Kailey Oliver Machado's Prostitution

The infamous case of Kailey Oliver Machado had shocked the country and brought attention to the reality of prostitution rings in Canada. Machado was arrested at the age of 15 along with two other girls, in 2012 for her role in the human trafficking of teenage girls into a prostitution ring in Ottawa. She used social media sites to recruit girls for the underground prostitution ring. However, these girls did not necessarily consent and willingly comply with her demands. Instead, Machado victimized and traumatized these girls by drugging and physically abusing them. Her strategic tactics to insinuate fear as a way to force them to partake in sex-work, was not only seen as a form of exploitation, but also as a breach of societal norms and values.
This not only applies to this individual case, but the majority of sex workers are female and clientele are male. Through this distinction it is evident that there is a patriarchal system in which male dominance is asserted over females (Eisler, Haines, & White, 152). As mentioned earlier, the clientele is in a more dominant and powerful position which oppresses and subordinate the sex-workers. The case examined the experiences of these young girls in which they were physically abused, sexually assaulted, and forced to comply with the customers. These young girls are treated as sexual objects, which goes back to the assumption that men are biologically superior to women. Liberal feminism holds the view that women should be able to receive the same rights as men without being discriminated against. If equal opportunities in the workplace for women as men, it would defer the number of woman entering sex-work (Eisler, Haines, & White, 147). Although that is to say that women from middle and upper class are not at risk compared to woman of working class to fall into prostitution. The same scenario can be applied to race, since discrimination or prejudices against races can vary in the experiences and opportunities available for women. If working class families, such as Machado’s were provided with more opportunities for employment, they would not be involved in prostitution rings and the whole incident could have been avoided. A socialization theory, would state that women are socialized by society to be nurturing and caring, which they believe directly results in lower crime rate than men. Whereas men are shown to be more aggressive and assertive, which would coincide with the higher levels of crime among males. The few expectations of women who are part of the crime rate are