Prostitution is commonly seen as a distasteful practice, a profession that women choose. Think of a child soliciting sex for money. No child wants sex; they are forced into it. Child prostitution is no small issue. It influences all of us. We must put an end to this foul practice.

A look into the lives of these prostitutes, mostly young girls but also boys, is essential in beginning to understand why this must be put to an end, as the practice is horrendous and mainstream, particularly in Cambodia, the shanty town of Svay Pak. Many children are forced into the industry of sex workers, either by being kidnapped, or even sold by their own parents. Poverty is a great issue, seeing as sex can be sold for as little as three dollars a session. These girls have no respect for themselves, and if they did, it disappeared once their virginity was taken. They are sold again and again, several times a day with no days off. So not only is the profession itself is evil, but the working conditions are horrendous. Imagine children having sex, children that are close to you working with strange men each day with unprotected sex. Not only that, but the girls that try to run away are locked in a cage, starved and beaten. Is this how we want to present ourselves to the world? That we encourage this illegal event to take place? There are American men traveling to Cambodia simply for sex, Cambodian officials encourage this practice to continue because it is a source of income and revenue for the company. From http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/920000/images/_921781_prostitute.jpg Accessed 10/20/08 BBC.com. I found this powerful image: This image fully displays how children, or these Cambodian children become shells of what they once were once their virginity is taken. Re entering into the mainstream society, these girls are seen as dirty creatures that don't respect themselves. They don't respect themselves because they were willing participants, but because they were forced. Most don't have families to return to, and others don't have Visas, or the means to return to their mother country. They are stuck in this cycle of rape and torture. Imagine a young child in your life, as young as six years old, giving "yum yum" to grown men? Six year olds are too young for "boom boom" sex, but not too young for oral sex. Disgusting. Virgins are trapped in cages for long periods of time until the highest bidder scores her first time. Some of the younger girls get surgical procedures done to repair their torn hymen, so that they can be sold for a higher price a second or third time.

Much is being done to help end child prostitution, but it is far from being solved. There are many organizations built to help the situation, humantrafficking.org, the salvation army, U.S Department of Justice among others.
News stations help to spread the word, as well as thecode.org, which recruits tourism industries worldwide to spread awareness, including the punishment of customers of the practice. Meaning, the men from the modern day world going specifically to Cambodia for prostitution who are already aware of it's illegality, but see it's enforcement loosely, if not regulated at all,in Cambodia, yet see that in many countries around the world, it is a crime against humanity and warrants 5 years or above, sometimes 17 years in prison.
We see children being abused, growing into abused men and women, yet many do little to change that. Those need to keep in mind that it is not only Cambodian men that solicit, but also American, European, and men from other parts of the world that partake in prostitution as customers.
If we leave this practice as is, who are we allowing into our society? Allowing these predators to exist near our children without due punishment, to lead their lives as respectful citizens, though secretly child rapists?
It is despicable in the least, when not even taking into account the lives of the children being bought and sold. Who deserves that, especially in the very beginning of life? Nobody. In today's modern world, child pornography is seen as terrible, despicable, and disgusting. There are many movements to discourage such actions from taking place, as education for children and legal reinforcement for this crime against children and how we perceive ourselves in humanity. In H.R. 1365 Freedom from Sexual Trafficking Act of 1999, Markup before the subcommittee on international relations house of representatives, on August 4, 1999 serial number 106-62, states "In order to deter international sexual trafficking and to bring its perpetrators to justice, nations including the United States must recognize that sexual trafficking is a grave offense...and must act on this recognition by prescribing appropriate punishment ...by giving the highest priority to its investigation and prosecution..."(pp.13 Section 6 line 13) The overall mentality of what needs to be done is clear, that it must be severely discouraged, and thus stopped.
However, another view point are from those who use the prostitutes. These people remain anonymous, as it is still a crime, even in Cambodia to partake in such actions, although it is pretty much ignored as the police are corrupt and consistantly paid off. In Cambodia shuts down red-light district. Thursday, 23 Janurary, 2003.BBC. Friday, 10 October 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2686963.stm>, it is mentioned that many men pay top dollar to fornicate with a virgin, believing that it will cure them of AIDs, no doubt acquired from previous interactions with prostitutes, as the spread of AIDs is becoming a pertinent issue in Cambodia and other countries with the strong presence of brothels. This speaks of not only the stupidity of the customers, but also the hopelessness of the situation speaking to the young women shanghied by deceit to work.
Child pornography is a subject which renders people capable of one of two radical views, for or opposed. The number for child prositution is slowly dwindling, but it is not nearly enough as thousands of children are subject to it ranging from Russia to Asia and beyond.

