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Sex Trafficking Essay

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How is the government working to help victims of Sex Trafficking? Sex trafficking is becoming more popular around the world, and all for the wrong reasons. With there being “more than 3 million women trafficked, many of who are children” (Levine & Schumacher, 1), this number will continue to rise. Many victims that escape or that are released from the trade suffer with the effects of trauma or abuse that they experienced. This makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for these victims to enter back into society and have a normal life. Because of this increasing number of victims and the mental struggle to re-enter back into society, the government has started to create ways to combat the trade and provide aid to the victims.
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Sex trafficking is the forcing or manipulation of someone, usually women and children, to perform the act of sex (Orme & Ross-Sheriff, 287). Adolescents and women are taken to work in the trade for many reasons. For youth, homeless, runaways, as well as abused teens are the easiest target because they have nowhere to go, they give into bribes of predators such as food, housing, relationships, and financial aid. Youth with mental or physical complications are also sought out by traffickers. Any sign of something wrong or that might suggest weakness is taken note of for traffickers to take a child or teen. Similarly, with women, homelessness, abuse, and mental health issues also make them easy targets for pimps. Prostitutes are commonly brought into the trade without even knowing until it’s too late. This is due to them being around a trafficking environment most if not all of the time. This makes victims believe it’s normal. For example, ‘a former prostitute, Kim, who grew up around the trade from a very young age, had to work in many different scenarios trying to pay off debt bondage she owed,’ believing that the work she did was normal (“Sex trafficking victims fight social stigma”). With the many different ways that victims are brought into the trade, there is a great number of them that have the courage and bravery to escape and leave the trade. Though victims escape, their …show more content…

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