Commercial Sex Work
Many women and children are forced into labor and commercial sex work. Women are often kidnapped, deceived, coerced or drugged before being trafficked for commercial sex purposes. Because they are taken to foreign countries, many times language or the lack of legal documentation become barriers to women from obtaining the help needed but keep pimps in complete control of the women. Many times the traffickers threaten to harm the victims families. These women are trafficked into pornography and into different forms of sex servitude such as the mail-order bride industry. Women that try to escape are usually caught by the traffickers and physically punished which many times results in death.
"I was first forced into prostitution when I was 11 years old by a 28-year-old man. I am not an exception. The man who trafficked me sold so many girls my age, his house was called "Daddy Day Care." All day, other girls and I sat with our laptops, posting pictures and answering ads on Craigslist. He made $1,500 a night selling my body, dragging me to Los Angeles, Houston, Little Rock -- and one trip to Las Vegas in the trunk of a car. I am 17 now, and my childhood memories aren't of my family, going to middle school, or dancing at the prom. They are of making my own arrangements on Craigslist to be sold for sex, and answering as many ads as possible for fear of beatings and ice water baths.”
– An Open Letter from MC to Craigslist.
– An Open Letter from MC to Craigslist.
Sources:
Trafficking and Commercial Sex WorkStopvaw.org (n.d.) Trafficking and Commercial Sex Work. [online] Available at: http://www.stopvaw.org/trafficking_and_commercial_sex_work [Accessed: 10 Apr 2013].
Internet Based | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day SlaveryOlivas, J. (2008) Internet Based | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery. [online] Available at: http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/sex-trafficking-in-the-us/internet-based [Accessed: 10 Apr 2013].
Sex Trafficking AwarenessYouTube (n.d.) Sex Trafficking Awareness. [online] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH5sNVM8YyI [Accessed: 10 Apr 2013].
Cynthia Aparicio
Trafficking and Commercial Sex WorkStopvaw.org (n.d.) Trafficking and Commercial Sex Work. [online] Available at: http://www.stopvaw.org/trafficking_and_commercial_sex_work [Accessed: 10 Apr 2013].
Internet Based | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day SlaveryOlivas, J. (2008) Internet Based | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery. [online] Available at: http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/sex-trafficking-in-the-us/internet-based [Accessed: 10 Apr 2013].
Sex Trafficking AwarenessYouTube (n.d.) Sex Trafficking Awareness. [online] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH5sNVM8YyI [Accessed: 10 Apr 2013].
Cynthia Aparicio