Research Paper On A Thousand Splendid Suns

t wasn’t easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. But after four years of marriage, Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid.” (pg64). In the story A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, he touches base with how life really is like in the Middle East and other countries. One topic that he touches on is Sexual Exploitation and Child Marriage. Girls are forced to marry men they don't know who can be much older than they are, and then are forced to have sex with them to start a family and a legacy. Women and girls make up 98% of the victims in sex trafficking. Sex Trafficking, also known as Human Trafficking is modern day slavery. It involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or
Traffickers lure victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. China has the has the highest volumes of sex trafficking in the world. Researching further into this topic it seems that sex trafficking is not just something people see and hear about on the news or in police shows. This is something that is happening all around the world to women and children daily in China. They are taken from their homes and families to be exploited and used as a profit. Sex Trafficking started in the early 1600's as a form of prostitution and slave trading, but did not become a political issue until the early 1900’s. When sex trafficking first began they would move women from Africa to Portugal. Sex Trafficking is found all over the world but primarily in China and Middle Eastern countries. Women and girls would be taken from the streets, their homes, and their families and be transported far and wide for prostitution purposes. China has many laws revolving around marriage and family planning. In the past few years China has addressed these trafficking issues