Social Issues

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking, the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Anyone can be a victim, men, women, children, anyone. However, there are more women than men, and more adults than children who are trapped and forced in the system. Traffickers recruit or transfer people, they do this by forcing, threatening, abducting, or persuading them with payments and benefits. Human trafficking is a serious crime and violation of human rights.  I’m surprised this isn’t known as a bigger issue such as bullying or abortion. Nearly 21 million people worldwide are victims of this kind of abuse. Young girls are forced to sell sex by knocking on cab doors at truck stops, prostitute individuals are forced to make hundreds of dollars in nightly quotas, and traffickers sell women and children online everyday. This caught my interest because I have never heard human trafficking being talked about while social issues were being discussed. The most popular issue is abuse. We talk about animal abuse, child abuse, spouse abuse,  drug abuse but never the abuse of human rights.

Genre: Article, Website.

Topics: Abuse, Equality, Rights, Crime, Sexism, Worldwide Issue.

Rhetorical Strategies: Informational (Statistics).