Sex Trafficking Research Paper
Introduction
The global sex trade crisis is a serious problem in today’s society. Sex trading has been going on in the world for thousands of years. What is so surprising is that today over 1.5 million people are victims of sex trading each year. “Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion.” (Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet) The person induced to perform such an act is usually under the age of 18 years.
Victims of Sex Trafficking
Victims of sex trafficking can include men, women, girls and boys. The majority, over 95 percent, are women and girls. Below is a list of common situations that lures victims into acts of sex trafficking.
• “A promise of a good job …show more content…
Victims are at risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is an acute anxiety, depression, insomnia, physical hyper-alertness, self-loathing that is long-lasting and resistant to change.” (Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet)
“Victims may also suffer from traumatic bonding, which is a form of coercive control in which the perpetrator instills in the victim fear as well as gratitude for being allowed to live.” (Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet)
Types of Sex Trafficking
“Victims of trafficking are forced into various forms of commercial sexual exploitation including prostitution, pornography, stripping, live-sex shows, mail-order brides, military prostitution and sex tourism.” Gang members make millions of dollars each year off the victims’ services. (Sex Trafficking Fact …show more content…
Researchers are finding more and more domestic cases in the United States each year. They occur not just in the big cities or the border states, but in the heartland of America. Sex trafficking is becoming a major problem in the United States and the government is not doing enough to stop it. Shared Hope International, a Christian anti-trafficking organization, reports that “up to 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk for trafficking each year.” Twelve years old is the average age of entry. (Sells)
"Men are buying younger children," Shared Hope founder and former congresswoman Linda Smith said. "They're buying more violent acts with the children and those children aren't willingly saying 'I want to be prostituted.' Now we're seeing 9, 10, 11-year-olds. Eleven years old is common. They are snatched from places such as a middle school, a mall or tricked online."
The global sex trade crisis is a serious problem in today’s society. Sex trading has been going on in the world for thousands of years. What is so surprising is that today over 1.5 million people are victims of sex trading each year. “Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion.” (Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet) The person induced to perform such an act is usually under the age of 18 years.
Victims of Sex Trafficking
Victims of sex trafficking can include men, women, girls and boys. The majority, over 95 percent, are women and girls. Below is a list of common situations that lures victims into acts of sex trafficking.
• “A promise of a good job …show more content…
Victims are at risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is an acute anxiety, depression, insomnia, physical hyper-alertness, self-loathing that is long-lasting and resistant to change.” (Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet)
“Victims may also suffer from traumatic bonding, which is a form of coercive control in which the perpetrator instills in the victim fear as well as gratitude for being allowed to live.” (Sex Trafficking Fact Sheet)
Types of Sex Trafficking
“Victims of trafficking are forced into various forms of commercial sexual exploitation including prostitution, pornography, stripping, live-sex shows, mail-order brides, military prostitution and sex tourism.” Gang members make millions of dollars each year off the victims’ services. (Sex Trafficking Fact …show more content…
Researchers are finding more and more domestic cases in the United States each year. They occur not just in the big cities or the border states, but in the heartland of America. Sex trafficking is becoming a major problem in the United States and the government is not doing enough to stop it. Shared Hope International, a Christian anti-trafficking organization, reports that “up to 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk for trafficking each year.” Twelve years old is the average age of entry. (Sells)
"Men are buying younger children," Shared Hope founder and former congresswoman Linda Smith said. "They're buying more violent acts with the children and those children aren't willingly saying 'I want to be prostituted.' Now we're seeing 9, 10, 11-year-olds. Eleven years old is common. They are snatched from places such as a middle school, a mall or tricked online."