What else was going on at the time when this issue began?
Before Sex Trafficking was going on it all started by Human Trafficking / Slavery. Though slavery has been banned across the globe, more than 29 million people are living in slavery, the greatest number in history. Some 15,000 people are being trafficked each year right here in the U.S. for purposes of forced labor or sexual exploitation. ‘’And they’re working for you. Even if your shelves are lined with fair trade and locally produced items, there’s a good chance that a number of slaves have contributed to making the food you eat, the clothes you wear.’’ According to Slavery Footprint there's still people out here working hard to maintain themselves and their family. And getting payed small amount of money or not getting payed at all because their seemed as less human beings.
How was your topic influenced by and how did it influence the economic, social, political, and cultural climate of the time period?
In my opinion Sex Trafficking influences the economic by making easy money by selling victims bodies to people who see sex trafficking right. Sex trafficking is something that happens global it also happens in the U.S. but we never hear of it. Also sex trafficking is political because there has been governments whom have stopped prostitution in states. But it still continues with missing bodies whose families are still in search of victims. Victims are exposed to dangerous climates and dangerous communities for sex or for labor which the money goes to their pimps. ‘’Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It involves one person controlling another and exploiting him or her for work. Like historical slavery, human trafficking is a business that generates billions of dollars a year. But unlike historical slavery, human trafficking is not legal anywhere in the world. Instead of being held by law, victims are trapped physically, psychologically, financially or emotionally by their traffickers.’’ According to CNN Enslaved farm workers have been found harvesting tomatoes in Florida and picking strawberries in California. Young girls have been forced into prostitution in Toledo, Atlanta, Wichita, Los Angeles, and other cities and towns across America. Women have been enslaved as domestic workers in homes in Maryland and New York. And human trafficking victims have been found working in restaurants, hotels, nail salons, and shops in small towns and booming cities. Wherever you live, chances are some form of human trafficking has taken place there.