Human Trafficking has been a big problem in Thailand for a long time, just like in The Wind Up Girl. Emiko is not the only girl to be trafficked,in Thailand today, mostly woman, but men and children too are trafficked for sex and forced labor. The woman are used for sex trafficking which is, “sexual slavery or forced sexual slavery is the organized coercion of unwilling people into different sexual practices." (humantrafficking.org) A lot of victims of sex trafficking are trafficked out to many other countries from Thailand, and many sex trafficking passes through Thailand from other countries. There is a lot of sex tourism in Thailand, since there are no laws there against it. That is why sex trafficking is so easy in Thailand. Some parents even force their children into prostitution. Thailand is a big destination for human trafficking because of its location, poverty, lack of awareness, and unemployment. The police and government just turn their head the other way to sex trafficking. More then 80,000 woman have been sold into the Thai sex industry. There are 75,000 prostituted children in Thailand according to Wikipedia. From the 1970’s until now is when the sex industry in Thailand had become very large, just like how popular the sex clubs were in The Wind Up Girl. It is really sad and upsetting how woman and children could be treated this way. Human Trafficking is not only an issue in Thailand, its a problem all around the world, even in highly civilized countries. Surprisingly human trafficking is a big problem in America as well.
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References:
"Sex Trafficking of Women and Children in Thailand." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Sept. 2013. Web. 09 May 2013.
Human Trafficking In Thailand
Human Trafficking has been a big problem in Thailand for a long time, just like in The Wind Up Girl. Emiko is not the only girl to be trafficked,in Thailand today, mostly woman, but men and children too are trafficked for sex and forced labor. The woman are used for sex trafficking which is, “sexual slavery or forced sexual slavery is the organized coercion of unwilling people into different sexual practices." (humantrafficking.org) A lot of victims of sex trafficking are trafficked out to many other countries from Thailand, and many sex trafficking passes through Thailand from other countries. There is a lot of sex tourism in Thailand, since there are no laws there against it. That is why sex trafficking is so easy in Thailand. Some parents even force their children into prostitution. Thailand is a big destination for human trafficking because of its location, poverty, lack of awareness, and unemployment. The police and government just turn their head the other way to sex trafficking. More then 80,000 woman have been sold into the Thai sex industry. There are 75,000 prostituted children in Thailand according to Wikipedia. From the 1970’s until now is when the sex industry in Thailand had become very large, just like how popular the sex clubs were in The Wind Up Girl. It is really sad and upsetting how woman and children could be treated this way. Human Trafficking is not only an issue in Thailand, its a problem all around the world, even in highly civilized countries. Surprisingly human trafficking is a big problem in America as well.
References:
"Sex Trafficking of Women and Children in Thailand." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Sept. 2013. Web. 09 May 2013.
"HumanTrafficking.org | Thailand." HumanTrafficking.org | Thailand. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2013.