A few weeks ago, I attended a documentary about the subject of human trafficking. The documentary was called Nefarious: Merchant of Souls. Honestly, it was a very difficult documentary for me to watch. It covered many different forms of human trafficking, including illegal prostitution, legal prostitution, and child sex trafficking. It was heartbreaking to see how many children are forced into sex trafficking. What was even more sad was that their parents allowed it in order to earn more money for the family. Illegal prostitution in the US seems like a large problem, and it is so destructive to the women involved. One thing I did not appreciate about the documentary was that it did not address the issue of male prostitution at all. It focused primarily on women and girls involved in prostitution and sex trafficking. Another thing that was a bit surprising was the ending of the documentary. The documentary stated that most girls involved in sex trafficking would continue going back to it throughout their lives because they are broken individuals. However, the end of the documentary stated that becoming Christians helped save the girls from that lifestyle and put them on track for good, healthy lives. I am not saying that this did not work for many of the girls, and I think that it is great that it did. However, this is not a culturally competent solution and it was a pretty biased documentary in that regard. It still gave a lot of great information about human trafficking and opened my eyes to some issues I did not know much about previously. If you wish to see the documentary, you can find more information on their website:
http://nefariousdocumentary.com/
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