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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:04 PM Original message |
What About American Girls Sold on the Streets? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. When some promote Playboy, Hustler, Hooters, etc... |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Women |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I don't see how those two things are exclusive from each other. Do you? nt |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Human trafficking is significantly older than Hustler magazine. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. It begins with patriarchy and its violence -- and sadly the Bible |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think the Holy Bible reflects the patriarchy of its era, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Actually, I think it is the source - at least in its original forms. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Except patriarchy is rampant in non-Western cultures too. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
69. +1 -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
71. Re Lilith -- few realize that Adam was divorced -- !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
67. The "source" of male patriarchy is within the spirit of some males . . . |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. As a history |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. Take a look at what happened not just to women but to children |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
70. +1 -- |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. +1 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. after a prostitute thread, it was obvious prostitution painted as a "pretty woman" scenrio ignoring |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think this is because there are so many types of prostitution. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The name for it is rape. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I hadn't seen your post when I posted below, but I said exactly the same thing. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. you made a post on another thread that say it all |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. If prostitution were made legal, much of the trafficking |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Even if prostitution is made legal, is not going to be legal for those |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Exactly. That is a red herring. Fourteen-year-olds, either male or female |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I'm not talking about what is obviously prostituting |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Sweden legalized prostitition yet kept the purchase of sex illegal which has worked good |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. True. But legalization will allow police to focus resources where they should be focused, |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. You are correct. But over here it is so important to keep up the appearances |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. Economists actually have studied the economics of so-called |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Also, many entrepreneurs like black market economies |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Hah! That's good. A perverse argument for bringing Prohibition back. Of |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. That's the thing about black market or illegal operations, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. where is the need for "hubby looked the other way" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. My words for illustration. I really don't know if he looked the other way |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Runaway or Throwaway young women are said to have 48 hours on the street before |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Yes, it doesn't make any sense to call the cops on kids that for the last 2 weeks you were |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I think the problem is legal. I think the citie(s) make a "deal" just in order to provide a |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh, nice. What was their problem with their kid? Did she sue to become emancipated? I would |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Various things, but what it boiled down to was that they used a heavy authoritarian hand, calling |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. God, what a mess! Some people do not deserve the blessing of raising children. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Her mother was such a horse's patoot that I ended up basically saying that to her. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. That's a fact. Parents, don't raise your daughters to be hookers. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Slave trade trafficking has trade routes thru the US -- !! |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not all are runaways; some are kidnapped right off US streets. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
74. Where is the vice squad? Do we have police? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. This affects many boys, also. Teen boys often get into "Survival Sex" to sustain |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. absolutely. nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. It most certainly does... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I thought you said "monumentally disillusioned and pessimistic". ^_^ |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R nt |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. George Clooney co-produced a documentary on sexual explotiation of American kids called Playground |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Americans don't want to see the ugly side of sex work and prostitution. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Most people that want to see prostitution legalized want legalization |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. except that is not the reality of the countries that have legalized, yet we still ignore |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. “These girls are not hookers. They are victims of child rape. We have to name that.” |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Judge finds hurdles to helping young victims of sex trafficking |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. if it were just money |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. rehab is cheaper as well as more moral than prison |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. Petition: Support the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. thank you for posting. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Thank you very much for this! |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. I took your advice and posted it in editorials & other articles |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Part of the solution is for police to be more aggressive at arresting |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Some areas are creating John schools that might help |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Nonsense! These girls are proud participants in our free-market system! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Yes, I guess the pain of others is quite humorous. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. the thing about it is bobbolink |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I don't care if there were 20 previous threads. This is tragic, and I don't find it funny. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. no. it isnt |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Good, 'cause it wasn't meant to be |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. Teenage prostitution has been going on since the stone age |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. well, there you go. that just makes it all better.... |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. nighty night |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. Ah yes the sex industry |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
72. Look, throwing teenage girls into prisons or "detention centers" for prostitution is an atrocity. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
75. There's only one place for a human trafficker / kidnapper |
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