To be clear I do not work for law-enforcement - and I do not know the specific legalities in regards to sex-workers - nor to I have an ethical problem with practices where it is legal - and exploitation does not take place. As comedian Chris Rock said the number one job of a dad is to keep his daughter from having a career on the pole - or at least make sure she has other options. I may or may not know some people who if they become aware of predatory intentions of men being here - well the law may bypassed and you may simply disappear not to be seen again.
Hopefully suicidegirls.com is used as a fun social site, where community is nurtured, women feel a part of a sorority, and use it as an opportunity to gain confidence and develop other ambitions, and take advantage of opportunities to promote themselves, the SG community and make business contacts.
Please note: the following contains information that may be upsetting or disturbing to some readers.
http://www.canadianwomen.org/trafficking
http://www.canadianwomen.org/sites/canadianwomen.org/files/Summary-HT_Grants-ACTIVE_1.pdf
sex trafficking of girls and women is a serious issue around the world and right here in Canada
* Trafficking of girls and women is illegal, a human rights violation and an extreme form of violence against women.
* Girls and women are being trafficked into forced prostitution inside Canada, to Canada and across Canadian borders.
* Girls and women who are bought and sold from inside Canada are most often marginalized young girls and women (Aboriginal, racialized, immigrant and abuse survivors).
- * The anonymity of Internet helps fuel trafficking by creating conditions that enable luring and trafficking of girls and women for the purposes of forced prostitution.
- * Traffickers in Canada can receive an annual financial gain of $280,000 for each girl or woman they have trafficked and forced into prostitution.1
- * Traffickers receive a higher financial gain for girls under the age of 18, making vulnerable young girls particularly at risk of being forced into prostitution by traffickers.2
- * Through reports and our consultations with 260 Canadian organizations and 160 survivors of sex trafficking, we have learned that many girls in Canada are first trafficked into forced prostitution when they are 13-years-old.3
- * Sex trafficking may be referred to as “modern day slavery.