Sex Slaves

I am reading a book called "Sex Slaves" by Louise Brown. It gives an expose' on sex trafficking. This book is so upsetting that I can only read 10 pages at at time.

Although this is not the author's intention, it is the kind of book that makes you ashamed of being a man because of the course vulgar and unrestrained acts of terror some women suffer at the hands on a small number males who think that the rape, physical abuse and murder of unknown women doesn't really matter!

If this book is only 25% correct what it describes should still be listed as a chronic emergency. Over two million women a year are trafficked into brothels in Asia, Africa, the Middle East as well as Western nations. Many end up dying of the beatings they receive or of sexually transmitted diseases. Others, when they are unable to sell sex any more are killed and their organs are harvested and on sold for transplants before their bodies are unceremoniously discarded. Women who were created in the image of God are abducted, abused, mistreated and after all profit has been extracted, are dumped like rubbish.

Those that survive this ordeal carry deep psychological wounds as they live out the consequences of their abuse on a daily basis.

Some Christian organizations have little sympathy for prostitutes as prostitution has always had a stigma about it. The Bible warns us about the woman of folly.

She is now in the streets, now in the squares, and lurks by every corner. Proverbs 7:12

The image here of a brazen hussy, who cares nothing for God's commandments, who through her solicitations tries to ensnare righteous men  to break covenant with their God and family, to turn aside from the path and enjoy the sexual pleasures that she can offer, for a price.

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here", and to him who lacks understanding she says, "stolen water is sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant" Prov 9:16-17

But the Bible warns that the price that will be paid here is much higher than we would think.
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Her house is the way to Sheol. descending to the chambers of death. Prov 7:27

We see these same arguments at work today. Our popular culture and advertising media carry clear messages that we need to loosen up and feel the love. Messages that try to desensitize us and that promote adultery and free sex without conscience as a valid lifestyle. It goes without saying that such a lifestyle is unworkable and untenable for the maintenance of stable and committed relationships and that is one of the reasons why it is offensive to God.

However, the worldwide sex trade has little to do with liberated love and more to do with misogyny and self gratification.

Sex slavery as described in this book is wickedness unrestrained where men seduce, dupe and  force children and women to sell sex for a living. Poverty struck young girls are led to believe that they have scored a well paying job in  a factory and are trafficked across borders into brothels where they are beaten, raped, drugged, psychologically manipulated and forced to comply with the wishes of the brothel owners to pay off fictitious debts by selling sex.

These are not the women described in the Bible - these are women forced on pain of public shame, physical abuse or death to live a life that is would normally be abhorrent to them.

The clients of many of these girls are rich men from both Western and local backgrounds. Affluent men who have children, and in some cases grand children who rape these women whilst claiming to live highly moral lives. 

Poverty is poverty is a major force in what drives this industry. People who are in abject poverty take risks that others in more affluent countries would never take.

I once met a man in Thailand who had sold his eight year old daughter into the sex industry so he could educate his sons. This really affected me because at the time I had an eight year old daughter at home. I have thought about this a lot since and cannot understand or justify this man's position but the fact remains poverty drives the sex industry.

Sex trafficking is evil. It is wrong and it is unjustifiable. We have to do something to stop this evil and we need to start now.

What will you do today to stop this evil on the face of the earth?!

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