"While many Americans have heard of human trafficking in other parts of the world -- Thailand, Cambodia, Latin America and eastern Europe, for example -- few people know it happens here in the United States. The FBI estimates that well over 100,000 children and young women are trafficked in America today. They range in age from 9 to 19, with the average age being 11."
---I want to use this quote because many dont believe that sex trafficking occurs in the U.S. and it help supports the existence of this teribble act.
Debbie, was 15 when she was abducted from her own driveway. She was waiting for her friend Bianca to arrive. When Bianca arrived, she pulled up in a cadillac with two men, Mark and Matthew. The men made Bianca shove her friend into the vehicle and tie her up and threatened to shoot Bianca if she didnt obey. Debbie was taken to an apartment 25 miles away from her home. There she was treated like a dog and subject to various abuses. She was gang raped and forced to have sex with over 50 men and thats not including the gang rapers who had sex with her on a periodic basis. Her "pimp" broke her down until he gained complete control over her.
Miya, a 19 year old, was working at the mall when she was lured into sex trafficking. She was approached by a young women and nicely dressed man. They said that they were modeling agents looking for new models. They asked her to go back to California with them so they could do more photo shoots at their office and she agreed. They gave her a makeover which she thought was for the photo shoot and had no idea that it would be for a much more "insidious reason." Miya was forced to work as a prostitute.
They both were reunited with their families thanks to the help of law enforcement and having the nerve to endure such harsh conditions. The man who lured Miya was charged with pimping and pandering in connection to the young girl he was traveling with. The people who took Debbie were chaged with kidnapping and sexual assault.
---I would like to use this because it is the summary of two girls who were victims of sex trafficking and it kind of tells bits and pieces of their stories.
When we hear the words "sex trafficking," as Americans we immediately think of women and children overseas who are being forced into the sex trade or who are brought into the United States for the purpose of sexual exploitation. We don't usually think closer to home — Americans trafficked by Americans. But I want you to think about young women and even girls that you have seen late at night when you come home from work or a social event. Maybe you have seen them in the streets in short dresses and spike heels. You turn your heads to look away. We do not look at the faces of these young women and girls who are forced to be out in the street. Maybe we think this is what they want to do or they wouldn't be out there. Maybe it is easier to believe that it is an empowering choice they have than face the harsh reality of child sexual abuse, physical and mental abuse, and the pimps that prey on the young women and girls.
---this also shows that sextrafficking isnt only in foreign countries, that it happens in America and by Americans.
Wyndham Hotels to prevent child sex trafficking at their properties, after a sex trafficking ring selling girls as young as 14 was discovered in a Wyndham hotel in California. Now, another sex trafficking ring has been busted using Wyndham properties near Washington, DC. Will this latest scandal finally inspire the company finally do the right thing?
Virginia resident and MS-13 gang member Alonso Bruno Cornejo Ormeno was recently indicted for trafficking girls for sex at a Super 8 hotel -- a Wyndham property -- in Manassas, Virginia. At least one of the girls was 15 when she was sold, and Ormeno advertised her as a "high school girl" and "fresh out of the box." According to the indictment, Ormeno rented a room at the Super 8 where he sold sex acts with a number of girls and women for $50 each. He told an informant his business was booming, and his cell phone was ringing off the hook. Six or seven clients a day would stream in and out of the room, but no one at the hotel reported it.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Research Paper Thesis
So as you all know by my previous posts, I am researching the topic of Sex Trafficking.
My starting thesis: Sex Trafficking is an underlying problem in America that is becoming more and more prevelent.
Now, I dont know where exactly I wanna go with this paper, but if you have any ideas?? Just leave them in the comment. Thanks!
My starting thesis: Sex Trafficking is an underlying problem in America that is becoming more and more prevelent.
Now, I dont know where exactly I wanna go with this paper, but if you have any ideas?? Just leave them in the comment. Thanks!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sex Slaves of West 43rd Street
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2004/01/sex_slaves_of_west_43rd_street.html
Shafer, Jack. "Sex Slaves of West 43rd Street." Slate. The State Group, LLC, 2011. Web. October 30, 2011.
In this article, the author is further investigating an Article in the New York Times. The article "Girls Next Door," by Peter Landesman is kind of being shot down by Shafer. He says that he believes that sex slavery does exist because of a vivid description given by Landesman, but does not give any more praise to him. Instead he is saying how the facts that are given in his article are not verfiable or very well supported. They are vague, anecdotal, anonymous, suspicious, and slippery. Shafer re analyzes Landesmans article and picks out the flaws and corrects them with more verifiable information.
This article didnt really help me any in my focus topic. but it does give some good facts and numbers that i could possibly use. the authors intended audience was probably New York Times readers. His intention was to proove that Landesman's information was false.
Shafer, Jack. "Sex Slaves of West 43rd Street." Slate. The State Group, LLC, 2011. Web. October 30, 2011.
