Prostitution in Nevada

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Human trafficking is modern day slavery. Someone comes and takes you, they make you do things against your will. YOU are their slave. The Polaris Project is here to help. The Polaris Project is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to prevent modern-day slavery, also known as human trafficking. They operate the National Human Trafficking Resource Center which serves as a national hotline on human…

Hemmed in Despair “I’ve been held down like a piece of meat while monsters disguised as men violated me again and again.” –Gladys Lawson, Blood Borne Connections In the United States alone there is 2,085 reported sex trafficking cases ranging from females and males, U.S. Citizens and Foreigners, and lastly adults and minors becoming victims of sex trafficking (). These are only the ones that have been set on record noncumulative, there still many victims out there who are currently entering,…

Every person has different characteristics and dreams. Many people have a desire to become productive, and have a fantastic job, house, car, and family. Others have a goal to help other people like Jacqueline Novogratz, the author of The Blue Sweater. Novogratz was a young woman who was a banker and has a dream and unique personality. There are three main characteristics that make Jacqueline Novogratz unique: she is compassionate, driven, and patient. First, Novogratz is a…

a choice in what work they can acquire as they easily become victims of trafficking either when seeking aid to acquire employment or answering to job ads for positions abroad, only to realize that they are prevented from leaving and forced into prostitution and sexual slavery. Other women may go abroad knowing that they will work in the industry, but are oblivious of the harsh work conditions and violence that are involved in the trafficking business. Traffickers are easily able to take…

TRANSITIONS Henceforth, nudity has been portrayed in the form of art for many years and even has been censored such as the Nude Maja, the Sistine Chapel, and the Statue of David which is uncensored. The Nude Maja portrays a nude woman reclined on a bed of pillows, seductively facing the viewers. The painting is unusual to Western Classical paintings due to her pubic hair shown. Francisco Goya created another painting exactly like the Nude Maja however, she was clothed after the outrage in…

During World War II, about 200,000 women from Korea were forced to be sex slaves for Japanese soldiers. I chose this topic because I feel many people do not know these brute facts about Korean women. These Korean women that were tortured physically and physiologically deserve for their story to be told and to be known. Comfort women were derived in order to supply comfort to the Japanese military men. South Korean women were taken to Japanese military stations also called comfort stations in…

After watching the Red Umbrella Diaries, I saw some differences of how people are portrayed in the sexual marketplace for example like in media and news. Mass media illustrates sex workers as people who are slutty, dirty and do not have respect for themselves. Furthermore, there are stereotypes of the kind of people that get into the sex industry there viewed as people who are low-income, uneducated and looking to have erotic experiences. In addition, the sexual marketplace is seen as an…

Often, they would even eat naked together after their sessions of love making. No matter how romantic or how many times they had sex, it was still considered prostitution because Nigromanta would always make sure he would pay. Even during the times Aureliano did not have money, she would still make note that he needed to pay her back. Whati s interesting about this process is that she did not make written note about…

to sex trafficking and forced labor”(2014 Trafficking in Persons Report)”. With Argentina being a “destination country” for forced labor, illegal immigration, and drug trafficking, many of the same gang related crimes including drug trafficking, prostitution, and illegal immigration, are linked to human trafficking cases, with 70 percent of drug trafficking cases being linked to human trafficking case, according to figures reported by the newspaper; La Nacion. These links between these cases…

The time period in which this painting was created was rampant with prostitution so it’s not really a surprise that it became a subject that artist took interest in. Degas was one such painter that found the life of prostitutes interesting enough to capture. Although the artwork inspired by this subject matter was never displayed it was something that he seemed very invested in creating. The unique thing about Degas’s depictions of these women is how un-idealized these women seem. While other…