Born Into Brothels Rhetorical Analysis

In the CNN article: they describe how the girls were forced to grow up: “Geeta was 9 when she began wearing makeup, staying up until 2 a.m. and having sex with as many as 60 men a day” (CNN, 1). At 9 years old, a girl is dressing up, and acting like a women which in the sex trafficking world is no big deal. Many girls continue to be forced to dress how why they have to in order to get the most men and the most money. Geeta is only doing these things because she is being blackmailed into the situation and owes money and the longer she waits and has to be involved in the sex trafficking experience. Lakshmi also goes through having to wear unwanted makeup to get the men to want her: “I’m wiping the makeup off my face when the dark-skinned girl comes in” (McCormick, 105). The search for want from the men is a big struggle in sex trafficking and many girls are forced to go to the extremes to get out the faster without being there any longer than they have to. “The youngest turned out to be a seventh grader from Vietnam three months earlier, making her about 12 years old” (Kristof, 2). Girls are taken into sex trafficking when they are so young and are forced to perform actions that they would usually do as adults and not teenagers Having sex with an abundance of men per day is nothing a young girl should do for a job. In the book Sold, Lakshmi was taken from her home at 13 years old like the girl in the article. They both had to experience things that no girl their age could ever imagine. “The pimp might take a girl across the border in a cycle-rickshaw and put a tikka dot on her forehead so it looks like she and he are married” (Orlinsky, 2). They will do anything to make sure that they don’t get caught because they police our aware of the sex trafficking in the country. The pretend that they are married o it doesn’t look suspicious

Prostitution is a well-known act of offering sexual service to an individual in return for payment. In the documentary “Very Young Girls” it explains a candid perspective of prostitution and sex slavery in New York City. This film allows the viewers to see the works of a former prostitute Rachel Lloyd. Rachel Lloyd started an organization called GEM (Girls Education and Mentoring Services) to meet the needs of victimized young women who escape their handler and find an alternate route of life. It shows teenage girls during different stages of their transition. Although this program would hope for a successful turnout some girls are sp psychologically damaged by their owners that they feel obligated to return. Using the material from the previous class periods, it will further explain the theories of human behavior. The eight perspectives from chapter two and the trauma/ maltreatment effects on brain development.

"When we met, we indistinctly clicked." Have you heard that phrase or some version of that phrase?

Kristoff and WuDunn begin their insightful book by introducing Srey Rath and her grave story of her life in a brothel and a jail. The introduction of her story sets the theme for the book: the inhumane treatment of women all around the world. The authors move to discuss the plight of Meena Hasina who sought to free her children from captivity in a brothel after escaping from the brothel herself. Kristoff and WuDunn analyze solutions to combat the women trapped in prostitution.

Childhood is a crucial time in a person’s life and it needs to be kept innocent and pure for the child’s well-being later in life. The most important recurring theme in the novel Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill is the loss of innocence at a young age and the profound complications later in life. The complete loss of innocence is built-up with multiple different experiences over time. For Baby, these experiences are: when she is first exposed to drug use, when she spends time in foster care and when she becomes engaged in prostitution.

Prostitution has always been a worldwide problem especially in Chicago, Illinois. The exploitation of prostitution seems to be one of many serious issues in inner-city Chicago. Some may ask the question as to “what changes occur in a woman’s life to make her want to live this type of lifestyle?” Are prostitutes always the victim or do some control their work, and even enjoy sex? After experiencing human trafficking, drug addiction, and prostitution for 25 years of her teenage and adult life, Brenda Myers-Powell’s life story answered those questions. She survived the harsh lifestyle of prostitution and serves as a mentor to the youth to prevent them from encountering the trauma she did for many years of her life.

