C. White on December 7, 2015 Schaeffer-Graiel claims that Non-governmental agencies (NGAs) and the media (films and documentaries) inform people internationally that sex trafficking is the modern “New Slave Trade” and a global epidemic, because internationally, large amounts of migrants engage in sex exploitation work in underground prostitution businesses (Schaeffer-Graiel 2010:153). The goal of NGAs … Read more
C. White on December 7, 2015 The Ninety-eight percent of sex traffic victims are women and girls, 2% are men and boys, and about half (40-50%) are children (Hepburn and Simon 2010:2). The US is the number one destination for sex traffic migration from the Caribbean and Latin American, and one of the top three … Read more
Thea Cox The Obama administration is considering having gender reassignment surgery covered under Medicare. Over the next month they are asking the public for opinions on this coverage. Discussion on this topic was started after a request made by Nehael Jae Shields, who was born intersexed. After being raised as a male decides she wants … Read more
The New York Times made headlines so to speak by referring to a transgender individual in one of their stories with the salutation Mx. chosen by this individual. They then wrote this commentary about it: It reminds me of when they finally started using Ms. in the 1980s; it took them a long time to … Read more
Journal by Schauer and Wheaton Research by C. White December 6, 2015 Schauer and Wheaton proclaim that most victims of sex trafficking are females from Russia (Schauer and Wheaton 2006:154), 700,000 people are victims of sex trafficking worldwide, and from this number, the US receives between 18,000 and 50,000 sex traffic victims annually. Women and … Read more
Thomas Hennessey Women and Selective Service According to an article it is currently being considered, whether or not women should be included in selective service registration due to the recent change that allows women to fulfill combat related jobs in the United States Military. The article states that this change would have to come from … Read more
See this article about current US aid for women’s health care internationally. Due to the Helms amendment (for late NC senator Jesse Helms), any service that receives aid from the US government cannot provide abortion services. The article describes how this policy may unintentionally contribute to unsafe back-alley abortions by rape victims, including those girls … Read more
44JLEduc345 This article seeks to explain the relationship that college campuses have with their students. He highlights that colleges have a responsibility to protect their students, but when a sexual assault happens, this very rarely occurs as courts are reluctant to fault the University. Therefore, the author argues, the victim have a hard time recovering, … Read more
Reviewed by C. White on December 3, 2015 Gaier states that women, children, and men are victims of sex trafficking in North Carolina because this state has the type of desirable, major highways that sex traffickers (pimps) consider convenient to them. To prevent discovery of their illegal business, they and their victims travel often. Reference … Read more
Suran.TitleIX.SocialMedia Miranda Guardiola First and foremost, this article evaluates the evolution of Title IX in regards to how it is applied to college campus sexual harassment and sexual assault. Statistics revolving around sexual assault on college campuses differ greatly depending on how sexual assault is defined, but the product remains the same : sexual assault … Read more