Sex Slaves: The Trafficking of Women in Asia
by Louise Brown
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The Asian sex trade is often assumed to cater predominantly to foreigners. SEX SLAVES turns that belief on its head to show that while western sex tourists have played a vital part in the growth of the industry, the primary customers of Asia's indentured sex workers and of its child prostitutes are overwhelmingly Asian men. Here are the voices of some of the world's most silent and abused women - women who have been forced into prostitution by the men they trust. This is their story: about show more the journey from home to captivity; the horrors of 'seasoning' for prostitution; and the hidden life within the brothel. show lessTags
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Like reading about the horrors the Nazi doctors perpetrated upon the Jews at the concentration camps, this book was an incredibly depressing and yet eye-opening expose of sex trafficking in Asia, but it worth every emotionally difficult minute for the perspective, insight, and education it gave me on this problem. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to be awakened and informed about the enormous problem of sex trafficking in Asia. Depressing book. I don't rate it 5 stars because I like the subject, but that I now appreciate the gravity of the sex trafficking situation in Asia due to this book's excellent exposition of it.
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Louise Brown's Sex Slaves is a very sad book, but her careful in-depth research and clear, considered scholarly writing make this a mandatory text for any [college or university] course dealing with Asian women's issues.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2000
- Important places
- Asia
- Dedication
- For 'Dolly'
- First words
- I met Sahana when she was nineteen years old.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And they cannot, forever, continue to live and die in silence.
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
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- ISBNs
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