Human Trafficking: The Billion Dollar Industry
It's not always chains. It's not always kidnapping. Sometimes it's seemingly consensual porn videos. Maybe that consensual porn video was uploaded without consent. Maybe a mother in Cambodia is selling her daughter's virginity. Human trafficking comes in many different forms. Sex is the primary reason for trafficking. Trafficking is a modern epidemic, larger than any virus and deadlier than one, too. Our own countries are not safe; America is one of the worst countries in the world for human trafficking. In fact, it's in the top three, right alongside Mexico and the Philippines. This is a global issue, and we need to be talking about it. Our silence doesn't stop the demand. Supply and Demand Like any enterprise, human trafficking is based on supply and demand. Porn increases the demand, and so does the sexual liberation movement. The more people view sex as a cheap, disposable solution to desire, the more children and adults will be forced to provid