Posted by Tamar on October 26, 2005, at 8:27:31
In reply to Human Trafficking - kidnapping for prositution, posted by rjlockhart98 on October 25, 2005, at 22:26:27
Hi Matt,
Yes, it’s disturbing stuff, isn’t it? I didn’t see the movie (because I get nightmares if I see those images on TV), but I’ve read a lot of research on trafficking. You’re absolutely right: the women and children are slaves.
> even children where traffiked.
It’s very often children. The younger the prostitute, the more likely she is free of disease. Many trafficked women die before their mid-thirties from disease, especially sexually transmitted diseases. Murder is also common: women are easily killed by the men who have sex with them or the men who are selling them. And if no one knows they’re here, no one can report them missing.
> Very Gloomy. I didnt know this was an epidemic going around in the United States. They are imported from contries, for sales.
People don’t talk about it much but it’s a very serious and large-scale problem.
I like your idea that God could deal with the problem. But I think it’s also important to deal with it by caring about it and speaking out against it. Some I’m glad that you’re talking about it here.
I think it’s really important that men talk about prostitution and human trafficking. It’s all too often seen as a women’s problem…
Tamar
(By the way I put a trigger warning up there because it can be triggering for some people...)
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