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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i was just discounting that & saying i bet we've been violent and brutal since we were lemurs.
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oh, i agree. and yes, human trafficking isn't new - it's existed for centuries during all economic climates. maybe i shouldn't have used the word raped in that context. what i was trying to say was that today's issues contribute to make trafficking a really horrific epidemic. patriarchy/racism/divides between the poor and the rich are in no way new, but globalization has added many complicated layers onto age old slavery.
about the illegality issue: the fact that prostitution remains illegal in most locations is often seen as one of the major contributors to sex trafficking. in all actuality, studies show that prostitutes are at the same risk of danger, even of being trafficking, regardless of the country's laws. for example, in amsterdam there are still a lot of underground prostitutes w/ pimps who charge less and will do things that legal prostitutes won't - such as fuck w/o a condom. that being said, it's still a necessity (in my opinion) that prostitution is legalized because it better allows prostitutes to go to officals/report those who are putting their lives in danger. since prostitution is illegal and first world countries tend to be incrediably xenophobic, those whom have been trafficked either wind up in prisons or being sent back to their homelands where they are shamed.