The Global Impact of Sexual and Labor Trafficking
Jared Hornaday
Sociology 433: G.S.C.
23 April 2013
Dealing with the Dealing of Humans: a Precious Commodity
When one thinks of the numerous industries that have grown to international and global proportions, it is not difficult to name some of the more lucrative and resilient industries operating around the world. Automobiles are everywhere; gasoline is used to fuel a terrifying majority of operations within virtually any country. The aforementioned, however, are all commodities which serve to satisfy the needs and desires of human beings all over the globe. If the focus were to be adjusted to those needs and desires - things like food, shelter, water, entertainment, medical care, and education quickly come to mind. Even those needs and desires which are intangible like emotional support, love, encouragement, protection, someone to vent to, or even the opportunity for an individual to express themselves, are precious commodities that are often taken for granted by many human beings at some point or another. There is, however, population of human beings in the world, who - through a variety of tragic, inhumane, and grossly illegal circumstances - find themselves deprived of all of these things. They are denied respect. They are punished for being victims. They are beaten, starved, raped, mutilated, and sometimes completely dehumanized and robbed of their very human essence. In the worst of circumstances, all that is left behind is the shell of a human being, or one that is so badly damaged that they are not truly able to live the life they pray to have back. In the best of circumstances, that human being bears the crippling burden of memories so traumatic, that they may still not ever be able truly have life as they once had. These twenty-seven million individuals that are being spoken of, are the men, women, and children who are abducted, coerced, tricked, threatened, and forced into the ever-black, evil world of human trafficking and
Sociology 433: G.S.C.
23 April 2013
Dealing with the Dealing of Humans: a Precious Commodity
When one thinks of the numerous industries that have grown to international and global proportions, it is not difficult to name some of the more lucrative and resilient industries operating around the world. Automobiles are everywhere; gasoline is used to fuel a terrifying majority of operations within virtually any country. The aforementioned, however, are all commodities which serve to satisfy the needs and desires of human beings all over the globe. If the focus were to be adjusted to those needs and desires - things like food, shelter, water, entertainment, medical care, and education quickly come to mind. Even those needs and desires which are intangible like emotional support, love, encouragement, protection, someone to vent to, or even the opportunity for an individual to express themselves, are precious commodities that are often taken for granted by many human beings at some point or another. There is, however, population of human beings in the world, who - through a variety of tragic, inhumane, and grossly illegal circumstances - find themselves deprived of all of these things. They are denied respect. They are punished for being victims. They are beaten, starved, raped, mutilated, and sometimes completely dehumanized and robbed of their very human essence. In the worst of circumstances, all that is left behind is the shell of a human being, or one that is so badly damaged that they are not truly able to live the life they pray to have back. In the best of circumstances, that human being bears the crippling burden of memories so traumatic, that they may still not ever be able truly have life as they once had. These twenty-seven million individuals that are being spoken of, are the men, women, and children who are abducted, coerced, tricked, threatened, and forced into the ever-black, evil world of human trafficking and