“There was a middle-aged guy in the living room that wanted to take advantage of a 15-year-old girl. “ “One day I was like, I can’t do this no more. I was in pain. I had sex with almost 40 guys in one day, and I was so tired and I said I can’t do this no more.” These quotes are attributed to victims of sex trafficking. Sex trafficking, the exploitation of women and children is a growing atrocity worldwide but it can be stopped through awareness and law enforcement intervention. Sex trafficking is another term for modern day slavery. It is a vile and heinous crime; it is the scourge of the mankind, and a gross abuse of human rights. It should shame us all as human beings.
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Victims are also promised a better life, educational opportunity, and marriage. Some are tricked into it by being offered jobs as waitresses or assistants. There are still some though that are sole into trafficking by neighbors, friends, boyfriends, or even parents. ( Soroptimist 2) The traffickers study the victims so they know their vulnerabilities and weaknesses. The trafficker preys on girls who don’t have a father to deceive them into thinking they will fulfill that role. The victims get attached to their captors because they long for that father figure in their …show more content…
She wanted someone to be like a father to her, he quickly became a father figure. She was made fun of in school and just wanted a friend. He told her that he needed her help to make money and asked if she would sleep with one man but he started adding more. She was upset about it at first but he would make her feel special. She started being sold to dozens a day, would have to meet then in motel rooms or back of barbershops. One day she was forced to have sex with 40guys in one day and she tried to leave but her trafficker threatened her with a gun. She has her GED and a job, also a tattoo that says free to be me. ( CNN 1-3) Debbie was a fifteen year old girl, in an air-force family in suburban Phoenix. Her friend Bianca called and asked to stop by her house. She was kidnapped from her own driveway with her mother inside. She was wearing her pajamas. She drove up in a Cadillac with two older men. “I went to give her a hug and that’s when she pushed me in the car,” Debbie told primetime. One of the men told Bianca to tie her up and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t comply. They driver around Phoenix for hours and then was taken to an apartment twenty-five miles away from her home. She was drugged by her captors and then other men were brought into the room. ( ABC News 1-2)
Sex trafficking is a huge problem that not only affects the America but most countries worldwide. Many say sex trafficking
Sex trafficking is the exploitation of women and children across international …show more content…
Victims are also promised a better life, educational opportunity, and marriage. Some are tricked into it by being offered jobs as waitresses or assistants. There are still some though that are sole into trafficking by neighbors, friends, boyfriends, or even parents. ( Soroptimist 2) The traffickers study the victims so they know their vulnerabilities and weaknesses. The trafficker preys on girls who don’t have a father to deceive them into thinking they will fulfill that role. The victims get attached to their captors because they long for that father figure in their …show more content…
She wanted someone to be like a father to her, he quickly became a father figure. She was made fun of in school and just wanted a friend. He told her that he needed her help to make money and asked if she would sleep with one man but he started adding more. She was upset about it at first but he would make her feel special. She started being sold to dozens a day, would have to meet then in motel rooms or back of barbershops. One day she was forced to have sex with 40guys in one day and she tried to leave but her trafficker threatened her with a gun. She has her GED and a job, also a tattoo that says free to be me. ( CNN 1-3) Debbie was a fifteen year old girl, in an air-force family in suburban Phoenix. Her friend Bianca called and asked to stop by her house. She was kidnapped from her own driveway with her mother inside. She was wearing her pajamas. She drove up in a Cadillac with two older men. “I went to give her a hug and that’s when she pushed me in the car,” Debbie told primetime. One of the men told Bianca to tie her up and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t comply. They driver around Phoenix for hours and then was taken to an apartment twenty-five miles away from her home. She was drugged by her captors and then other men were brought into the room. ( ABC News 1-2)
Sex trafficking is a huge problem that not only affects the America but most countries worldwide. Many say sex trafficking