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Human Trafficking Section

Human Trafficking Section. Jason Sherman – Spring 2012. Logistics. Office Hours 5-6pm in Greenhouse Café (by appt ) DQ’s and Hypos. Sexual Trafficking. Causes, Apparatus, and Prostitution. Sex Trafficking. How are sex slaves acquired? Siddharth Kara Deceit Sale By Family

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Human Trafficking Section

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  1. Human Trafficking Section Jason Sherman – Spring 2012

  2. Logistics • Office Hours • 5-6pm in Greenhouse Café (by appt) • DQ’s and Hypos

  3. Sexual Trafficking Causes, Apparatus, and Prostitution

  4. Sex Trafficking • How are sex slaves acquired? • Siddharth Kara • Deceit • Sale By Family • Abduction • Seduction or romance • Recruitment by former slaves • What would be a way to make prevent former slaves from recruiting future slaves? • Megan

  5. Vulnerability • What makes individuals vulnerable to sex trafficking? • Poverty • Gender • Weak State Apparatus • Migration for-work programs • Conflict • Race/Ethnicity and Discriminiation

  6. Areas for Trafficking • What structural factors make a particular region more or less likely to be targeted by traffickers? • Poverty • Globalization • Attitudes of Gender • Do you think modern women are trafficked because they are truly more vulnerable than men, or has singling out women simply become a pattern over time? • Aria • Demand for Prostitutes • Labor Participation • Why do you think female participation in the labor force is not a direct predictor of slavery? - Elisabeth

  7. Sexual Trafficking Views • 4.5M is Conservative Estimate • Radical feminists and Liberalfeminists • How can a liberal feminist justify regulating prostitution? • What about eliminating it? • Is the fact that the opponents of sex trafficking hold differing political and social motivations a good or bad thing? • Ivy

  8. Prostitution and Trafficking • Sex work vs. Prostitution • What positive reasons do women state for choosing to work in the sex industry? • Should voluntary adult prostitution be considered trafficking?

  9. Effects of Prostitution • 65% - 95% in prostitution sexually assaulted as children • 70-95% physically assaulted in prostitution • 60-75% were raped • 75% have been homeless at some point • 89% wanted to escape prostitution • Chronic Health and Psychological Problems Melissa Farley et al. Prostitution and Trafficking in Nine Countries

  10. Policy Responses to Sex Industry • Criminalization and Prohibition • Does making prostitution, the act of hiring a prostitute, or both illegal lead to better outcomes for would-be victims of the sex trade? • Julie • Legalization and Licensing • Canada and Amsterdam Good Models? • Patrick • If all nations legalize prostitution that this would lead to a lesser amount of people being trafficked throughout the world? • Nick • Decriminilization

  11. Moral Crusade • Would you consider sex trafficking a moral crusade that is not really as bad as some make it seem? • Conner • If it is a moral crusade, should we be concerned about the future of sexual trafficking if the energy dies out? • Sarah

  12. Govt Approaches to Human Trafficking • As a problem of migration • Good and bad border controls? - Patrick • As a problem of organized crime • As a problem of prostitution • As a problem of human rights abuse • As a problem of labor rights • As a problem of modern slavery

  13. Your Response • What would you like to be seen doneon either the national or the international scale to diminish the number ofpeople who are trafficked? • Jenna

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