Intro-Chap. 2: Summary

The introduction does a really good job of plotting what the whole book is going to be about and gives you a really good idea about what you are going to read, which is about the inequality and abuse to women all around the world. It starts off explaining the story of a woman named Srey Rathe who was taken when she was just fifteen and put into a brothel. She escaped once but was put into prison for a year because of the immigration laws. When let out of prison the police officer sold her into another trafficking business which was more lenient than the last one so she ended up escaping fairly easy from that one. After escaping that brothel she could finally set up her own, free, life. She ended up setting up her own shop which was very successful. The authors state how there are people trying to help this cause and stop the prostitution that are being forced into, and that more and more people are noticing the problem that really needs to be addressed. there were a couple solutions groups are trying called micro financing and also girl's education which they hope will help get rid of the forced prostitution and sex trafficking.

In chapter one it gives a more in depth look into the forced prostitution and the slavery women are put into. Another story of a women named Meena Hasina, who was put into sex slavery at the age of nine. Meenas's story really shows what happens to women in this position. She was beaten constantly because she was so reluctant to cooperate. She gave birth to two kids, at the hands of men that raped her, who she never saw because they were taken away to be raised into the same lifestyle. Meena escaped when she heard she was going to be murdered and actually got married and was free, and was even reunited with her kids eventually. It states that India and China are the worst for forced prostitution. Both numbers are in the millions, but it is hard to determine the difference between voluntary and involuntary prostitutes. Also it states how this lifestyle in the past never used to be a death sentence but that today that has drastically changed with the presence of AIDS all around the world.

Chapter two goes into the political aspect of the problem and how political members in other countries where it is a problem tend to look the other way and not do anything. But this chapter does state some possible solutions, like legalizing and regulating prostitution. This would create a safer environment for prostitutes and would require brothels to always use condoms which would help with the problem of AIDS. Sadly, this plan did not work out mostly because of the DMSC who is supposed to be the ones to enforce the rules but never did and was basically a cover for all of the brothel owners to still do what they want but looking like there are regulations. The last part of the chapter just talk about two girls stories and how hard it is to rescue girls and keep the free, because a lot of the time the owners end up finding them again.