Log #3

        When it comes to sex trafficking, we are most likely to think about the females as the victims of it. Indeed, women are intrinsically vulnerable than men are, and thus they are more likely to be kidnapped and become the sufferers of sex trafficking. Therefore, people focus mostly on the safety of women and try hard to rescue them from torture of sexual exploitation. However, I think this is exactly the reasons why male sex trafficking victims are very probably to be neglected and unsaved from torture. It is without a doubt that the proportion of women’s being sexual exploited is higher than that of men’s. Nevertheless, I think those male victims still should not be neglected because they are suffering from the same painful things as those women are.

        From the articles I read, I learned that societal expectation is also one reason causing the neglect of saving males from sex trafficking: gender norms suppose that men should be strong and take good care of themselves, and those admitting being victims of sex trafficking are shaming and mistrusting. Thus, identifying trafficked victims and rescuing work have become much more difficult. I always knew that the society has stereotype and some specific expectation on the males: they should be independent and strong and should not cry. These may more or less influence the males and they become unaccustomed to sharing their feelings and happenings. However, I didn’t know that the impact of societal expectation has gone so far: men are unwilling to tell others they are suffering from sexual expectation. From this we can see that societal expectation does have great influence on our thoughts and acts. Thus, I think we shouldn’t have specific stereotype and expectation for the two genders, and such pitiful things as failing to rescue the victims can be less likely to happen.

Reference:

http://humantraffickingcenter.org/men-boys/

http://www.endslaverynow.org/blog/articles/the-secret-victims-of-sex-trafficking