In this article, the author is further investigating an Article in the New York Times. The article "Girls Next Door," by Peter Landesman is kind of being shot down by Shafer. He says that he believes that sex slavery does exist because of a vivid description given by Landesman, but does not give any more praise to him. Instead he is saying how the facts that are given in his article are not verfiable or very well supported. They are vague, anecdotal, anonymous, suspicious, and slippery. Shafer re analyzes Landesmans article and picks out the flaws and corrects them with more verifiable information.
This article didnt really help me any in my focus topic. but it does give some good facts and numbers that i could possibly use. the authors intended audience was probably New York Times readers. His intention was to proove that Landesman's information was false.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sex Slaves, Human Trafficking... In America?
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22083762/ns/today-today_people/t/sex-slaves-human-trafficking-america/
Kahng, Grace. "Sex Slaves, Human Trafficking... In America?" Today People. 2007. Web. October 22, 2011.
Katya was a foreign exchange university student. In the spring of 2004, her and her friend Lena were looking forward to their jobs that they had gotten for the summer in Virginia Beach, Va. After they arrived at the airport from their native country of Ukraine, they were happy that the were greeted by two men who spoke their russian language. The two men, Alex Maksimenko and Michael Aronov, told the girls that they would now be going to Detroit because their jobs were reassigned. There they would be waitresses and work on shaping up their English skills. The girls had no idea that they were about to get on a flight that would change their lives forever. Once they arrived at the hotel in detroit, they sat them down and took their passports and papers, said that they owe the men big time for taking them there and told them that they would be working in a strip club called "Cheetahs" and threw them the stripper outfits. Over the next year, the girls went through mental, physical, and sexual abuse and were forced to work the 12 hour shifts at the mens' club in Detroit. There are an estimated 17,000 women and girls who are forced into the sex industry. These womens and girls are only thought about as dollars and cents for this sex industry is all about big money. In 2005, the girls escaped and were taken to the FBI and ICE. The two men were arrested and are serving their time in Federal prison. Katya knows that the men are imprisoned, but she says that she will always live with fear.
This story was easy to connect to on an emotional level. It allows for so many people to feel sorry for the girls, and to think that it happens in our very own country? The fact that it happens to foreign exchange students who come here to get a good education makes me even more sick. Either way its not right and I am glad that the media is not hiding this, but instead sharing it with the people of our country. Many people probsbly don't realize how widespread sex trafficking is becoming and just like these two girls, dont think that it would ever happen to them. I keep finding this topic more and more interesting as I continue to research it and hopefully it interests you as well.
Kahng, Grace. "Sex Slaves, Human Trafficking... In America?" Today People. 2007. Web. October 22, 2011.
Katya was a foreign exchange university student. In the spring of 2004, her and her friend Lena were looking forward to their jobs that they had gotten for the summer in Virginia Beach, Va. After they arrived at the airport from their native country of Ukraine, they were happy that the were greeted by two men who spoke their russian language. The two men, Alex Maksimenko and Michael Aronov, told the girls that they would now be going to Detroit because their jobs were reassigned. There they would be waitresses and work on shaping up their English skills. The girls had no idea that they were about to get on a flight that would change their lives forever. Once they arrived at the hotel in detroit, they sat them down and took their passports and papers, said that they owe the men big time for taking them there and told them that they would be working in a strip club called "Cheetahs" and threw them the stripper outfits. Over the next year, the girls went through mental, physical, and sexual abuse and were forced to work the 12 hour shifts at the mens' club in Detroit. There are an estimated 17,000 women and girls who are forced into the sex industry. These womens and girls are only thought about as dollars and cents for this sex industry is all about big money. In 2005, the girls escaped and were taken to the FBI and ICE. The two men were arrested and are serving their time in Federal prison. Katya knows that the men are imprisoned, but she says that she will always live with fear.
This story was easy to connect to on an emotional level. It allows for so many people to feel sorry for the girls, and to think that it happens in our very own country? The fact that it happens to foreign exchange students who come here to get a good education makes me even more sick. Either way its not right and I am glad that the media is not hiding this, but instead sharing it with the people of our country. Many people probsbly don't realize how widespread sex trafficking is becoming and just like these two girls, dont think that it would ever happen to them. I keep finding this topic more and more interesting as I continue to research it and hopefully it interests you as well.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Second Gang Busted for Child Sex Trafficking at Wyndham Hotel
http://news.change.org/stories/second-gang-busted-for-child-sex-trafficking-at-wyndham-hotel
Kloer, Amanda. Second Gang Busted for Child Sex Trafficking at Wyndham Hotel. Change.org Inc., 2011. Web. 16 October 2011.
