Thread: Trafficking

I watched a show on msnbc last week where they were looking for underage girls being sold into prostitution via craigslist or other online escort services etc... and they did a sting operation to set up a date with a girl they were suspecting was underage. After they raided the motel room, turned out the girl was actually 19. She, when first questioned, told the police she was being forced to do it, didn't want to, was terrified of her pimp... he sold the police that she was paying him to be her 'bodygaurd' and that was in no way a pimp... after they both learned neither were going to be charged with anything that day and were free to go... they left arm and arm, happy as clams... and she recanted that she was being forced to do it.

They gave her the opportunity to get into a safe house and drug rehab that day, but she refused. When she was recanting her original story that she was being forced to prostitute against her will, she divulged she got into the industry when she was kicked out of her house a couple years prior, no diploma, a low-paying job wouldn't support her drug habit and she did what she thought would make her the most money. Selling herself.

Bottom line I think there is no doubt there are many young women being trafficked against there will in this country and abroad in MASS proportions. But there is a sweeping trend of young girls turning to prositution for the easy money for the least amount of effort (emotional damage costs not being factored in obviously), turning to porn, turning to stripping... there is no shortage of young beautiful girls willing to sell bits of theirselves for drugs, fancy handbags and the latest pair of Louboutins.

I think the media, the internet, societies recently relaxed attitude about strip clubs (men use to hide their car in the back, ashamed to go in and now its like celebrities, people of good social standing etc.. make it seem like its the place to be, without a thought or care about what emotional events lead to the goergous girls inside being drivin to grind around on anything with a 20 dollar bill in his hand) have all contributed to young girls feeling like selling their body in some form is almost something to be proud of, no matter if they have to get drunk to be numb inside enough to do it, no matter if the way they feel about themselves and men changes epically... its cool to be a W "word" in this society... courtesy of Paris Hilton, Kim kardashian and the likes.