Response to article by John Boudreau

Upon reading the article In Vietnam, Teenage Daughters Sold Into Sex Slavery, I found it rather sad when the "motherly" woman and the man came to these villages, which were obviously struggling in the first place, and offered them "opportunity" through slavery. The worst part is that the families unknowingly agreed to give up their daughters to slavery because they thought it would benefit the family and they were so desperate for money. Unfortunately when the girls went with these people their lives were only made worse, they were tricked into thinking they would be able to work to help their families and enhance their lifestyle, but instead they were forced into the sex trade.

This is a very depressing situation, because the girls that were taken, on top of being tricked into slavery they were all so young. They didn't even stand a chance, because there was so much lack of experience. Due to their home life, most of these women, as well as other women that this has happened to, are found to be illiterate and unaware of these types of dangers.

I found it extremely disgusting to read the part about the men paying extra for the younger and the more innocent or "pure". I cannot even image what these young women have to go through. They are taken from their homes, lives, and basically everything they own, so that they can be used and taken advantage of by gross old men. I also found it disturbing to learn about the high counts of women that are sold and disappear. Thats crazy that governments have let this type of situation get so out of hand or that they might even be involved. I was glad to see that there were programs in place to try and help this issue, I hope that people can come together and try to stop sex trafficking, because so one should ever have to be subjected to that type of treatment.