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So while I was researching I came across a beautiful gallery of photos of prostitutes in Bangladesh. Theres no porn or nudity so don't worry. I know it isn't in Nepal or India but I felt as if it may interest some of you to look at.
Just copy and paste the link in your search engine: http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/30-tragic-beautiful-photos-of-teenage-prostitutes
Heres the skinny:
So for some sick and crazy reason, I am really interested in prostitution. I would never become a prostitute, I promise, but it interests me to know what the lives are like. I wonder about prices, time allowance with customers and the statistics behind these girls.
After doing some research I found out all about these things. This information devastated me but in some places, didn't surprise me at all. This made me sad to think that I expected the worst and thats exactly what I read.
According to Unity of Nobility.com, prostitution rates have risen in recent years. As has the interest in younger and younger girls, which to me is disgusting and a complete outrage. Pedophilia is popular in brothels which is why certain human traffickers that agreed to speak about their profession can sell ten and eleven year old girls for up to 1000 dollars in India. These men admitted to trafficking over 150- 200 girls per year. These men (and sometimes women) should know what it feels like to be raped, beaten and drugged before they do it willingly to girls every day for money.
I read a girls story about the year she turned fifteen. She was drugged by a woman and kidnapped. She was then told she was going to work as a prostitute. When she refused, she was beaten senseless. When she refused again, they brought hot iron to her skin until she had no choice but to give in. She worked from six in the morning until three in the morning. She escaped finally when a customer let her use his phone. She called her parents and was brought to safety. Though a happy ending, this story is still devastating. This could have happened to anyone. It could have happened to one of my friends, or even one of their little sisters!
The more I read about this topic, the more it upsets me. I found that it is common for brothels to drug their workers in order to make them more submissive and easier to force work out of. As disgusting as this profession is, it is actually the third largest industry in the world. This is behind drugs and the trade of arms (By arms, I mean guns). What really got me going was the fact that a reason why many pimps and madams don't get in trouble with the law because the children are afraid to testify against them because they are so young. These horrible people don't care what these girls go through. They only care about the money. What gives one person the right to another's innocence, freedom, childhood, happiness, and future? I don't understand why the Indian government doesn't DO something about the huge problem they're having. It is unbelievable to me the pain and suffering these women must go through with nothing in return but beatings and being put down.
By Skyler Bryn Pemberton
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