Sex Slavery

After reading the article Sex Slavery, From the Hills of Nepal to the Brothels of Delhi by Nikhil Nigam my first reaction was shock as to the lack of effort on the part of the police and the relaxed attitude the government has in following up and prosecuting offenders of trafficking. What also shocked me was the statement “On paper, prostitution per se is not illegal in India as per the Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act1986, and our lawmakers regarded it as an unavoidable evil”. To call trafficking an unavoidable evil just shows the lack of regard the government is showing of the lives of these women. One could put forth the argument that the government needs to step up and start to enforce these laws and take seriously the claims that people are submitting, yet I think when looking at this problem as a whole a large issue immerges that needs to be addressed. That issue being the way women in general are treated in these countries. From this article it becomes clear that women are looked at as less than men, and a lower second class of citizens. For the problem of prostitution to stop the outlook and treatment of women needs to change, there is no befits that come out of the way women are treated. Rather it has become part of the culture, and from what I have seen in the article is basically accepted. For the issues to stop the men of these countries and the government officials need to recognize women as equals, who deserve the same rights as men. The first changes need to start in government as they need to recognize that this in fact is an avoidable evil, and looking at other countries like the U.S for example, though trafficking and prostitution does occur our government takes it seriously and prosecutes offenders.