What is sex trafficking? According to many people, including myself, it is when someone is forcibly sold for sex. According to the documentary A Path Appears, this is a pretty accurate definition. Its exact definition for sex trafficking is anytime someone is “made to commit prostitution due to force, fraud, or coercion.” The similarities between the two definitions surprised me, but something that surprised me even more was how uninformed everyone is to the sex trafficking that goes on in places considered close to home. We may have an adequate understanding of what sex trafficking is, but many have no idea just how much it affects the girls apart of the crime or how horrifyingly common it is. This was the main point that the creative team who created A Path Appears was trying to cover throughout the documentary. …show more content…
Society commonly leads people to believe that the girls involved allow themselves to be prostituted voluntarily. Becca Stevens, the founder of Thistle Farms based in Nashville, Tennessee, rebutted this idea when she asked reporter Nick Kristof “If that [prostitution] is your choice, what are the options?” Stevens, whose organization helps victims of prostitution, is pointing out the fact that the majority of the women involved do not see any other option. Many of them start as young girls, who have come from bad home lives, which has lead them into prostitution. Teenage runaways are a prime victim for pimps, who go to the girls promising things like protection, home, and sometimes drugs to feed addictions the girls acquired overtime. The question arises on how society can not only prevent girls from being victims, but also on how society can help victims get away from being