tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681120741646459004.post4295278732917151226..comments2023-05-31T11:43:13.342+03:00Comments on Bobby's blog: Hey! Mind your language!Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220900637993980479noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681120741646459004.post-38941839772328083072015-10-20T14:53:36.675+03:002015-10-20T14:53:36.675+03:00Thanks, Marjan. Can you give me a link to the arti...Thanks, Marjan. Can you give me a link to the article or do you mean that you just expressed objections to the editor to adding 'sex trafficking' as a key word (I mean, the article was not related to the phrase 'sex trafficking' itself?) Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220900637993980479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681120741646459004.post-48407848252871376042015-10-20T01:52:27.876+03:002015-10-20T01:52:27.876+03:00These are the objections I formulated some time ag...These are the objections I formulated some time ago in the framework of an article I wrote, for which the editor wanted to use the word "sex trafficking" as one of the key words. They are partly the same plus an additional one:<br />- It is not sex that is trafficked, it is human beings who are trafficked. <br />- It is not about sex, it is about money. <br />- It suggests that trafficking for prostitution is fundamentally different from trafficking for other purposes, e.g. domestic or agricultural labour, which it is not. In all cases it is about making profits from the exploitation of human beings under forced labour or slavery-like conditions. <br />- Using the word ‘sex’ in trafficking has a sensationalist and emotive connotation with which I am quite uncomfortable (I would, f.e., never use the word “sex slaves”).<br />marjan wijershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942049431512342270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681120741646459004.post-65821532167840809252014-11-11T19:50:54.844+02:002014-11-11T19:50:54.844+02:00Thaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!!
Here's something I r...Thaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!! <br /><br />Here's something I recently wrote in a comment about the subject:<br /><br />Speaking of cultural contexts: I am aware that in the US, the term ‘sex trafficking’ is commonly used to describe human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. One could argue that my objection to the term is mere nitpicking, but I think it’s important to discontinue using it. Firstly, shortening the admittedly long-winded description to ‘sex trafficking’ removes the human element. Just compare it to drug trafficking: it describes the illegal trade of drugs. ‘Sex trafficking’, however, is the illegal trade and commercial sexual exploitation of human beings, not of sex, and I don’t consider that unimportant. Secondly, the term adds to the common misconception that the majority of cases of human trafficking involve commercial sexual exploitation, which, according to the best available guesstimates is not the case. (One should note, however, that other forms of human trafficking might very well involve sexual harassment or rape, too.)<br /><br />ILO 2012 Global Estimate of Forced Labour<br />http://www.ilo.org/.../news/WCMS_181961/lang--it/index.htm<br /><br />Thirdly, the term is a slippery slope: more and more media outlets and organisations use the terms ‘sex trafficking’ and ‘prostitution’ like synonyms, which obviously, they aren’t. In my view, the term ‘sex trafficking’ adds to the conflation of sex work and human trafficking and, considering how complex these subjects are, one shouldn’t shorten it for mere convenience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com