Background on Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking has affected many lives and with how things are going sex trafficking will just get worse in the future. In the past women who were sex slaves would never be able to escape their horrible fate. If they tried to run away they would just be found by their taker or "Pimp" and be beat to death or be beat but never be able to have the chance to escape again. Now in the present things have changed a little more we now help victims who have escaped the sex trafficking life. For the future I personally see no change, maybe change in how we deal with victims but no change in how many young girls and women are put into sex trafficking.

"From the 1600’s to the 1900’s, there were approximately 9 million slaves. To date, it is estimated that there have been over 27 million human trafficking victims worldwide."(CVC.org) In the past we see that many women were put to work in sex trafficking but back then women were sold into sex trafficking by their own family. Some victims would be taken from their home at night and forced to work as a sex slave. “2 million children are forced into prostitution every year. Half of them live in Asia.” (webster.edu) Many sex slaves are starting to become children and now we see that there is three times more victims and this is because women are still being taken and forced to work as a sex slave but other women are being promised false hope. The people who run the sex slaves target young girls who are living the streets and have no chance to make good money anymore so they promise the girls a better life where they will make good money and never have to worry about how their life will turn out, but if only the young girls knew it was a trap into becoming a sex slave. For the future I see the amount of women in sex trafficking staying around the same but I see that the victims of sex trafficking who escape will be treated back to a point where they can live life not afraid to be walking out alone and be happy with who they are.

With so many problems going on the world people seem to overlook the fact the sex trafficking is just getting worse. Many people will not pay attention to this issue because it does not have to do with their well being but if it was someone the loved became a sex slave then they would want to get involved. Many lives will keep getting ruined many of them being childrens lives if we do not pay attention to this issue.








Sources: "Human Trafficking." Citizens for Community Values Human Trafficking Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015."Women and Global Human Rights." Women and Global Human Rights. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.