Brenton
Sexual Slavery in Australia
November 3rd 2008 20:49
Sexual Slavery is one of those things we all picture happening in other countries. Is it, however, happening in Australia. And by most estimates, it is happening more and more.
The women being pulled into this illegal industry are generally Asian, with numbers of Thai sex slaves decreasing, yet South Korean slaves believed to be increasing. Many of the women involved are brought to Australia by shady dealers, unaware of the conditions of their transportation. Ages range, but many are underage, some as young as twelve.
Coroner Carl Milanovich stated in a report following the death in custody of Puongtong Simaplee, a sex slave in Australia from the age of twelve, that - "It would seem that there is evidence that young women are enticed to this country on the premise that they will be provided with work and earn a good income, only to be exploited and forced to work in brothels,"
Surely one of the most disturbing thing about the whole matter is that for an industry so large, awareness must extend well beyond the direct perpetrators of the industry itself. Men know, men’s friends know. Like drugs, the industry does not exist without clients. So… who knows and doesn’t tell?
CHERYL J SAYS
...many of the children and women who are forced into the sex slave industry are poor Asian immigrants who come to Australia with the promise of a job and a life. The people that bring them over immediately confiscate their passports and detain them with threats of deportation or harm to their families.
Many are forced into addiction and are even less able to help themselves. Many women are forced by circumstance into prostitution to survive but I'm not sure that I was class them as slaves, more victims of terrible circumstance. Many women happily go into the industry to pay their way through uni or buy homes to start themselves off. I would say the latter is the majority when it comes to well known brothels and the former in the shadier ones.
...Why doesn't anyone speak up when they know it's happening? I think because far too many people in positions of power are the ones using these 'services' so they shut up lest a) they are found out and b) the sex gravy train comes to a screeching halt.
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Image by Steve Weaver, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Image Description; An exhibition set up in Trafalgar square from September 22nd to the 30th 2007 by the Helen Bamber organization to highlight and lobby the government to the shocking trade of sex trafficking and enslavement happening on our doorsteps. To find out more and to sign a petition go to:-
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