In 2001, the number of prostitutes in the world is estimated at 40 millions, 75 % of them aged between 13 and 25. Every year, about four million new women and children fall victim to the world trafficking for the purpose of prostitution. Each of these women has a story. They have a name, a face, and all have a story to tell about how they ended up in the commercial sex trade.
Today we went to a ministry and to find the ministry office they told us to look for the “Super Pussy” sign (sorry to be crude but it’s the harsh reality) and then you will see their sign “Rahab Ministries.”
All of these things begs the question,
“Why don’t they leave?”
The answer is simple really: they are slaves. They have been sold and bought for a price, for someone’s pleasure. Sometimes sold by their family members, sometimes taken from their homes and then beaten and sold to a brothel owner or bar, others have been tricked with false promises of a better future. Others have gotten married only to be trafficked by their husband who becomes their pimp. Know that most of women in the GO- GO Bars are being forced to do it physically and/or mentally manipulated by the people around them. In fact, when asked 97% of prostitutes said they would leave prostitution IF THEY COULD.
60 % of men who arrive at Bangkok International Airport come for sex tourism.
I don’t want to come across as being angry but I am… and righteously so. Nobody should be forced to sell his or her body. Nothing about that is okay! Nothing about being beaten and raped daily is okay.
Maybe instead of asking the question, “why don’t the girls just leave?” we should ask…
Why do nearly a million men come to Thailand every year to buy sex?
Since when did it become okay and acceptable to buy a child’s virginity?
When did it become all right to buy another human being for sex?
What happened to sex being sacred within the bonds of marriage?
