Human Trafficking Research Paper
The Dynamics of Orientalism and Globalization in the International Sex Industry and Human Trafficking
Global human trafficking is a modern day form of slavery. Human trafficking refers to the movement of persons across borders for forced labor, sexual exploitation or other illicit activities. Sex trafficking is the most lucrative sector of human trafficking
(Polaris Project, 2003). Women smuggled into the U.S come primarily from Latin
America, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Russia. The global political economy, political corruption, human rights, gender and ethnic stratification, and migration are all related to human trafficking.
Human trafficking is strongly connected to the complex economic processes of
globalization. …show more content…
Power is especially important in the trafficking industry.
Traffickers often target people in their local communities because it gives them more power and control (Polaris Project 2003). In a familiar community, the traffickers know who the vulnerable people are. Trust is another good reason for traffickers to use people in their own community. Women are more likely to trust men from their own community so it is easier to deceive them. Traffickers use violence and threats as a form of power against women. They can threaten to hurt the woman’s family members if she does not agree to the traffickers’ demands. Because the woman knows the trafficker(s), she recognizes that the threat can easily be carried out. The trafficker(s) would know exactly who is in her family and where they live. Men who want vulnerable women are trying to establish power in a social structure. As a result of these social structures, many individuals benefit from human trafficking. The traffickers earn money while the customers get to enjoy a sexual experience. Even law enforcement officials, such as the policeman who brought Siri back to the brothel, often receive a percentage of the
brothel’s …show more content…
According to Said,
Orientalism emerged in Europe as an academic tradition of teaching and writing about the Orient. Western scholars studied the Orient through ethnography, and the interpretation of its culture by reading and translating Oriental texts. Orientalism is an idea constructed by the “West†and is also based on the distinction between the Orient and the Occident which leads to fantasies of the exotic “otherâ€Â. The West sees itself as superior by comparing itself to the “Orient.†The Orient is childlike, exotic, backwards, and incapable of defining itself, while the West is progressive, active, and masculine.
Because the Orient was seen as weak and inferior, colonization was viewed as a necessary to save them from their backwardness. Said analyzes Orientalism as a
“Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orientâ€Â
(1978). Orientalist scholarship provided the means for western countries to take over
Oriental lands and rescue them. In essence, it justified colonialism and cultural domination. Though Said focuses on how European countries have interacted with
Global human trafficking is a modern day form of slavery. Human trafficking refers to the movement of persons across borders for forced labor, sexual exploitation or other illicit activities. Sex trafficking is the most lucrative sector of human trafficking
(Polaris Project, 2003). Women smuggled into the U.S come primarily from Latin
America, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Russia. The global political economy, political corruption, human rights, gender and ethnic stratification, and migration are all related to human trafficking.
Human trafficking is strongly connected to the complex economic processes of
globalization. …show more content…
Power is especially important in the trafficking industry.
Traffickers often target people in their local communities because it gives them more power and control (Polaris Project 2003). In a familiar community, the traffickers know who the vulnerable people are. Trust is another good reason for traffickers to use people in their own community. Women are more likely to trust men from their own community so it is easier to deceive them. Traffickers use violence and threats as a form of power against women. They can threaten to hurt the woman’s family members if she does not agree to the traffickers’ demands. Because the woman knows the trafficker(s), she recognizes that the threat can easily be carried out. The trafficker(s) would know exactly who is in her family and where they live. Men who want vulnerable women are trying to establish power in a social structure. As a result of these social structures, many individuals benefit from human trafficking. The traffickers earn money while the customers get to enjoy a sexual experience. Even law enforcement officials, such as the policeman who brought Siri back to the brothel, often receive a percentage of the
brothel’s …show more content…
According to Said,
Orientalism emerged in Europe as an academic tradition of teaching and writing about the Orient. Western scholars studied the Orient through ethnography, and the interpretation of its culture by reading and translating Oriental texts. Orientalism is an idea constructed by the “West†and is also based on the distinction between the Orient and the Occident which leads to fantasies of the exotic “otherâ€Â. The West sees itself as superior by comparing itself to the “Orient.†The Orient is childlike, exotic, backwards, and incapable of defining itself, while the West is progressive, active, and masculine.
Because the Orient was seen as weak and inferior, colonization was viewed as a necessary to save them from their backwardness. Said analyzes Orientalism as a
“Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orientâ€Â
(1978). Orientalist scholarship provided the means for western countries to take over
Oriental lands and rescue them. In essence, it justified colonialism and cultural domination. Though Said focuses on how European countries have interacted with