Category Archives: Sex Trafficking

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS COMMON

Throughout the world, one out of every three women is physically or sexually abused at one time or another in her life. Rates of violence against women have reached 70 percent in some countries.
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MEN WHO BUY WOMEN DESERVE LONG JAIL SENTANCES

Very few stories on sex trafficking focus on the men who buy women. In my opinion, men who buy trafficked girls should be given heavy jail sentences, including and especially the police.
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THE VIRGIN MYTH

In sex trafficking situations, little girls are sold to HIV/AIDS infected men who rape them hoping for a cure. Afterwards the girl’s vaginas are sewn up by their owners—not by a doctor and without anesthesia . . . and they are resold. The sewing up of freshly torn flesh insures that the next rapist will have the satisfaction and reassurance of hearing the girl’s screams and seeing blood.
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PROSTITUTION TO PAY FOR COLLEGE

I’ve read quite a bit about young women working for escort services to pay for college. Some of them do it for money, others for money and perceived glamor. There are more than a few problems with this choice as I see it from my vantage point of a 59-year old woman. First, there is [...]
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SEX TRAFFICKING IN INDIA

As you know, my story takes place in India, though all countries of the world engage in sex trafficking. In India it’s not just brothel owners who profit from sex trading. Indian farmers selling their wives to unscrupulous money lenders who take advantage of the poverty and desperation.
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