Sex Trade Industry
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The sex trade industry is a disease of patriarchy; it is the quintessential violation of women's autonomy and human rights, and the ultimate reflection of women's status as the property of men and as creatures which exist primarily to service men's sexual desires. This commerce embodies all aspects of gendered racism and includes sex tourism, mail-order brides, and trafficking of women for prostitution. Even though sex trade is a worldwide problem, the industry is more operational in The Philippines due to the extreme poverty caused by the lack of viable economic opportunities for women. In this paper I will; discuss the economic aspects of the sex trade industry in terms of institutional government oppression, deconstruct the perpetual primacy in modern cultural ideologies which affect sex trade victims in The Philippines, and conclude with discourse in understanding the representation of sex workers as a prerequisite to seeking viable solutions in order to act as a worldwide community in resistance to this unbridled terrorism.
Sex trafficking of women and girls across borders and within countries is big business that generates enormous profit for traffickers. Sex trafficking is the third largest underground economy in the world.(Altman, 68) More than two million women and children are sold, tricked, or forced by poverty into sexual slavery each year.(Altman, 69) Of these, more than 150,000 are brought into the United States each year.(Altman, 69) The global trade in women for the purpose of prostitution is an increasing fact, uncovering a complexity of issues that require urgent address to combat the problem.
The causes of the growth of the sex trade are directly related to economic growth of The Philippines...