Matt Cavanaugh wrote:KenD wrote:Matt Cavanaugh wrote:If naked anthropologist is the "Naked Anthropologist", she considers human trafficking in prostitutes actually a way for women to empower themselves.
Same user name, completely different person, and I think that's just a bit of a misrepresentation of
Laura Agustín's argument...
In my opinion she builds a pretty strong case that foreign prostitutes aren't necessarily different from other economic migrants -- acting out of self interest and making the best of what they've got -- and that automatically labelling any prostitute who moves from one location to another as a "trafficking victim" is misleading and designed to push an agenda.
Ah, that is a slightly different take.
Every time I hear a story about sex trafficking in the US the story goes like this:
1) woman from a poor country with no prospects for a job at home gets a tourist visa to the US
2) woman has no intention of going back home so looks for work in the US - she has no skills
3) woman falls in with criminals and pimps who prostitute her. She makes some money and the pimps take away her Passport
4) woman doesn't seek help because she has no ID and will certainly be deported to her country of origin
5) woman find charity group that figures out how to keep her in the US (using the anti-trafficking laws) and finds her a job
Really... it's a win for everyone. The woman gets to illegally become a US citizen and stay here with a job. Some pimps make money. Some Johns have sex. Some bleeding heart liberals get to pretend they are saving girls from trafficking.
6) woman writes home explaining how to get into the US, become a prostitute, find a charity sponsor, and stay in the country. It's like a little fucking industry. Haha.
