SEX SLAVES

Sex Slaves

Sex Slaves

Thesis Statement

Slavery and sexual exploitation has existed throughout history and in various societies, sexual slavery is a socio-historical condition.

Introduction

The bicentenary anniversary of the abolition of slavery in 2007 has stimulated the awareness of a contemporary form of slavery with deep historical roots: sexual slavery. Sexual slavery is a form of domination over individuals or a group of individuals, often children and women, through the control of sex or sexuality (Beeks & Amir, 2006). Sexual slavery is considered an extended form of rape. Its global extensiveness and the specifically gendered nature of its violence have made sexual slavery one of the key political and theoretical concerns of gender studies today.

Objectives of the Study

The objectives of the study will be to discuss sex slaves in the context of historical and current trends using the scholarly sources.

Methodology

Methodology refers to the procedures used to research an issue, a research question, or hypothesis. It is the way that a topic is investigated or researched. There have been many different methodologies used to investigate political communication, and there are many ways to classify these methodologies (Beeks & Amir, 2006). One way to classify methodology is to group the procedures as either quantitative or qualitative. Quantitative procedures are used when researchers are interested in counting or providing some numerical measure or statistical test to the material.

In this paper, I will use-both qualitative and quantitative research methodology for the paper to support my view.

Sex Slaves: Literature Review

Although slavery and sexual exploitation has existed throughout history and in various societies, sexual slavery is a sociohistorical condition that is distinctive in modern societies in which gender, sexuality, and the body are regulated (Beeks & Amir, 2006). It is found in various modern social contexts, but since the issue was first recognized in the 19th century, it has been mainly referred to in relation to the forced prostitution that often involves trafficking and takes place in a commercial environment. Since the 1990s, more organized sexual slavery in the context of international, national, and regional conflicts has attracted attention, and sexual slavery has increasingly become addressed as a human rights issue (Stetz & Oh, 2001). This type of sexual slavery is exercised as a military strategy to destroy the identity and reproductive capacity of enemies, and to control and maintain masculinity in the perpetrators' own military and community. Sexual slavery is, therefore, a power that operates to reinforce social injustice and oppression that is based on gender, race, ethnic, and class difference. This entry describes the development of the concept, the human rights discourse regarding sexual slavery, comfort women, and the arising issue from the language of sexual slavery (Stetz & Oh, 2001).

Katherine Barry's Female Sexual Slavery, published in 1979, was one of the early major attempts to expose the sexual and class-based form of oppression that resulted from (“forced”) prostitution and trafficking, in which the victims are rarely visible. Forced prostitution and trafficking is one of the worst examples of the violation of human rights, and from the ...