Analysis Of The Trafficking Of Young Women And Children Into Prostitution

This is an interdisciplinary paper, which focuses on the trafficking of young women and children into prostitution. It starts with a brief description of what is human trafficking and how it works as a business. Then, it focuses on the sex trafficking part of it and how young women and children are more vulnerable to victimization and exploitation. Many victims of human trafficking are under this idea of debt bondage, which is sort of the commitment that victims have with their traffickers. Victims are forced to work until they pay their debt, which most of the time is unpayable. Public corruption is one of the many reasons why many traffickers can transport their victims within or out of the country, which can make it harder to help the victims,

There are many reasons why women and children are in high demand in this kind of service. It is widely known that men are more likely to pay for such services. Most men feel more attracted to younger females and children, which creates a great demand for these two particular groups. The majority of those who pay to have sex with minors are males over the age of 30, which can be pedophiles, transient males (e.g. military, truck drivers, seasonal workers, conventioneers, and tourist), and opportunistic exploiters (Reid, 18).

According to Reid, “… child sex trafficking would comprise all activities involved in inducting a minor’s involvement in commercial sexual exploitation, from the initial recruitment of the minor into commercial sex exploitation to buying the sexual services of the minor” (3).

There is a misconception about child sex trafficking in the U.S.; victims are not always transported across international borders illegally. Victims may be trafficked from other countries or within their own country. For enforced transportation of humans into an exploitative situation to be considered human trafficking, it is not required for the transportation of victims to extend across national borders, though, this, obviously is often the case.

What Makes Young Women and Children More Vulnerable to Sex