Putting it Together: Draft 1

Child prostitution is no small issue. It influences all of us. We must put an end to this foul practice.

A look into the lives of these prostitutes, mostly young girls but also boys, is essential is beginning to understand why this must be put to an end, as the practice is horrendous and mainstream, particularly in Cambodia. Many children are forced into the industry of sex workers, either by being kidnapped, or even sold by their own parents. These girls are ashamed to be where they are,From http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/920000/images/_921781_prostitute.jpg Accessed 10/20/08 BBC.com. I found this powerful image: This image fully displays how children, or these Cambodian children become shells of what they once were once their virginity is taken. Re entering into the mainstream society, these girls are seen as dirty creatures that don't respect themselves. They don't respect themselves because they were willing participants, but because they were forced. Most don't have families to return to, and others don't have Visas, or the means to return to their mother country. They are stuck in this cycle of rape and torture. Imagine a young child in your life, as young as six years old, giving "yum yum" to grown men? Six year olds are too young for "boom boom" sex, but not too young for oral sex. Disgusting. Virgins are trapped in cages for long periods of time until the highest bidder scores her first time. Some of the younger girls get surgical procedures done to repair their torn hymen, so that they can be sold for a higher price a second or third time.

Much is being done to help end child prostitution, but it is far from being solved. There are many organizations built to help the situation, humantrafficking.org, the salvation army, U.S Department of Justice among others.
News stations help to spread the word, as well as thecode.org, which recruits tourism industries worldwide to spread awareness, including the punishment of customers of the practice. Meaning, the men from the modern day world going specifically to Cambodia for prostitution who are already aware of it's illegality, but see it's enforcement loosely, if not regulated at all,in Cambodia, yet see that in many countries around the world, it is a crime against humanity and warrants 5 years or above, sometimes 17 years in prison.
We see children being abused, growing into abused men and women, yet many do little to change that. Those need to keep in mind that it is not only Cambodian men that solicit, but also American, European, and men from other parts of the world that partake in prostitution as customers.
If we leave this practice as is, who are we allowing into our society? Allowing these predators to exist near our children without due punishment, to lead their lives as respectful citizens, though secretly child rapists?
It is despicable in the least, when not even taking into account the lives of the children being bought and sold. Who deserves that, especially in the very beginning of life? Nobody. In today's modern world, child pornography is seen as terrible, despicable, and disgusting. There are many movements to discourage such actions from taking place, as education for children and legal reinforcement for this crime against children and how we perceive ourselves in humanity. In H.R. 1365 Freedom from Sexual Trafficking Act of 1999, Markup before the subcommittee on international relations house of representatives, on August 4, 1999 serial number 106-62, states "In order to deter international sexual trafficking and to bring its perpetrators to justice, nations including the United States must recognize that sexual trafficking is a grave offense...and must act on this recognition by prescribing appropriate punishment ...by giving the highest priority to its investigation and prosecution..."(pp.13 Section 6 line 13) The overall mentality of what needs to be done is clear, that it must be severely discouraged, and thus stopped.
However, another view point are from those who use the prostitutes. These people remain anonymous, as it is still a crime, even in Cambodia to partake in such actions, although it is pretty much ignored as the police are corrupt and consistantly paid off. In Cambodia shuts down red-light district. Thursday, 23 Janurary, 2003.BBC. Friday, 10 October 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2686963.stm>, it is mentioned that many men pay top dollar to fornicate with a virgin, believing that it will cure them of AIDs, no doubt acquired from previous interactions with prostitutes, as the spread of AIDs is becoming a pertinent issue in Cambodia and other countries with the strong presence of brothels. This speaks of not only the stupidity of the customers, but also the hopelessness of the situation speaking to the young women shanghied by deceit to work.
Child pornography is a subject which renders people capable of one of two radical views, for or opposed. The number for child prositution is slowly dwindling, but it is not nearly enough as thousands of children are subject to it ranging from Russia to Asia and beyond.

