It came to the point where people didn’t want to do this, and they were just kidnapped off the streets and taken away from the rest of the world into this unpleasant environment. Today, these forms of slavery have become worse into the darkest possible forms they could ever be. Human trafficking is one of the evil ways into which slavery is committed. “A $32 billion annual industry, modern day trafficking is a type of slavery that involves the transport of people for the purpose of work,” claims the Soroptimist …show more content…
Traffickers aren’t affected because they don’t have to do anything. They should be the ones to have problems to face, and not these young girls who didn’t do anything wrong. “Victims of sex trafficking are likely exposed to adverse conditions that can negatively affect their physical, mental, and emotional health. Physically, victims are particularly susceptible to sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, syphilis, urinary tract infections, pubic lice, and AIDS,” proclaims authors Neha Deshpande and Nawal Nour. The damage of these physical effects stays with a person for the rest of their life. Deshpande and Nour also exclaim, “Victims of sex trafficking may face moderate to severe psychological trauma from daily mental, emotional, and psychological abuse and torture. Post-traumatic stress disorder, acute anxiety, and depression are all common psychological issues among sex industry workers.” Concluding, effects in all forms are permanent and don’t disappear in the snap of a finger. It takes years upon years to get back to a trustworthy