Is prostitution now considered trafficking?

[Anonymous]

Company bus driving tech bros to the office? Believe it or not, trafficking!

[Anonymous]

What do you think a pimp does????

[Anonymous]

"Trafficking" is a legal term with a fixed definition.
This isn't really a matter of opinion. https://www.justice.gov/humantrafficking

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Anonymous wrote:I first really started widely hearing the term sex trafficking about 10 years ago. Prior to that, I considered sex trafficking to be where victims were essentially kidnapped and forced into prostitution. It's pretty evident that the term is now used for situations that are less coercive than what I had previously assumed.

So are most forms of prostitution now considered trafficking? And would the pimps of yesteryear (prior to the 2000's) now be labeled traffickers?

Yes.

Sex work that is not solo-practitioner if you will, is trafficking. Sex workers with "pimps" as you put it do not have complete freedom over their bodies and lives and work, even if they have not been kidnapped.

Sounds like a lot of non-sex-work jobs I know!

Everyone who uses their body to make money, is a prostitute in a sense.

Only if it's the part of your body that belongs to your husband.

What part doesn't?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think a pimp does????

Protect his women yo! Make sure those Johns pay their fair share!

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Anonymous wrote:I first really started widely hearing the term sex trafficking about 10 years ago. Prior to that, I considered sex trafficking to be where victims were essentially kidnapped and forced into prostitution. It's pretty evident that the term is now used for situations that are less coercive than what I had previously assumed.

So are most forms of prostitution now considered trafficking? And would the pimps of yesteryear (prior to the 2000's) now be labeled traffickers?

Yes.

Sex work that is not solo-practitioner if you will, is trafficking. Sex workers with "pimps" as you put it do not have complete freedom over their bodies and lives and work, even if they have not been kidnapped.

Sounds like a lot of non-sex-work jobs I know!

Everyone who uses their body to make money, is a prostitute in a sense.

Only if it's the part of your body that belongs to your husband.

Erm, what?

[Anonymous]

In many parts of Latin America prostitution is perfectly legal but “pimping” is not. That’s the difference between prostitution and sex trafficking

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Anonymous wrote:In many parts of Latin America prostitution is perfectly legal but “pimping” is not. That’s the difference between prostitution and sex trafficking

Yes this is how it should be. Pimping is trafficking

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Anonymous wrote:In many parts of Latin America prostitution is perfectly legal but “pimping” is not. That’s the difference between prostitution and sex trafficking

Makes it easier for government and cartels to extort the working women that way, since they lack as much protection.

It has nothing to do with women's rights.

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Anonymous wrote:I've known a few prosititutes in my life. Of the ones I met, they fell into two categories:

1. Did it for quick money and desperation. Typically addicted to drugs and need enough for another hit. The (sad) side-effect of drug use is you tend to lose weight since you don't have an appetite, which makes these people more "valued" on the market since skinny people fit a more typical beauty ideal.

2. To earn money. It's a mix of easy money and fun. These are rarely addicts, though I've seen one or two do coke or marijuana when offered. They are higher-end and aren't roaming the streets. All clients are found through websites or referrals, and clients pay well. There's more "dating" involved here, and they like going to fancy restaurants and the rest of it. To some extent, they also pick their clients.

There is certainly a third category which is those who are coerced and forced into it. I just haven't met anyone in that situation so can't comment on it.

Example (1) falls under “coercion” dear.

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Anonymous wrote:Much of prostitution is sex trafficking. It’s very rare to find a sex worker who is not being coerced.

I went to HS with two girls from totally ordinary UMC families with no abuse history at all, and both started doing amateur paid porn and escort work while in college, just for the money and the thrill of it.

No pimps, no coercion, nothing. Just because they were having fun and making quite a bit of untaxed income. At one point I even considered it myself, but I was too scared someone who knew me would find out and tell my parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Much of prostitution is sex trafficking. It’s very rare to find a sex worker who is not being coerced.

I went to HS with two girls from totally ordinary UMC families with no abuse history at all, and both started doing amateur paid porn and escort work while in college, just for the money and the thrill of it.

No pimps, no coercion, nothing. Just because they were having fun and making quite a bit of untaxed income. At one point I even considered it myself, but I was too scared someone who knew me would find out and tell my parents.

Do you know what an anecdote is, dear?

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Anonymous wrote:Much of prostitution is sex trafficking. It’s very rare to find a sex worker who is not being coerced.

I went to HS with two girls from totally ordinary UMC families with no abuse history at all, and both started doing amateur paid porn and escort work while in college, just for the money and the thrill of it.

No pimps, no coercion, nothing. Just because they were having fun and making quite a bit of untaxed income. At one point I even considered it myself, but I was too scared someone who knew me would find out and tell my parents.

Sorry, only information from MSNBC and Washington Post is relevant to people with no actual life experiences.

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Anonymous wrote:I first really started widely hearing the term sex trafficking about 10 years ago. Prior to that, I considered sex trafficking to be where victims were essentially kidnapped and forced into prostitution. It's pretty evident that the term is now used for situations that are less coercive than what I had previously assumed.

So are most forms of prostitution now considered trafficking? And would the pimps of yesteryear (prior to the 2000's) now be labeled traffickers?

Yes.

Sex work that is not solo-practitioner if you will, is trafficking. Sex workers with "pimps" as you put it do not have complete freedom over their bodies and lives and work, even if they have not been kidnapped.

Sounds like a lot of non-sex-work jobs I know!

Everyone who uses their body to make money, is a prostitute in a sense.

Only if it's the part of your body that belongs to your husband.

Good point. That's why they should be buried in sand up to their necks and stoned to death.

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Anonymous wrote:Much of prostitution is sex trafficking. It’s very rare to find a sex worker who is not being coerced.

I went to HS with two girls from totally ordinary UMC families with no abuse history at all, and both started doing amateur paid porn and escort work while in college, just for the money and the thrill of it.

No pimps, no coercion, nothing. Just because they were having fun and making quite a bit of untaxed income. At one point I even considered it myself, but I was too scared someone who knew me would find out and tell my parents.

Sorry, only information from MSNBC and Washington Post is relevant to people with no actual life experiences.

LMAO good one.