In a suffering society where job opportunities are slim, people find hope through generations of children. Danticat displays this in the story “Night Women.” In the chapter, The mother doesn’t have much opportunity to make money to raise her child. She is forced into prostitution. She has hope that one day, her son will live without worry. She says,

These youth rarely have the chance to experience the simple joy of being teenagers. They often suffer pain, humiliation and degradation in the hands of their pimps and costumers. Pimps are the men or women ho rape or take the illegal custody of these kids to sell them in the world of prostitution. Costumers or you could said the consumers are usually reach people (politics), gangs and sometime just regular mans from the community who don’t care about the suffering of this youth but to satisfy their own sexual need. The effect of juvenile prostitution in our society is getting worst and victims of juvenile prostitution will often abuse their own children, which is way juvenile prostitution has risen to such an unbelievable level.

Children of Men (2006), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is a science fiction thriller about humankind facing extinction due to infertility, set in a dystopian society. The protagonist of the film, Theo Faron, is a former political activist who becomes the unexpected caretaker to Kee, who is a young African refugee woman whose journey commences when she miraculously becomes pregnant. They both become a part of a dangerous journey, where he ensured to safely send Kee and her baby to the Human Project, where they will receive sufficient care needed and therefore, restore faith for a future. Throughout Kee’s character development, she conveys themes of hope and courage. The film implements excellent cinematography and stylistic conventions, including mis-en-scene, mis-en-shot and sound, which had a significant impact on the audience.

The novel Sold reveals that there are unthinkable exploits happening in foreign cultures that have not had enough attention called to. Millions of children are victims of sex trafficking with too many people unaware of how large of a problem brothels are. Making organizations to spread awareness and give the children a better life will make all the difference. With more children out of brothels and into schools they can play a better role in society and have a higher quality of

In regards to their essay on sex trafficking and child prostitution, Kristof and WuDunn note their successful and failed efforts to help these women. Each time they interviewed a woman, they “bought” her from the brothel owner and aimed to set her up for economic success outside of forced prostitution. However, one girl quickly and willingly returned to the brothel due to her drug dependence (where she obtained the addiction from being forced to take drugs in order oblige her customers). Kristof and WuDunn indicated, that in order to effectively help women, advocates need to focus on prevention, through education, empowerment to give women a voice, and putting brothels out of business. Prajwala’s model is effective for those already in the

The girls are told when they arrive that they can work their way to freedom and will eventually be able to go home once their debts are payed off but, as Lakshmi learns that is not what actually happens. “ I have seen Mumtaz’s record book; I know she cheated me.” (McCormick 234) After she learns this, Lakshmi realizes that she is not actually going to get out of the house because of Mumtaz’s greed. Like Lakshmi many young girls are forced into prostitution and if they resist they are beaten or starved. In Girls Forced Into Prostitution By Rebecca Raphael there is a girl named Bharti.

"Unicef recently reported that an estimated 1.8 million children enter the sex trade each year. Some are in the United States, but the worst abuses take place in countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Cambodia" (Kristoff), but while saving some life outside is very diverse, some girls go on to be very successful while others return to the life of prostitution.

Blackburn, Taylor and Davis (2010) found because of poverty in Cambodia and Thailand parents tend to give up or sent their children (mostly females) to recruiters or creditors in order to make ends meet, pay off a family debt and their children were a part of debt bondage. These children became prostitutes and they were accepted to do these acts to pay for food and shelter to the recruiters. Singh and Hart (2007) indicate that their findings were that many of the women involved in sex work were interested with making money because they were facing financial hardships and sex work was able to help increase the standard of living for themselves and their families. Parents spent money raising their daughters and the daughters would become prostitutes to repay the debt. Singh and Hart (2007) explain that the earnings of one daughter can support a whole family in the rural villages of Thailand.

When Zana Briski traveled to Calcutta’s impoverished red light district in 1997, she did not expect her documentary capturing the lives of eight marginalized children would arouse the consciousness of millions of people around the world. By displaying the poverty and grime of the brothel while publicizing children’s artwork and their lofty dreams to become educated, the documentary “Born into Brothels” succeed in raising awareness and attracting financial support worldwide to provide these children with reachable quality education. In other words, it is the film as well as the discussions related to it on various media platforms that brought about life-changing opportunities for those eight children, which evidently unfolds the