Sex Trafficking And Prostitution Summary
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Sex trafficking and prostitution are serious oppressions to women around the world. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn go on many trips and do what they can to inform the world about the severity of these women’s situations. Over the years prostitution has become less of a problem in America but has stayed a prominent issue in many other countries, specifically in small towns living in poverty. The authors are Pulitzer Prize winners and winners of other significant awards for their writing. They work for the New York Times, have a lot of experience in the world of traveling and are knowledge about non-American issues. The reader knows that the authors are knowledgeable because they give legitimate examples of their life travels
and experiences with the issue at hand. Kristof has been inside many brothels and has even purchased girls to try to save them from the harsh truth that is prostitution. The reader wants to listen to what these people have to say because we know that what they are saying is factual and important to the change that we hope to see in the prostitution of girls. The authors want to teach their audience about what is happening in these countries. Kristof and WuDunn hope to influence the reader to take actions similar to their own. In the intro they say, “We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women’s power as economic catalysts” (xxii). In the second chapter of Half the Sky, the authors’ main points are about diminishing prostitution, saving girls forced into sex slavery, and informing people about the severity of trafficking. Kristoff has many life experiences visiting the brothels in India, China, and other parts of Asia. This chapter mainly focuses on one of his trips to Beauchamp 5 buy girls from the brothels they are forced to live in and take them out of that situation. He touches the reader’s emotions because he gives us an inside look at things that most people don’t get to see. It gives the reader a new perspective about the situation at hand. A large portion of the chapter is also dedicated to telling us about how there are organizations doing what they can to promote condom usage and to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. Kristof uses a fair amount of statistics that demonstrate the rates of prostitution, number of people involved, percentage of people with HIV and how those number increase and decrease. For example, the Sonagachi Project “increased condom usage by 25 percent. A 2005 study found that only 9.6 percent of Sonagachi sex workers were infected with HIV, compared to about 50 percent in Mumbai” (27). Since the author gives this data it makes the reader want to know more about the percentages and facts about other countries. Kristof uses personal examples, statistics from interviews and his authority to clarify the main idea of this chapter. He wants to educate readers with the knowledge he has acquired. By doing so, he persuades us to be interested in what he is saying and possibly get involved, which is his main goal. He appeals to the readers’ sympathetic emotions and gets them to feel for the girls in brothels. By giving real life examples, he can almost ask the female reader to put themselves in the shoes of these young prostitutes and have them imagine how life would be. Kristof and WuDunn are very to the point about their findings, beliefs and want others to share them. The chapter ends with Kristoff explaining the three things learned when rescuing Srey Neth and Srey Momm. The conclusion of that example is to “never give up. Helping people is difficult and unpredictable” (45). saving girls from brothels is hard, and spreading the word about such things is important.
Sex trafficking and prostitution are serious oppressions to women around the world. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn go on many trips and do what they can to inform the world about the severity of these women’s situations. Over the years prostitution has become less of a problem in America but has stayed a prominent issue in many other countries, specifically in small towns living in poverty. The authors are Pulitzer Prize winners and winners of other significant awards for their writing. They work for the New York Times, have a lot of experience in the world of traveling and are knowledge about non-American issues. The reader knows that the authors are knowledgeable because they give legitimate examples of their life travels
and experiences with the issue at hand. Kristof has been inside many brothels and has even purchased girls to try to save them from the harsh truth that is prostitution. The reader wants to listen to what these people have to say because we know that what they are saying is factual and important to the change that we hope to see in the prostitution of girls. The authors want to teach their audience about what is happening in these countries. Kristof and WuDunn hope to influence the reader to take actions similar to their own. In the intro they say, “We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women’s power as economic catalysts” (xxii). In the second chapter of Half the Sky, the authors’ main points are about diminishing prostitution, saving girls forced into sex slavery, and informing people about the severity of trafficking. Kristoff has many life experiences visiting the brothels in India, China, and other parts of Asia. This chapter mainly focuses on one of his trips to Beauchamp 5 buy girls from the brothels they are forced to live in and take them out of that situation. He touches the reader’s emotions because he gives us an inside look at things that most people don’t get to see. It gives the reader a new perspective about the situation at hand. A large portion of the chapter is also dedicated to telling us about how there are organizations doing what they can to promote condom usage and to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. Kristof uses a fair amount of statistics that demonstrate the rates of prostitution, number of people involved, percentage of people with HIV and how those number increase and decrease. For example, the Sonagachi Project “increased condom usage by 25 percent. A 2005 study found that only 9.6 percent of Sonagachi sex workers were infected with HIV, compared to about 50 percent in Mumbai” (27). Since the author gives this data it makes the reader want to know more about the percentages and facts about other countries. Kristof uses personal examples, statistics from interviews and his authority to clarify the main idea of this chapter. He wants to educate readers with the knowledge he has acquired. By doing so, he persuades us to be interested in what he is saying and possibly get involved, which is his main goal. He appeals to the readers’ sympathetic emotions and gets them to feel for the girls in brothels. By giving real life examples, he can almost ask the female reader to put themselves in the shoes of these young prostitutes and have them imagine how life would be. Kristof and WuDunn are very to the point about their findings, beliefs and want others to share them. The chapter ends with Kristoff explaining the three things learned when rescuing Srey Neth and Srey Momm. The conclusion of that example is to “never give up. Helping people is difficult and unpredictable” (45). saving girls from brothels is hard, and spreading the word about such things is important.