In this article, Tim Rosmer, from San Diego started a campaign asking Wyndham hotels to prevent child sex trafficking on their properties. There have been two cases of child sex trafficking at their hotels. One of them being in California and the other in Washington D.C. This article also tells about a gang memeber that was in the sex trafficking trade and he told reporters about how he ran his business out of a motel room at the Super 8 Motel and he said that he was having as many as 6 or 7 clients daily that would come in and out of the room. One of the girls that gang member Alonso Bruno Cornejo Ormeno sold was only 15. This is the second time that something like this has been busted. There were also other hotels used for something similar in the San Diego area by some Crips. Some think that this could start a pattern at the Wyndham Hotels. Rosner started a campaign that now has about 500 supporters. The campaign is asking them to sign an ECPAT Code of Conduct to prevent the sex trafficking of children. I think that the author's inteded audience is the public. they are trying to get them to join the campaign. The article is unbiased, they are just stating facts and giving a little insight on the whole scandal. This article could be helpful in my research i do believe.
Kloer, Amanda. Second Gang Busted for Child Sex Trafficking at Wyndham Hotel. Change.org Inc., 2011. Web. 16 October 2011.
In this article, Tim Rosmer, from San Diego started a campaign asking Wyndham hotels to prevent child sex trafficking on their properties. There have been two cases of child sex trafficking at their hotels. One of them being in California and the other in Washington D.C. This article also tells about a gang memeber that was in the sex trafficking trade and he told reporters about how he ran his business out of a motel room at the Super 8 Motel and he said that he was having as many as 6 or 7 clients daily that would come in and out of the room. One of the girls that gang member Alonso Bruno Cornejo Ormeno sold was only 15. This is the second time that something like this has been busted. There were also other hotels used for something similar in the San Diego area by some Crips. Some think that this could start a pattern at the Wyndham Hotels. Rosner started a campaign that now has about 500 supporters. The campaign is asking them to sign an ECPAT Code of Conduct to prevent the sex trafficking of children. I think that the author's inteded audience is the public. they are trying to get them to join the campaign. The article is unbiased, they are just stating facts and giving a little insight on the whole scandal. This article could be helpful in my research i do believe.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Enslaved in America: Sex Trafficking in the United States
http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/resource/past-articles/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states
Frundt, Tina. Enslaved in America: Sex Trafficking in the United States. Womens Funding Program. 2011. Web. 15 October 2011.
This article is about Sex trafficking in the U.S. The author starts out by trying to connect to them by getting them to open their minds to the whole idea of girls and young women being forced into the sex trade. She then goes into a story about her experience with the world of sex trafficking. She was forced into prostitution when she was only fourteen years of age. She moved away to Cleveland, Ohio with a guy who she trusted and could talk to about anything. He listened to everything she had to say and told her things like how mature she was for her age and how well she understood him compared to everyone else his age. All of this was just a scheme. He was really just getting into her brain so he could begin to manipulate her. Thats how he got her away from her family and made her apart of his. His "family" consisted of three other girls who must have also fell for his trick of manipulation. The author's story is really sad and so real. She tells about how she was raped and abused. While the author tells her story, she also states many facts about this trade. She talks about the pimps and their tool: the media.
The author's intention of this article is to spread the word about this problem and to get more people to join anti-sex trafficking groups to stop this horrible thing, The article is biased and leads toward anti-sextrafficking. But there obviously wouldnt be anyone talking good about the sex trade... or at least i hope not. This article really grasped my attention and i think it would probably more interesting to girls rather than guys just because the victins of these crimes are all mainly female. But hey i guess it could interest a guy too, you never know.
Frundt, Tina. Enslaved in America: Sex Trafficking in the United States. Womens Funding Program. 2011. Web. 15 October 2011.
This article is about Sex trafficking in the U.S. The author starts out by trying to connect to them by getting them to open their minds to the whole idea of girls and young women being forced into the sex trade. She then goes into a story about her experience with the world of sex trafficking. She was forced into prostitution when she was only fourteen years of age. She moved away to Cleveland, Ohio with a guy who she trusted and could talk to about anything. He listened to everything she had to say and told her things like how mature she was for her age and how well she understood him compared to everyone else his age. All of this was just a scheme. He was really just getting into her brain so he could begin to manipulate her. Thats how he got her away from her family and made her apart of his. His "family" consisted of three other girls who must have also fell for his trick of manipulation. The author's story is really sad and so real. She tells about how she was raped and abused. While the author tells her story, she also states many facts about this trade. She talks about the pimps and their tool: the media.
The author's intention of this article is to spread the word about this problem and to get more people to join anti-sex trafficking groups to stop this horrible thing, The article is biased and leads toward anti-sextrafficking. But there obviously wouldnt be anyone talking good about the sex trade... or at least i hope not. This article really grasped my attention and i think it would probably more interesting to girls rather than guys just because the victins of these crimes are all mainly female. But hey i guess it could interest a guy too, you never know.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Reflection Blog
Out of all my posts so far, my favorite would have to be the one about the two young girls that were lured into sex trafficking. It was such a sad and touching story. They had so much strength to go through what they did. It really did interest me and I think I might continue to do more posts that are similar. My least favorite would probably the post about the Humanitarian Aid for Rape Victims.. it was such a long and boring article. although it did have a good point so i'm glad i did it. The post about the 27 Club and Amy Winehouse I found pointless. i woudnt ever really look into it more like i would the other topics i posted on.
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