Lives Are Forever Changed By Slavery

The lives of those who have experienced slavery due to sex trafficking first hand are left with phyiscal and emotional scars that may never go away. These women and children are traumatized by on going abuse and even suffer from starvation throughout their servitude. The thought of a child being starved and beaten to have sex with a stranger should be enough to ignite a complete stop to trafficking. The women and children are raped and sometimes drugged to keep them from trying to escape. From pictures and research I have seen, according to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center,"Women and children are left with scars, burns, bruises, broken bones, possible drug addiction, transmitted diseases, and even forced abortions" (NHTRC 1). HIV/AIDS is a large worry for all victims most likely because condoms are not used during rape since a large majority of the young victims start as virgins. Some of the girls are even forced to get abortions if they become pregnat while prostituting. These items listed above are just the pyshical damages that human trafficking causes humans but there are also emotional scars that cut deep and may last forever. Women and children experiencing or have experienced human trafficking may feel grief, ashamed, self-hatred, depression, afraid, insomnia, or even hold suicidal thoughts (NHTRC 1). Imagining just a young child who has yet to experience the world fearing the outside world and feeling ashamed of themselves is inhumane as it's highest level. No human should ever experience a lifetime of these terrible feelings, especially just a child. The sex trafficking just goes to show how much gender inequality still exists today. According to Goh, "There are around 4 million women and children being trafficked per year" (Daily 1). Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry as of right now and traffickers are making millions off these women and children.
The photograph to the left captures a women who was beaten and abused by either a client or a sex trafficker possibly for trying to escape or for pleasure. This picture is living proof that the abuse and corruption is as bad or worse than it sounds. She holds phyiscal scars and from the look of her face, emotional as well. The best way to get a strong emotional effect from this picture is to imagine if that were your own child who was forced to have sex with a stranger and beaten by a stranger without a choice of a free life.

"How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free." -Bob Dylan