Solutions to Child Prostitution

Much is being done to help end child prostitution, but it is far from being solved. There are many organizations built to help the situation, humantrafficking.org, the salvation army, U.S Department of Justice among others.
News stations help to spread the word, as well as thecode.org, which recruits tourism industries worldwide to spread awareness, including the punishment of customers of the practice. Meaning, the men from the modern day world going specifically to Cambodia for prostitution who are already aware of it's illegality, but see it's enforcement loosely, if not regulated at all,in Cambodia, yet see that in many countries around the world, it is a crime against humanity and warrants 5 years or above, sometimes 17 years in prison.
We see children being abused, growing into abused men and women, yet many do little to change that. Those need to keep in mind that it is not only Cambodian men that solicit, but also American, European, and men from other parts of the world that partake in prostitution as customers.
If we leave this practice as is, who are we allowing into our society? Allowing these predators to exist near our children without due punishment, to lead their lives as respectful citizens, though secretly child rapists?
It is despicable in the least, when not even taking into account the lives of the children being bought and sold. Who deserves that, especially in the very beginning of life? Nobody.

More Sources

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/920000/images/_921781_prostitute.jpg Accessed 10/20/08 BBC.com. I found this powerful image:
This image fully displys how children, or these Cambodian children become shells of what they once were, and from what the previous video mentioned, their lives leave them once their virginity is taken, that it only takes on rape to take an extreme toll on a child.

Because many of these children never get the opportunity for a formal education, the first movie mentioning that one of the sex workers in Thailand (from Burma) had sex with over a 1,000 men a year over a period of six years, that 'you' (her audience) knows how much that is, but she doesn't, because she never went to school. They know only sex.

Accessed 10/21/08 on http://www.bildbyransilver.se/_chilsex1.htm, photo by Q.Sakamaki on http://www.bildbyransilver.se. This powerful image is accompanied by a brief article on how poverty forced this girl into Cambodian prostitution, how she sees 4 to 5 men a day for over a year, her only days off during her menstrual periods. The least surprising part of her story is that she tried to committ suicide six different times.


An overall summary of the happenings of Cambodia and the explanations of such are well explained in this article Accessed 10/21/08 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012537 Maclean's Magazine online Child Sex-Trade Thriving in Cambodia by Maclean's November 24, 2003 Author Susan McClelland.

The ease of obtaining a child as young as six years old is ridiculous, as only a brief request was necesary. Thailand, as a tourist attraction, is mentioned as cleaning up their act when it comes to their child brothels, however, in Phnom Penh and overall Cambodia is a strong source of income. Under international pressure do the police actually shut down their brothels- but only for a few days. The emotional control that is over these children is prevalent in most of the article. They are decieved in terms of job opportunities, then tortured, raped, beaten, and starved. Back home, these children are seen as dirty creatures that had a choice in whether or not to be a prostitute. Children are mentally scarred and in need of not only trade jobs but counseling as well.

More Sources!

Rhetorical Analysis:
D.)
This video, accessed on Youtube 10/20/08 From: marchinvietnam
Added: December 22, 2006. It is promoted against child prostitution and even provides links to learn more about being proactive in ending it. This video demonstrates how widespread this occurance "Support businesses fighting child sex tourism. Visit www.thecode.org to learn more."

E.)

