Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in the United States Human trafficking for sexual exploitation is a major issue across the country. Human trafficking involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them (U.S. Department of State Diplomacy in Action). Sexual exploitation is the sexual abuse of children and youth through the exchange of sex or sexual acts for drugs, food, shelter, protection, other basics of life, and/or money (U.S. Department of State Diplomacy in Action). Every year, human traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits by victimizing millions of people around the world, and here in the United States. Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world.
From this, Jones has turned Ursa's mouth, rather than her vagina, into the entry of sexual intimacy and allows their testimony to be heard. Ursa's Great-gram was repeatedly raped by Corregidora, who fathered her daughter. He also had an incestuous relationship with Gram, making him both Ursa's grandfather and great-grandfather. He forced his slave women into prostitution, but made it very clear that Great-Gram was his favorite, his “gold piece”. Heather Humann explains how Corregidora objectified Great-Gram in numerous ways, “he lays claim to her body... [by objectifying] her for his own sexual pleasures as well as for financial gain.” Great-Gram was an object of commodity.
PHL 2000 12-12-12 Thoughts on Prostitution Throughout modern day society, the action of prostitution is often seen as debatable with respect to different ethical issues. Prostitution can be defined as “The act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money,” and is usually provided as an underground service. Although the practice is illegal in most places, it actually becomes a “viable” job source for many women. The majority of prostitutes are female, mainly from the nature of the job; however men do become prostitutes on occasion. Prostitution raises many ethical issues from it being immoral because it tends to involve coercion, prostitution can be exploitive, it is degrading and involves violence/HIV.
The term Jezebel has biblical significance. Jezebel was an evil queen who used her powers to convince her husband to assist her in leading the Hebrews into sexual immortality. In modern usage the term Jezebel has been used to signify a sexually lewd and promiscuous woman, a hussy of sorts. She has made her way through history from black female slaves forced to be mistress to her master to hip-hop music video vixens using their powers of sexuality to control and seduce men for their own personal gains. The hyper-sexuality of Black women in slavery comes as no surprise.
There was a need for the men to have sexual intercourse when it was difficult to find a woman where 2/3s of the population is men. Busts of trafficking gangs occur more often now in China more than they were. Just in the March of 2012, four trafficking rings were caught and was responbile for over 70 slaves, and over 300 suspects were involved in just four trafficking rings. Such a high number of slaves was caused by the kingpins who convinced the girl about career opportunities that are well-paying. The gangs promise the girl for the best job offer one can obtain, but force the teenagers and women into sex if they want to be alive.
According to David R. Hodge in the article “Sexual Trafficking in the United States: A Domestic Problem With Transnational Dimensions,” 600,000 to 800,000 people being trafficked across nations with about 14,500 to 16,500 people being trafficked into the United States annually. With numbers this high, awareness in the nation should be more prominent when it comes to dealing with trafficking. Many young women, like Maria, are sold into the sex trade at young ages and are forced to perform sexual acts. The women’s “sponsors” brainwash the women into thinking multiple reasons that make forced commercial sex seem acceptable. It is the duty of government to enforce laws that will help protect women and children from becoming victims.
Armaan Mahmood 13T Discuss Atwood’s presentation of female characters in the Handmaid’s tale Atwood presents female characters as being oppressed slaves who are subject to sexual abuse and violation from the various male individuals. They are portrayed as characters who have an extremely scarce amount of freedom within a dystopian future. Due to this lack of freedom the novel consists of recurring themes such as an attempt to regain freedom and a constant power struggle. The idea of dehumanisation is another theme which is vividly portrayed by Atwood in terms of how her female characters are made to reproduce in order to stand a chance of surviving. Atwood presents the female characters as being both oppressed and dehumanised through how their freedom being stripped from them.
Sex provided a distraction to the poor unaffected by morals, (Greg, 1831) Desperation to escape from such appalling levels of poverty rather than moral corruption was a cause of prostitution, (Mearns, 1883) Working class women indulged in prostitution as a way to supplement their low wages, (Martineau, 1870. Prostitution was more profitable than either shoplifting or working in the factories. (Tobias, 1972) Prostitution was encouraged especially in the garrison towns rather than let the young military men be caught in the terrible vices of homosexuality and masturbation. Slavery; prostitution was a new form of slavery as many young women were taken by force to work in the flourishing brothels servicing the garrison towns. Why was it called the Great Moral Evil?
Prostitution is defined as the performance of sexual acts solely for the purpose of material gain. A person is said to have prostituted themselves when they perform sexual favors in exchange for things such as gifts, money, drugs or anything else they might receive when using their bodies as a commodity. From a legal standpoint, the word prostitute refers to individuals who participate overtly in sexual-economic transactions, generally for a specified amount of money. A prostitute may be male or female as well as transgendered, but for the most part the majority of prostitutes are female. An individual usually becomes a prostitute to fuel a drug habit, because they are in economic stress, or through coercion.
The War on Drugs is causing more harm than good in our country. American citizens are putting their hard-earned tax money into this war every time they get a paycheck. We our supporting jails and prison, many, full of harmless drug addicts. We also spend tons on money on high tech machinery to find illegal drugs. We could actually save, and even make money if all drugs were legal.