House of Horrors in Cleveland, Ohio. My thoughts on Sex Slavery and Trafficking.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/missing-women-cleveland-brothers-arrested/2140359/

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!  Did you see this piece of news?  On USA Today, today, front page: House of horrors... 3 missing young girls rescued!  They were kidnapped about 10 years ago, when they are 14 (Gina Dejesus), 17 (Amanda Berry), and 20 (Michelle Knight) years old by a school bus driver (Ariel Castro) and his 2 brothers (Onil and Pedro)!

These 3 perverts locked the 3 girls in a house for 10 years.  Sexually/physically/mentally abused them over and over in the last 10 years!  In the article, they mentioned repeated chained rapes, violent physical abuses... they had total of at least 5 pregnancies and some loss of pregnancies because of traumatic abuse during their pregnancy.  Why in hell are these things happening?!  Doesn't it give you just this nauseous feeling and a craving for justice?

Why are we fight about all these less important 'rights' issues in America, when we have such bigger issues to address?  We should turn our energy in fighting these 'justice' issues?  These kind of injustice committed against women and children are SO MUCH BIGGER than what American likes to fight about with what we called 'rights.'  Please, don't ignore this anymore.  Shouldn't we all feel disgusted so we want to learn more and help fight it.  Doesn't this disgust you as it disgusts me?  Should we continue to turn a blind eye until it happens to us?  What would it take for YOU to change how you are behaving toward this issue?

Are you aware that the Pornography industry is one of the largest profitable industries in the world... Drug trafficking is the most profitable.  The second most profitable is Human Trafficking, which is also the 3rd fastest growing criminal industry in the world!  Do you still think Porn is benign if you just do what you do behind closed doors?  The supply is meeting the demand... you have to ask yourselves, where are these demand coming from?  Do you think porn is as consensual as the American TVs made it seemed to be?  Do you think women likes to degrade their bodies to any men willing?  Do you think Sex Trafficking is a 'foreign issue'?  Well, look again, it is in ALL of our neighborhoods... it is probably in your own house!

This disgusting porn industry is feeding into the Sex Slavery industry.  Check out these statistics:

1. 27 million humans are enslaved each year according to the most conservative estimates.  The real number is more like 50 million world wide.  This is more than DOUBLE to QUADRIPLE the number during the height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
2. 80% of victims are WOMEN AND GIRLS, and over 50% are minors ==> Sex slaves
3. UNICEF estimates about 1.2 million children are trafficked every year around the world, that is about 2 CHILDREN PER MINUTE ARE TRAFFICK FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
4. A lot of these exploits are for 'sexual tourism.'  What do you think that means?  That means, overwhelming majority are men traveling around the world just to RAPE another innocent CHILD!
5. About 800,000 persons are trafficked across international borders each year, that means the rest of 97%, or 26 + million people are trafficked within the country... they are domestic slaves!  More than 50% of these are sexual slaves!
6. The SuperBowl is the event that earns most money for sex traffickers in the world.  Look at any major sporting event around the world... it's the same thing...

Ahhhh, THIS MAKES ME ABSOLUTELY SICK TO MY STOMACH!

TAKE NOTE: THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW.  IN THE UNITED STATES, A GIRL THAT IS LEFT TO HERSELF IN ANY MAJOR U.S. CITY WILL BE APPROACHED BY A HUMAN TRAFFICKER WITHIN 72 HOURS!!!  Think Again!

*** YOU CANNOT DO NOTHING!  DOING NOTHING MEANS YOU ARE OK WITH THESE KIND OF TERRORISM AND ATROCIOUS VIOLENCE.  DO NOT TURN A BLIND FACE TO THESE SUFFERING WOMEN AND CHILDREN!!! ***

You can do something about this:
1. READ, READ, READ!
2. STOP USING PORN, STOP SUPPORTING THIS INDUSTRY.
3. Learn to protect yourself
4. Watch movies about this issue
5. You can check out these following links.  Be educated about how to properly approach this issue.

http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
http://www.slaverymap.org/
http://streetlightusa.org/2012/child-sex-trafficking-research-and-statistics/
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2012/
http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/policy-advocacy/current-laws
http://www.caseact.org/learn/humantrafficking/
http://www.f-4-c.org/statistics/Default.asp
http://www.freedom-summit.org/2013/about-us/humantrafficking/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/super-bowl-sex-trafficking_n_2607871.html

Sex Slaves

Doesn't all this human trafficking and sex slavery and child labor disgust you? It does to me! I want to throw up every time I hear of it! Why do people think it is ok to do that to another human being? Is it monetary gains or sense of power? Or, is it a lack of reverence for God and a lack of respect for life? I think it is both!

So, recently, since I got back from Cambodia, and after my friend Lauren join the Polaris Project in the US, I’ve learned of another organization that is doing similar things. That is the HAGAR International project. This is a home grown project in Cambodia that helps women and children to get out of human trafficking and slavery by offering rehabilitation, shelter, and means of earning cash for living. I really like the idea of helping the helpless and the oppressed.

Cambodia, like many poor Southeast Asian countries and many African countries, the position women have in society is not equal to men. Many men are responsible for the propagation of prostitution and directly responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS has touted as the number ONE killer of people in Cambodia. Men have sex with prostitutes and come home and give it to their wife, or pass it all around, despite education. This has got to stop! How? I have no definitive idea, but through organizational efforts like the Polaris Project and Hagar International, hopefully one day, this world may be a safer place. I think these women and children are at the heart of God. Check it out!

Here is a video to how you can help: http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Fair-Trade-Paves-a-Way-Out-of-Human-Trafficking-in-Cambodia.html;jsessionid=12D00A58F141AB6C9044343458DDE5C3