Rhetorial Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis A).
The Movie, Sacrafice, a film by Ellen Bruno VHS 20027 C.2 from Washington State University, Pullman Media Materials and Reserves, seemed fairly credible. Interviews were conducted to three different girls about their experiences in prostitution, many focusing on Burmese woman moving to Thailand to ultimately become prostitutes. These women were lied to and deceived, or forced into the profession by poverty. One of the girls lived in a house where grass was used as roofing material. Another was a single mother in need of money to support her infant son. The other was simply promised work for money,washing dishes was what what she was led to believe. The movie portrayed how girls are not happy with themselves, having sex with men. One of the girls was kidnapped at the young age of 12 and raped. This demonstrates how many are forced into this profession,especially children who have no idea what they are getting themselves into. It changes the notion of people that are prostitutes for fun.
Rhetorical Analysis B).
The Freedom from Sexual Trafficking Act of 1999, it pretty much a meeting for what needs to be changed in terms of laws and attitudes within the U.S and beyond. Its pretty credible. Simply states that it is a meeting being held and our current attitudes toward such.
Rhetorical Analysis C).
Cambodia shuts down red light district, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2686963.stm, is held by the BBC which is credible considering the BBC is commonly known as being reputable in it's research as it is such a big organization.

Perspectives on Child Pornography

In today's modern world, child pornography is seen as terrible, despicable, and disgusting. There are many movements to discourage such actions from taking place, as education for children and legal reinforcement for this crime against children and how we perceive ourselves in humanity. In H.R. 1365 Freedom from Sexual Trafficking Act of 1999, Markup before the subcommittee on international relations house of representatives, on August 4, 1999 serial number 106-62, states "In order to deter international sexual trafficking and to bring its perpetrators to justice, nations including the United States must recognize that sexual trafficking is a grave offense...and must act on this recognition by prescribing appropriate punishment ...by giving the highest priority to its investigation and prosecution..."(pp.13 Section 6 line 13) The overall mentality of what needs to be done is clear, that it must be severely discouraged, and thus stopped.
However, another view point are from those who use the prostitutes. These people remain anonymous, as it is still a crime, even in Cambodia to partake in such actions, although it is pretty much ignored as the police are corrupt and consistantly paid off. In Cambodia shuts down red-light district. Thursday, 23 Janurary, 2003.BBC. Friday, 10 October 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2686963.stm>, it is mentioned that many men pay top dollar to fornicate with a virgin, believing that it will cure them of AIDs, no doubt acquired from previous interactions with prostitutes, as the spread of AIDs is becoming a pertinent issue in Cambodia and other countries with the strong presence of brothels. This speaks of not only the stupidity of the customers, but also the hopelessness of the situation speaking to the young women shanghied by deceit to work.
Child pornography is a subject which renders people capable of one of two radical views, for or opposed. The number for child prositution is slowly dwindling, but it is not nearly enough as thousands of children are subject to it ranging from Russia to Asia and beyond.

Library Research

In process.
My first article was about the problem with the government in the prostituion in Cambodia.
For example, it is thought in the article,by Finckenauer, James O.
Asian transnational organized crime and its impact on the United States [electronic resource].
Imprint [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, [2007] that the cambodian government is keep the brothels as a means of tourism and thus profits in the country.

And when I accessed
United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
Title H.R. 1356, the Freedom from Sexual Trafficking Act of 1999 : markup before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session on August 4, 1999.
Imprint Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1999.,
it mentioned that many times, the prostitutes, or children, are more severely punished than the actual perpetrators, or the brothel owners and affiliates. More like slave drivers.

Preliminary Research

In beginning my research, I've looked through both BBC and The New York Time's website. I've found numerous snippits of information, mostly relating to my research question of what can be done to end child prositution?

I've flipped through the customers of these brothels, Cambodia's government turning a blind eye to the 20 some odd brothels, harboring 10 to 30 woman apiece.

Most woman are forced into this profession by either poverty or enslavement by kidnapping. They are beat or confined to the house to ensure their stay. The Cambodian government took no action in the infamous Svay Pak shantytown until the Association of South-East Nations tourism conference was within the near future. The woman are worth hundereds of dollars for their virginity, as many men with the AIDS virus believe that fornication with these girls will cure them. Afterwards, however, they are sold for as low as $3 afterwards. To speak more of the corrupt Cambodian government, although prostitution is illegal, brothels are allowed to function and are even re-opened days after being 'shut down' by the police. Svay Pak is infamous enough where westerners are coming into the down just for sex, as an Italian man was fined for sex with boys ages 10 to 14.

