The nature of the relationship between sex trafficking and prostitution can be equally viewed as discrimination against women and children in their vulnerable social and economic well-being. The victims are viewed as commodities to sell and their economic survival from the acts they perform are subject acts of violence, abuse and stigma from the society they live in. Although the victims face equally challenging hardships, the relationship of sex trafficking and prostitution can be differentiated based on who has the rights to the body of the victim. The definition of sex trafficking is labeled as non-voluntary where the individual where victims are forced into and sold into the sex trade whereas prostitution allows the victim to act “voluntarily”
