Unveiling the Victims of Sex Trafficking Both Domestically and Abroad
Abstract
Human trafficking describes a variety of methods in which one person or a group of people force others to engage in activities, often against their will, that will benefit the aggressor in some way. Victims of human trafficking are regularly stripped of basic rights, and have limited freedom to act outside their aggressor’s commands. For the purpose of this paper, the sex trade will be the specific focus of human trafficking both domestically and abroad. Over the last few decades, the sex trade has become an even more profitable business than ever before, generating over a billion dollars per year. While sex trafficking happens outside the United States, US citizens are often ignorant to the fact that it occurs within the country as well. This paper will address the fact that sex trafficking is not only an issue in countries outside the US, but how it is also a domestic problem. In addition, the common ages and genders of those who are trafficked will be discussed, as well as the motives and reasoning behind the sex trade and its aggressors.
Unveiling the Victims of Sex Trafficking both Domestically and Abroad
A Review of the Literature Over the past few decades, sex trafficking has become an extremely profitable and sophisticated industry. It makes profit by devastating and humiliating the lives of innocent victims by using them as sexual objects. By doing this, the sex trade strips its victims of both their dignity and humanity. According to Iris Yen (2008), human trafficking affects every country in the world. This means that there is not a single country, including the United States, that is completely safe from sex trafficking. Theoretically, it can affect anyone in the world, which makes it such a large scale social problem, while still remaining an appropriate example of what constitutes deviance. In order to get a more focused scope of sex trafficking, the following questions must be answered: 1.
Human trafficking describes a variety of methods in which one person or a group of people force others to engage in activities, often against their will, that will benefit the aggressor in some way. Victims of human trafficking are regularly stripped of basic rights, and have limited freedom to act outside their aggressor’s commands. For the purpose of this paper, the sex trade will be the specific focus of human trafficking both domestically and abroad. Over the last few decades, the sex trade has become an even more profitable business than ever before, generating over a billion dollars per year. While sex trafficking happens outside the United States, US citizens are often ignorant to the fact that it occurs within the country as well. This paper will address the fact that sex trafficking is not only an issue in countries outside the US, but how it is also a domestic problem. In addition, the common ages and genders of those who are trafficked will be discussed, as well as the motives and reasoning behind the sex trade and its aggressors.
Unveiling the Victims of Sex Trafficking both Domestically and Abroad
A Review of the Literature Over the past few decades, sex trafficking has become an extremely profitable and sophisticated industry. It makes profit by devastating and humiliating the lives of innocent victims by using them as sexual objects. By doing this, the sex trade strips its victims of both their dignity and humanity. According to Iris Yen (2008), human trafficking affects every country in the world. This means that there is not a single country, including the United States, that is completely safe from sex trafficking. Theoretically, it can affect anyone in the world, which makes it such a large scale social problem, while still remaining an appropriate example of what constitutes deviance. In order to get a more focused scope of sex trafficking, the following questions must be answered: 1.
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