Matrioshki 2 Trailer
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eiko82 for this interesting vid. I think I'll head over to Video Difference and see if they might have the first season.
It's a series on human trafficking, and it's got a pretty impressive scope: covers several countries, several nationalities, and it's multi-lingual (and by multi-lingual, I don't mean has a couple of commonly-spoken language, I mean, this has a whole slew of them). It seems to be pretty drama-intense and might be worthwhile to watch.
What I AM leery of, however, is that often people paint the sex industry and human trafficking with the same brush, like they're inextricably connected. This leads to a reviling of the sex industry as a result of its unfortunate links to human trafficking, and lends to the idea that prostitution and the like should be banned in order to stop human trafficking. Which would be wrong, since human trafficking is about treating humans as objects (literally), whereas the sex industry, at its best, is about the sale of sexual services under controlled conditions where all participants (producers, providers and consumers) are satisfied with the transaction. (And sex workers don't even get that, which is such a pain.)
In my humble opinion, human trafficking can only be stopped with the following wide-scale overtures:
- treating human beings as human beings
- giving victims voices, agency, advocacy and resources so they don't get taken in by traffickers
- enabling families to earn a fair living wage
- encouraging clients / john / consumers of sex services to ensure they are not buying the services off traffickers.
Unfortunately, all these require full-scale attitude checks and thorough education... possibly a bit of brainwashing too. However, I have a blog, and I have a voice, and an opinion, and I can use these to open minds to these possibilities.
I invite anyone else to come weigh in on the subject of human trafficking.
Oh, and don't forget, Haligonians, VALERIE SCOTT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTION OF THE SEX PROFESSIONALS OF CANADA, IS SPEAKING TOMORROW! 7PM, ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTER. FREE. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!
eiko82 for this interesting vid. I think I'll head over to Video Difference and see if they might have the first season.It's a series on human trafficking, and it's got a pretty impressive scope: covers several countries, several nationalities, and it's multi-lingual (and by multi-lingual, I don't mean has a couple of commonly-spoken language, I mean, this has a whole slew of them). It seems to be pretty drama-intense and might be worthwhile to watch.
What I AM leery of, however, is that often people paint the sex industry and human trafficking with the same brush, like they're inextricably connected. This leads to a reviling of the sex industry as a result of its unfortunate links to human trafficking, and lends to the idea that prostitution and the like should be banned in order to stop human trafficking. Which would be wrong, since human trafficking is about treating humans as objects (literally), whereas the sex industry, at its best, is about the sale of sexual services under controlled conditions where all participants (producers, providers and consumers) are satisfied with the transaction. (And sex workers don't even get that, which is such a pain.)
In my humble opinion, human trafficking can only be stopped with the following wide-scale overtures:
- treating human beings as human beings
- giving victims voices, agency, advocacy and resources so they don't get taken in by traffickers
- enabling families to earn a fair living wage
- encouraging clients / john / consumers of sex services to ensure they are not buying the services off traffickers.
Unfortunately, all these require full-scale attitude checks and thorough education... possibly a bit of brainwashing too. However, I have a blog, and I have a voice, and an opinion, and I can use these to open minds to these possibilities.
I invite anyone else to come weigh in on the subject of human trafficking.
Oh, and don't forget, Haligonians, VALERIE SCOTT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTION OF THE SEX PROFESSIONALS OF CANADA, IS SPEAKING TOMORROW! 7PM, ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTER. FREE. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!