Letters to the Editor
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Get Informed About this Horrific Problem
As mp says, this is a worldwide problem that gets little press. From Ms. Havrilesky's description of this Frontline program, it is ony scratching the surface. Becuase of AIDS, young girls are kidnapped, stolen, sold by relatives or friends to work in the trade. Virgin girls are highly desirable. Often the only way out is death by AIDS. They are forced to work without condoms, raped. beaten, tortured. And that is just the beginning...
This is an absolutely unthinkable encroachment of human rights, and for what? It is so sad that men have such low regard for women and such high regard for their "needs". It is basically condoned rape in many instances.
Nicholas Kristoff has written some good op-ed pieces for the New York Times.
Please learn more about this terrible, terrible subject and give, if you can, to organizations that are trying to battle it. Contact your congressmen and tell them that laws against trafficking in humans need to be resolved and a stronger stance needs to be taken against countries that turn a blind eye to this practice.