The trafficking of women in Aisa,

I'm not a reader, nor a writer. Never been good at it, but I'm trying to get better. As a kid, I had a hard time to finish a book with over 100 pages and no pictures. The worst thing I knew was when our professor told us to chose a book, read it and talk about it with our classmates. Back then, I remember that I read a book, that many 5th grade students wouldn't read: The stoning of Soraya.M written by Freidoune Sahebjam. Based on a true story and an example of how much power the women has in the society. The book talks about an iranian woman, which made me want to read it. Even though it's many years ago since I read the book, it's still in the back of my head. I don't really know why I like to read tragedies, but the thing that catches my attention is that it's based on a true story.  

Another book based on a true story is a book I found while walking around a night market in Cambodia; Sex Slaves - the trafficking of women in Asia by Louise Brown. I chose the book since it had to do with the countries I have visited during my trip and places close to South Korea, where I'm on exchange. The book is based on gender studies aswell as politics. The book talks about the asian sex trade, women who has been forces into prostitution by people they trust, the customers, the girls rights, their voices and stories. As the book explains about the countries that imports or and exports, the prices of the girls, how many customers they serve a day and how much they earn, have made me open my eyes. I have been traveling through a few of the countries just recently, where this is happening everyday. 

The book is sad. Girls are supposed to be girls, not become women when they are 12, or even younger. In many cases, they are tricked to the trade by their mothers, friends, husbands, boyfriends - people they should be able to trust. Here is one of many stories the book brought up told by young girls.

Since the sex trade makes a living for some of the girls/women and their families, if it's a choice of their own, I don't see what's the issue. Unfortunately, it's rare that it's the girls own choice. I think that they should have more options to chose from and not see prostitution as the only way out. Read this book. It will make you stop and think, and maybe, hopefully reach out to the tourists and men who buys sex. For them to think twice.