Boudreau’s article:Sex Trade

   At the beginning of the year, we read an article by Boudreau in regards to the sex trade in Vietnam. It told the story of how innocent girls are lured daily by sex traders from cities to work for the industry. The sad part of the situation is that these girls have no idea what they are getting into. The poverty in rural Vietnam is very high. These girls are simply looking for a way to make money to support their families. Vietnam has always had traditional ways of thinking and therefore most families aren't always thrilled when they are blessed with baby girls. The reason for this is that they believe that since men are "stronger" they are able to work more and therefore provide more income for the family. The parents of these girls now a days have the same mentality. They believe that their daughters must go out and find a way to help out their families in whatever way they can. With sex traders knowing this, they come to cities and do a major sweep through of young pretty girls. They tell these young ladies that they will bring them to the city to work for little businesses and provide food and shelter for them. Girls find this as the perfect way to help support their families and get excited to see the "CITY LIFE". What they don't know is that they are being trapped and being led to have sex with different men and are being contracted by these sex traders to sell their bodies for money with ought even getting paid. By the time these girls realize what is going on it's too late. The article describes how once taken by these sex traders its very unlikely that these girls will ever be found/located. If the girl is a virgin, men will pay double because apparently having sex with a virgin can "magically" cure illnesses such as aids which is completely ridiculous. It's sad to see these young girls taken at a young age and destroy their lives. These girls work under horrible conditions and are completely brain washed by the sex traders. an example of this is Truong, a young woman victimized of the sex trade. She quotes, “ If it had happened, it would have been because it was my destiny. That’s the life” (Truong).  It's truly sad to see the mindset of these girls, and extremely sad to see the victimization of the sex trade.