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Norey Anne Arenas


Leah Kaminski
Writing 39C
April 17, 2014
Modern Day Slavery
Whilst slavery in the past played a profound role in history for its oppressive
system and how the slaves were able to earn the freedom, slavery has not been
completely obstructed. Even though many people of our society believe that the problem
of slavery is completely solved, modern day slavery continues to exist today.
Unfortunately, human trafficking is a common system that is active around the world that
many people are not fully aware of. It is mostly common, though, for women and
children of third world countries to be the victims of such inhuman activities that would
force labor or sex upon them. The women who are victimized usually arent aware of the
situation they are put into when the human traffickers take them and promise them a
better life in another country. There are approximately over 4 million people around the
world that are trafficked every year, 1 million of which are trafficked into the global sex
industry (Hartsock). These unsuspecting women end up finding themselves working in
other peoples homes or in prostitution and hardly have a choice to leave and return to
their own homes. Womens reputations in the past have already been denoted as the
traditional women in the family who only works around the household and follows the
orders of the pampered and dominant male. The fact that these women of the foreign
countries are greatly sought and requested for when it comes to sex or labor workers
depreciates their social structure even more. Beside the existing social structure of
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women, this problematic situation continuously arises also due to many men seeking for
the great power that they once had over women but has since then decreased as the first
world women find higher end careers for themselves.
Many of the women who end up being victims of human trafficking end up
having to endure various hardships and tribulations once they start their work for their
exploitative employer. Since the women expected to find a better life through moving to
a different and seemingly more bountiful country, they are caught off guard when they
realize what they actually need to do. These women are usually victims to [abuse] and
exploitation [that] follow such uncannily predictable patters that many in the social
service would almost wonder if theres an Abusers Manual being circulated (Global
Women). Along with such terrible treatment physically, the women are usually denied to
have any benefits or outside social interactions during the times they work. They are also
subject to having been underpaid or not paid at all in some cases during their
employment. Many of these examples highlight the horrible treatment that is given to
these victims of trafficking, so people should all the more try to find solutions that might
decrease the numbers of human trafficking and help more of these victims to attain
freedom. Human trafficking and slavery are both highly immoral, yet it is continuously
practiced throughout the world by various people. This is a current situation that should
be resolved, rather than allowing it to be hidden to most peoples knowledge. There are
actually many various institutions and small groups that make efforts to raise the
awareness of such an atrocious problem, which allows for a resolution to be seemingly
possible.
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There are currently various activists doing their best to do what they can to
prevent as much as they could when it comes to human trafficking. Many victims are able
to attain assistance in shelters or other helpful programs in various countries, yet there are
still few who deny such assistance. There are also many prevention programs that focus
on young boys and girls and teach them the equality between the genders in order to
decrease the demand for human trafficking (Fighting Against Human Trafficking). This
emphasizes the importance of social structure; because the traditional women was
considered to be of a lower stature than men, some men find it acceptable to use them as
slaves of some sort.

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Kiener, Robert. "Human Trafficking and Slavery." CQ Global Researcher 16 Oct. 2012:
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The author, an award-winning writer, explores various topics regarding human
trafficking and slavery with great detail; various notions are brought up and discussed
with viable support and research. Most of the background situations are explained
thoroughly with great detail and statistics as well as the past and present predicaments.
Argumentative voices are also included as well as visual images for the readers to
understand the drastic problem. It allowed for a better insight to trafficking and all of the
smaller situations surrounding it; applying it to my paper was helpful, especially with the
statistics that were included.
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