August 7, 2011 JUS 110- Crime and Criminology Critical Feminist Theory VS Grauwiler and Mills A critical feminist views gender inequality as stemming from unequal power of men and women in a capitalist society, which leads to the exploitation of women by fathers and husbands. Under this system women are considered a commodity worth possessing like land or money. (Siegel 2010) In knowing this view we know that men feel that they have power over women since they are generally stronger they take advantage of this and try to control the women in their lives. Many times the control that they have over women is abusive. It is a known cultural difference that men usually dominate the world.
Sex trafficking is a much more serious crime than people think it is – a business of female empowerment that sell sexual services in exchange for money – when, however, it is an underground market of enslaved women forced into unwilling intercourse. Prostitution starts out at a fairly young age – ages 11-14 – where pimps use social media networks and blogs to befriend vulnerably young women. They’ll use seducing woos and flaunts to lure these girls in, comforting them with protection & care and buying them tangible desires. Seeing the point of view on sex trafficking from a prostitute as a victim – rather than a sex-worker – is one factor that change my view on sex trafficking. In the film, a turned-prostitute provides their life story as a former prostitute and how they were able to escape the slavery of sex trafficking.
Prostitution and Pimps: According to class lecture, why may a prostitute decide to use a pimp? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this relationship? What research method did the researchers use to study pimp-controlled prostitution? What does a relationship between a pimp and prostitute look like? How does it parallel abusive domestic relationships?
Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery and is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world (Human Trafficking into and within the united States: A Review of the Literature, 2013). The human trafficking it consists of recruitment, transporting, harboring or kidnapping of persons by means of threat, force, coercion abduction, or deception for the purposes of exploitation. This exploitation consist of, at a minimum of, prostitution of others forced labor or services, slavery or forms of, and the possible removal and selling of human organs (Human Trafficking into and within the united States: A Review of the Literature, 2013). The traffickers most often transport individuals to unfamiliar
They are either thrown out of the sex industry, killed or die from sickness and diseases. If the United States would safeguard its borders it would not only help minimize trafficking of women and children, but even slow down illegal immigrants. United States needs to persuade other governments that allow prostitution to make it illegal. In countries where prostitution is legalized, the trafficking of women and children is increased. Worldwide governments need to safeguard their borders to stop illegal trafficking of women and children who are forced into the sex industry.
The sex trade would not be such a thriving industry if there were not such a demand present. It may be suggested that the demand can be better understood by the “perspective of the trafficker, driven by greed and money, or from that of the consumer, driven by sexual desires; the trafficker is motivated by money-a powerful incentive that is, self evidently, the real driver in the economics of sex trafficking” (Kotrla 3). Many people have come to blame the “culture of tolerance” that the United States has on the issue of sex trafficking. Recent studies show that along with Jamaica, the Netherlands and Japan, the United States is among the four largest sex markets in the world. These countries are said to have a “culture of tolerance” which is causing the sex industry to become more successful than ever.
Often prostitution or sex work is alternately described as being the same as trafficking in persons or the cause of trafficking into sex work. Conflating prostitution and trafficking erases the voices of prostitutes thereby, worsening their conditions. The tendency to treat trafficking and prostitution as if they were the same thing has a long and problematic history. The conflation of prostitution with notions of trafficking relatively begins with the industrial revolution in Europe. During the era of ‘white slavery’, the social activists made distinction between two separate classes of sex workers – ‘innocent’ who were forced into selling
Currently, prostitution is a dangerous occupation because it’s dangerous in the sense of medical and health issues for both the prostitutes and their customers. Prostitution is a very quick way to spread sexually transmitted diseases (Chittom). Most times a condom is not used in prostitution. Not using protection leads to “quicker ways to get the clap, AIDS, and H.I.V” (Hart). Sex workers sometimes end up pregnant and they have a hard time finding out the father of their children truly is.
I assume crack or cocaine by their demeanor. But why does prostitution have to be a drug driven need for money? If this woman could work as a prostitute legitimately and have the same benefits and right as everyone else, would she be in the same condition she is now? If prostitution were legal this woman could have a chance at living as a regular functioning member of society. People see only the negative sides of prostitution, like how it encourages sex out of wedlock
There are many situations and causes that lead to date rape. Parties that include alcohol or drugs or being alone and unsupervised on a date with a person someone just met. There might not even be a cause just that the person was a dangerous person. Most victims of rape are women. The men that rape women do it to feel powerful and in control.