Sex industry

Does legalizing prostitution would make our community a better place to live in? Is prostitution still part of our modern society? As it said in the article “why prostitution should be legalized “ it establishes that prostitution has taken over their neighborhoods. They are in need of a change and the proposal of legalizing prostitution will be the best solution. The legalization of prostitution would prove to be a beneficial legal decision so there would be specific places for streetwalkers to…

women say they want to leave the business, but feel that they cannot due to a lack of food and money. If economic, psychological, basic need support, and safety can be provided, women involved in the industry may feel more comfortable leaving and getting back on their feet. The Local Situation Sex trafficking happens right down the street in Burlington, North…

you can help stop this horrific crime against the human rights. There are many free tools that are available to the general public to learn about helping to combat the Human Trafficking industry. We should learn to recognize victims, learn the different forms of trafficking, and learn how persons get trapped into sex or labor trafficking. Most importantly, you can spread awareness, by doing this; you are informing people of the real dangers hidden amongst our towns. Human Trafficking is at…

Firstly, There is child trafficking which is becoming more popular in the industry. Some of the things that children are getting sold for are adultery, beastiality, child grooming, child pornography, child prostitution, and forced labour. Secondly, sex trafficking is probably the most popular one that I’m going to talk about. Woman and children are forced into acts of prostitution. Thirdly, there is also labour…

The DOJ issued a warning stating that: “Among children and teens living on the streets in the United States, involvement in commercial sex activity is a problem of epidemic proportion” and claiming that “Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the U.S. today.” Yet, it is an epidemic that has gone largely overlooked and untreated. The truth is, there is no way to be sure how many are forced into prostitution every year here in America. The estimated figure is that…

Lois Lee, founder and president of “Children of the Night,” an organization that provides housing and educational services for sex trafficking victims, points out how the public relations campaigns to shut down websites like Craigslist or Backpage.com has simply pushed the industry further underground. Unlike Lois Lee, many people in the anti-trafficking industry consider the terms “prostitution” and “trafficking” to be synonymous; therefore, they want strong anti-prostitution laws. However,…

Many people are under the assumption that the fight for women’s rights is over. Readers are forced to confront the truth in Patricia McCormick’s book, Sold, wherein a young girl named Lakshmi is sold into the realm of sex slavery. The suffering and horrors faced by the girls in the brothels act as a rather unsavory eye opener to readers. In the brothel, women’s rights and equality exist solely as a dream. Basic human rights are not afforded to the women and girls. Poor treatment of the…

children even? There are many different types of human trafficking going on in the world, but I will only speak about two today. I will talk about sex trafficking, and forced labor. Sex trafficking can involve boys and girls of all age groups, being sold into prostitution or working to make a profit. When it comes to human trafficking, it mainly involves sex trafficking. This includes young girls running away from home at a very young age and running into some guy out on the streets that she…

According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, “Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world”( Nefarious: Merchants of Souls). The International Labour Organization states that more than 20 million people are victimized by trafficking each year. Human trafficking is a global issue. After attending a Ted talk held by the second years in the Honors College at Miami Dade, I researched the topic of human trafficking. During my research, one of the common…

Trafficked women are not often able to protect themselves and lack access to education about HIV/AIDS. According to Mary De Chesney “As customers tend to prefer sex without using condoms, it is not unusual for women to contract sexually transmitted infections. Beyrer and Stacho- Wiak talk about the direct health consequences of commercial sex as having increased risk of being exposed to STIs, HIV, and sexual trauma with the long-term consequences of such including…