Sex Trafficking: Exploring Agency

Subverted through Violence

One ubiquitous feature within sex trafficking is violence (Nixon et al. 2002). Violence is an everyday occurrence in the lives of women and girls working in sex trafficking, beginning in childhood and continuing through adolescence and adulthood (Nixon et al. 2002; Hossain et al. 2010). Violence comes from intimate partners, customers, pimps, fellow prostitutes, police officers, and other professionals (Nixon et al. 2002; Hossain et al. 2010). The violence escalates and becomes more normalized once one is engaged in sex work (Campbell et al. 2003).


Campbell, R., Ahrens, C., Sefl, T., & Clark, M. L. (2003). The relationship between adult sexual assault and prostitution: an exploratory analysis. Violence and Victims, 18(3), 299–317

Hossain, M., Zimmerman, C., Abas, M., Light, M., & Watts, C. (2010). The relationship of trauma to mental disorders among trafficked and sexually exploited girls and women. American Journal of Public Health, 100(12), 2442–2449

Nixon, K., Tutty, L., Downe, P., Gorkoff, K., & Ursel, J. (2002). The everyday occurrence: violence in the lives of girls exploited through prostitution. Violence Against Women, 89), 1016–1043.


 

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