Human trafficking has always been around in the world. From exporting slaves in Egypt and Africa to coercing girls to become sex slaves, human trafficking has been labeled with different names, yet falls under the general topic of human trafficking. Forced prostitution is a subtopic of human trafficking, and can impact any number of men, women, and children throughout the world. People are coerced or unwillingly forced to do sexual acts for money and can be beaten or even killed if there is not enough money coming in. Although they are forced to do these acts, the law system believes that they are criminals and will sentence even a child for prostitution. If a man, woman, or child is forced to do something they do not consent with, THEY are
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Just like the turn of the 20th century, people today see prostitutes in a very negative way, almost in anger. They believe prostitutes break up marriages, relationships, and shouldn’t be on their own streets. Suzy Favor Hamilton, former olympian track-and-field star, talks about her ordeal and what happened when society found out about her double life, saying “‘I had so much hate mail in the beginning. The worst one was somebody telling me that I should kill myself. And when you’re getting this mail and you’re getting told by society how awful a person you are, it was sinking in’” (Capretto 3).(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/suzy-favor-hamilton-double-life_us_57b737c9e4b0b51733a3216f) People who didn’t even know her sent her death threats, saying that her life was not meaningful enough to keep going. Society never always hated prostitution but ever since the beginning of the 20th century, it has been condemned to almost a ‘mortal sin’ to the opposition side--these being the people who believe all forms of prostitution are wrong. Janice Crouse wrote an article on the topic, and she states within that “Nor does legalization end corruption -- laissez-faire Amsterdam closed one-third of their legal brothels because of ties to organized crime while acknowledging that the illegal brothels are thriving outside the official zone” (1). So although Amsterdam had legalized prostitution, many of the legal …show more content…
This man in Ocala, Florida forced a woman (and later was found to have forced multiple women) to sell her body for money. This man was able to cross borders and hurt these multiple women in different counties, and even different states, all in the name of getting a little extra cash. He branded these poor women and made them give him all their earnings, which was at one point $1,500 a week. (http://www.wftv.com/news/local/ocala-man-accused-of-selling-woman-forcing-her-into-prostitution-across-florida/479388183) This accusation occured only about 1,100 miles from where I’m from. To think that a man (or woman) could come to the state in which a person lives in, take them from their home, work, or place of happiness, and traumatize them forever, is sickening in my head, my stomach, and my heart. This article was about the catching of the criminal at hand--or rather the pimp being arrested instead of the prostitute. But sometimes the media can get things backwards, causing the victims to be picked out even before they know what happened.(http://www.inquisitr.com/3886687/backpage-adult-section-forced-closure-is-a-human-rights-violation/). This article talks about the website www.BackPage.com and how it was forced down due to the constant pressure from creditcard companies. Reason for this pressure? Backpage had actually created a link for both consensual and forced prostitution. This
Just like the turn of the 20th century, people today see prostitutes in a very negative way, almost in anger. They believe prostitutes break up marriages, relationships, and shouldn’t be on their own streets. Suzy Favor Hamilton, former olympian track-and-field star, talks about her ordeal and what happened when society found out about her double life, saying “‘I had so much hate mail in the beginning. The worst one was somebody telling me that I should kill myself. And when you’re getting this mail and you’re getting told by society how awful a person you are, it was sinking in’” (Capretto 3).(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/suzy-favor-hamilton-double-life_us_57b737c9e4b0b51733a3216f) People who didn’t even know her sent her death threats, saying that her life was not meaningful enough to keep going. Society never always hated prostitution but ever since the beginning of the 20th century, it has been condemned to almost a ‘mortal sin’ to the opposition side--these being the people who believe all forms of prostitution are wrong. Janice Crouse wrote an article on the topic, and she states within that “Nor does legalization end corruption -- laissez-faire Amsterdam closed one-third of their legal brothels because of ties to organized crime while acknowledging that the illegal brothels are thriving outside the official zone” (1). So although Amsterdam had legalized prostitution, many of the legal …show more content…
This man in Ocala, Florida forced a woman (and later was found to have forced multiple women) to sell her body for money. This man was able to cross borders and hurt these multiple women in different counties, and even different states, all in the name of getting a little extra cash. He branded these poor women and made them give him all their earnings, which was at one point $1,500 a week. (http://www.wftv.com/news/local/ocala-man-accused-of-selling-woman-forcing-her-into-prostitution-across-florida/479388183) This accusation occured only about 1,100 miles from where I’m from. To think that a man (or woman) could come to the state in which a person lives in, take them from their home, work, or place of happiness, and traumatize them forever, is sickening in my head, my stomach, and my heart. This article was about the catching of the criminal at hand--or rather the pimp being arrested instead of the prostitute. But sometimes the media can get things backwards, causing the victims to be picked out even before they know what happened.(http://www.inquisitr.com/3886687/backpage-adult-section-forced-closure-is-a-human-rights-violation/). This article talks about the website www.BackPage.com and how it was forced down due to the constant pressure from creditcard companies. Reason for this pressure? Backpage had actually created a link for both consensual and forced prostitution. This