The Face of Modern Slavery

[groovedaddy]

When I write about human trafficking as a modern form of slavery, people sometimes tune out as their eyes glaze over. So, Glazed Eyes, meet Srey Pov.

She’s a tough interview because she breaks down as she recalls her life in a Cambodian brothel, and pretty soon my eyes are welling up, too.

Srey Pov’s family sold her to a brothel when she was 6 years old. She was unaware of sex but soon found out: A Western pedophile purchased her virginity, she said, and the brothel tied her naked and spread-eagled on a bed so that he could rape her.

“I was so scared,” she recalled. “I was crying and asking, ‘Why are you doing this to me?’ ”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/opinion/kristof-the-face-of-modern-slavery.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

[lbrtbell]

1. Her FAMILY sold her?

Hey, Mommy brought her into the world, let Mommy be the hooker to make some money. :mad:

[jwirr]

5. My uncle fought in the Korean war and was so upset it was not even

funny. Children were sold into slavery because the family needed the money to afford their other children. And this is still going on throughout the world.

[firehorse]

2. wow...as many girls are trafficked now as peak slavery times in Africa.

depressing.

[groovedaddy]

3. Now, now. Just take your prozac and it'll all be okay...or at least you may not give a

shit about it.

[ChazII]

4. At least people

are starting to wake up and beginning to educate themselves. Check out http://www.phoenix.gov/news/policebreakingnews/streetlight_081109.html