User:Tmaldona/sandbox

Hello! My name is Tatiana Maldonado, a sophomore here at Xavier University from Atlanta, Georgia. I am excited to take this class because I took Slavery and Servitude last semester and became hungry for more knowledge! I would like to continue my study focusing on human rights especially human trafficking fro my psychology research. My study focuses on how society's oversexualized nature is impacting young female's self esteem. I believe there is a strong connection of how women has been treated throughout history and society's obsession with sex is detrimental to a young females mental health.

Sex Trafficking in Thailand
For my wiki project, I will add on to the article Sex trafficking in Thailand. Human trafficking is an epidemic that affects not only developing countries but also in developed countries, such as the United States. Human trafficking is defined as, "[Modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act," by the United States Homeland Security. Sex trafficking is recorded to be one of the top forms of human trafficking by the Global Report on human trafficking. Sex trafficking is sexually exploiting either a man, women, or child for a profit. In most cases of sex trafficking in Thailand, the victim is forced/threatened and taken away at a young age where they are sold to either brothels or pimps. The victim must stay in this form of human trafficking until the debt of which the pimp/brothel bought the person. Many know what sex trafficking is and that it extremely affects developing countries such as Thailand. However, many do not know where how or why prostitution started in these countries. I will continue to improve and adjust the history portion of this article. In order to fully understand any epidemic, one must learn the history. For this article specifically, the history section had invalid information that created a negative view of a group of people who had nothing to do with the history of prostitution in Thailand. Improving this section can help bring an end to sex trafficking because with this knowledge one can write laws and see how to avoid history repeating itself and see how to move forward.

Sex trafficking has been happening for a while now, unfortunately, the media has not given it the coverage it needs. Because of this, sex trafficking is thriving and many do not believe it is as extreme and widespread as it is. Therefore there aren't many organizations running out to put an end to this form of slavery in third world countries such as Thailand who are mostly left on the back burner when it comes to epidemics like this. Bringing awareness about not only sex trafficking but all of the human trafficking can help bring it to an end and keep all those who are being exploited safely. Unfortunately, until that times comes many girls, younger than 10, of Thailand, will be sold into sex trafficking. 

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[https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/pravnivjsk30&div=34&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals Gugić, Zrinka. “Human Trafficking under the Veil of Sex Tourism in Thailand - Reactions of the Eu.” Pravni Vjesnik, no. 2 (June 2014): 355–76. https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/pravnivjsk30&div=34&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals] =====


 * Main Argument

The main argument of this paper is to show that there is a correlation between sex tourism and the increase of human trafficking. This relationship is shown by collecting data through administering surveys and film studies.


 * Basic Points

Basic points of this article include:


 * sex tourism is apart of a bigger the increase in cases concerning human trafficking around the world
 * the reactions of the European Union mold how the state reacts
 * human trafficking gives the victims a slave status
 * The sex industry in Thailand started during the Korean and Vietnamese wars, where Western men needed a distraction from the cruel gory war. Thus Asian women in poverty stricken areas flocked to areas of the military men offering sexual services gaining a large amount in profits over the course of the war.


 * Supporting Evidence
 * Sexual exploitation definition- a person gains financially as a person is abused sexually in order for them to gain financially. The abused person has there human right taken away such as their;"dignity, equality, autonomy, and physical and mental well-being"
 * 60% of Thailand's profits come from tourism where sex tourism thrives
 * Trafficking in persons definition- "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of person," by force, fraud, or deception. Or, gaining benefits from having control over another person for exploitation reasons.
 * Although prostitution is strictly banned, it thrives in Thailand, mainly the low income areas where unemployment rates are high.
 * 79% of those who are exploited are women and children
 * Although most cases of human trafficking victims are those who were forced, many cases are voluntary.
 * The number of human trafficking victims are rising every year.

Outline Your Contribution:
= Sex trafficking in Thailand =

History
(Original) Before the 1970s, commercialized sex in Thailand was a small industry. It was in the 1970s that the sex industry began to flourish in Thailand. The flood of US GIs into Thailand during the Vietnam War was the single largest contributing factor to the sharp rise of the Thai sex industry.[citation needed]

It is estimated that during the 1990s the number of people engaged in the sex industry was no fewer than 400,000.

Outline of continuing contribution:


 * I will start off by stating key dates
 * the legalization/ abolishment of prostitution
 * Prostitution was legalized in the 1300s to the 1700s.
 * Prostitution became abolished in 1905.
 * The rise of immigration in Thailand that influenced the increase of the sex industry
 * an increase in Chinese immigrants started to flock to Thailand, which were up until the 1850s.
 * key wars that happened around Thailand
 * The sex industry in Thailand started during the Korean and Vietnamese wars, where Western men needed a distraction from the cruel gory war. Thus Asian women in poverty stricken areas flocked to areas of the military men offering sexual services gaining a large amount in profits over the course of the war.


 * 1) I will take out this statement due to lack of literature evidence
 * 2) * "The flood of US GIs into Thailand during the Vietnam War was the single largest contributing factor to the sharp rise of the Thai sex industry.[citation needed] "
 * 3) Key factors that contributed to the rise of the sex industry in Thailand
 * 4) sex tourism
 * 5) It has been reported that around 60% of Thailand's National Income comes from tourism where sex tourism is a large part of the industry.
 * 6) 70% of the men who come to Thailand come for specifically for the sex industry.
 * 7) The females role in Thailand's society (already described in another part of article- I will introduce it)
 * 8) 79% of those who are exploited are women and children