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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.