This is disgraceful to think of the human race partaking in such acts, but more research is in order for me to continue.

Works Cited:

Cambodia shuts down red-light district. Thursday, 23 Janurary, 2003.BBC. Friday, 10 October 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2686963.stm>

Girls for Sale. Janurary 17, 2004. New York Times. Nicholas D. Kristof on New York Times. October 7, 2008
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9d0deedf1639f934a25752c0a9629c8b63">

Lets Go Exploring

What little I know of child prostitution is enough to infuriate me. I know that it takes place in different areas of the world, I first heard of it's existance in Moscow, Russia. When deciding what human right's topic to focus on, I read Nicholas D. Kristof's Girls For Sale, and discovered that child prostitution was also happening in Cambodia. What does this say of the overall culture and values of the Cambodian and Russian people, as in most cases, brothels can only exist with customers. One may even go as far to say that the younger prostitutes, anywhere from age 10 and older has customers that may be considered pedophiles. Pedophilia is severely looked down upon in American society, our image of the countries that allow this to occur will and should be damaged.
How often and where does this occur? How may it be stopped? What are the long standing emotional effects to the woman, customers and we as spectators of this evil? Noone deserves to be thrown into a life of prostitution, which is an abusive profesion by definition.
Sources that could be credible to me are news sources on the internet and different human right's activist's writings and studies of such. I could even research what the actual government of chosen countries say about the issue at hand. Sources that may bring a new perspective could be videos of the living conditions of the areas where child prositution run rampant. It would bring a heightened understanding of why these girls are thrown into the life they live. Different opinions could be hard to swallow, but I can try to find out why these girls are placed in this line of work. I will search and see who has a more major problem in terms of numbers, and will focus my research on that particular region.

What can be done to stop child prostitution?





Accessed October 7, 2008 Girls For Sale ,published Janurary 17, 2004 by Nicholas D. Kristof on New York Times website.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DEEDF1639F934A25752C0A9629C8B63

My thoughts on the internet.

Technology has grown leaps and bounds since the birth of the internet. We have grown from Web 1.0, a simple imput of data was available. This has changed dramatically in the emergence of social networks and the much broader expansion of data. With websites such as facebook, commnity is established electronically with each member responsible for imputing data. Essentially, we can live two or more different lives, how we conduct ourselves in person versus how we present ourselves online. Online, it is much more of a fantasy world, because no one can prove data wrong. A 300 pound man can claim that he is a noted ballerina and it is highly probable that some may believe him. This leads me to the concept of Big Brother. Through the emergence of web 2.0, IP addresses can be tracked. This means that whenever a website is accessed, the frequency and legnth of such can and is tracked and noted.

What does this mean for us as a society? That even in our homes, we are watched through our actions on the internet. It seems somewhat different to go to a store and know that a camera is on, as it protects the safety of the consumers and the store. To choose to go to a particular website seems to infringe upon a right to privacy, should everybody's specific actions be documented? It was our choice to walk into a store, who's choice is it to walk into our IP history?
We as a people are becoming accustomed to this through the means of a participatory panopticon. We are only slightly if not at all aware of being watched. We are being watched without knowing who is watching and when. A big brother is always watching and monitoring our actions. Little brothers, as the society has now become respect and accept this.
ut is it a bad thing, to be monitored constantly, even if the information that is produced is never looked at, even if on file? I believe that even though the advancement in technology can prove helpful, as a means of reducing internet related crime by the aforementioned constant documentation, there must be a limit. People cannot function correctly without a least a little privacy. There must be a defined line to who can access this information, when and under what circumstances.
As for who I want to be online, I want to be a much more introverted part of myself, more professional, for I don't know who can bring up any personal information that could be posted, so I avoid it. Anonymity would help this, but nothing I could ever say would be credible without respsonibility taken for my words.

All Accessed 10/2/07
"Have we all become little brother?"http://socialmediatrader.com/have-we-all-become-little-brother/

"Explaining Web 1.0..." http://www.resourcefulidiot.com/2008/05/explaining-web-10-web-20-web-30/