Spring Break
Mosaic shows documentary to show reality of sex trafficking
Julianne Shapiro
Issue date: 3/2/09 Section: News
|
More than 30 people watched clips from the documentary "Sex Slaves" during the presentation "Chained to Sex: The Reality of Sex Trafficking" in the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center at the Student Union on Thursday.
Donald Thai, a sophomore computer science major, said he was surprised a woman sold the women.
"I would think men would trick the women," he said.
Gunjan Malekar, a diversity advocate intern for the Mosaic Center, led a discussion with a slideshow, and played testimonial videos of sex trafficking victims from an undercover documentary on the television show "Frontline," which appears on PBS.
"People, for example, in Russia or Turkey are desperate because there isn't enough opportunities," she said. "They're mostly living below the poverty line."
She said that is why people are willing to seek out any opportunities, which leads them to be vulnerable and subject to manipulation by sex traffickers.
Kendall Sallay, a sophomore social science major, said she was surprised about the emotional testimonials.
"When the girl started talking about how she would never be able to tell her family what happened, it just really made me get the larger picture of problems of female sexuality worldwide," she said. "It was really disheartening."
According to the United Nations' Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, the victims of sexual exploitation are predominantly women and girls. Human trafficking is primarily used for sexual exploitation, followed by forced slavery.
Viewing Comments 1 - 1 of 1
Chahul
posted 3/04/09 @ 10:42 AM PST
Good eye opener .... this chain of thoughts and action should continue even though it may be a drop in the ocean towards a better world for a girl and a woman. (Continued…)
Post a Comment