Sex trafficking is more or less the enslavement of a man, woman or child for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Typically, women and girls are victimized, though men and boys can be victimized as well. The problem stretches across the globe to include all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and income levels. Those at highest risk are individuals in an unsafe home, poor and vulnerable, looking for some sort of safety or support. Victims are lured, trapped and controlled by false promises, debt, threats or assault. The risks and consequences are similar to the risks and consequences of other forms of sexual violence or gang violence and can be long lasting. The risks can be offset by community support for safe homes and healthy relationships.
Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE)
The CDC’s Rape and Prevention Education Program was developed and received grant funding based on the number of victims of rape and sexual abuse. According to the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, nearly 1 in 5 women have been the victim of rape and 1 in 2 the victim of sexual abuse; nearly 1 in 71 men have experienced rape and 1 in 5 have been the victim of sexual abuse. The RPE program is unique in that it is focused on preventing the first perpetration or victimization by addressing modifiable risk factors of perpetration and enhancing protective factors. The RPE program is research- and theory-based and incorporates population-based surveillance to enhance and improve the program. Program activities include bystander intervention training, healthy relationships education, hotlines, building local and state programs, and assessing and implementing state prevention plans.
Sex Trafficking There are two key parts that entail the act of sex trafficking. These are the transportation of humans against their will, and sexual slavery. Together these represent and create the supply and demand side of the sex trafficking, that has become a worldwide industry. Sex trafficking places everyone at risk because of the determinant it has on both a global and small community scale. This criminal activity damages not only millions of individuals, but families and societies as well. In 2012 the UN ran the numbers and a report was created. According to these reports there are 2.4 million people throughout the world who are victims of this barbaric industry. Since 2012 the numbers have only continues to increase and spread not only in population but in global locations as well. Because sex trafficking is a worldwide public health epidemic; all communities need to know proven preventative measures such as lowering the violence by encouraging healthy behaviors related to sex, both in homes and elsewhere. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey The three variables that this survey focuses on are intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking. These are all dangerous and well documented public health dilemmas that affect not only communities, but nearly every part of the world. Extremely high numbers are reported in these three areas each year; although this is only a slice of the real data. Because so many individuals feel trapped or scared, they do not come forward with police reports. This leads the real numbers to be far greater.
Understanding Sex Trafficking Sex trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act” and is a grave public health problem. Child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and gang violence all share risks and similar consequences as the perpetration and victimization of sex trafficking. All of which are issues public health professionals across sectors are focusing to prevent through local, state and national effort. Victims of sex trafficking are primarily young women and girls, but anyone can be trafficked. Those that can be easily manipulated such as those who are poor, vulnerable, living in an unsafe situation or searching for a better life are easier targets for sex trafficking. The CDC wants the community to encourage healthy behaviors in relationships, foster safe homes and neighborhoods, reduce demands for commercial sex and end business profits from related transactions.
Rape Prevention and Education Program This program has been formed because of the hair raising statistics of sexual violence in the United States. Nearly one in five women and one in seventy-one men in the US have been raped. The statistics surrounding other forms of sexual violence are even higher, one in five men and one in two women have experienced some form of sexual violence victimization. Sexual violence is preventable; because of this in 1994 the Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994, which lead to the Rape Prevention and Education program to be established by the CDC. The goal of this program is to “strengthen sexual violence prevention efforts at the local, state and national level” and is operating in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and four U.S. territories. The role CDC is taking in preventing sexual violence is to prevent violence before it begins, through early education. Primary prevention strategies are being taught such as engaging bystanders, educating youth about healthy relationships and changing social norms. The CDC is also working to build state and local capacity for program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Sexual violence has been a huge problem in the US and has been due to the rising cases of men and women being victims of rape. Looking at the statistics, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have been raped at some point in their lives. When Violence Against Women Act in 1994 was passed by congress due to this growing problem, the CDC created the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program. This program is available in all 50 states and its efforts have been to increase SV prevention in the local, state, and national level. The RPE program has worked with coaches, boys and men, and the entertainment industry in order to connect with a new type of audience. By doing so, the program has been able to expand their prevention strategies. The program's main focus has been to prevent first time perpetration. The RPE program has been able to use the best available evidence to plan, implement, and evaluate prevention strategies as well as incorporate behavior and social change theories into their program. The program has also evaluated the prevention efforts done in previous program strategies and used those results to correct future program plans. As of now, those involved in the RPE program have found ways to involve bystanders in the implementation of their prevention strategies as well as educating the youth about healthy relationships. Grantees of the program have also come together as a diverse sexual assault prevention team to help aid SV prevention plans within the states. This allows for the program's expansion within each state and it allows for new prevention opportunities and resources.
Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway in Early Adolescence
In simple terms, Applying Science. Advancing Practice (ASAP) are briefs created by the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention that help apply scientific knowledge to the practice of violence prevention. This pretty much means that ASAP helps professionals who work with youths in violence prevention programs to get more insight as to how to better their prevention strategies. For example, in this specific brief about Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway, an overlap between bullying perpetration and homophobic teasing was seen among middle school students in a Midwestern state. This overlap is crucial because it's the first step to understanding what the theory of Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway really is and how it can be resolved. It’s important to know whether or not someone who bullies during their adolescent years can be at risk of engaging in sexual violence in the future. The study that was looked at surveyed 1300 middle school students about how they’ve been involved in bullying. For example, it asked students how many times they have teased someone or spread sexual rumors about another student/friend. As a result, it was found that the pathway may be present as early as middle school, which is where traditional bullying is transformed into gendered harassment and aggressive behavior. Although these were important findings, it does not suggest that all who participate in homophobic teasing are prone to become sexual violence perpetrators. What it does propose is that if not resolved when noticed, it can escalate. A proposed solution to this finding is to incorporate the issues of homophobic teasing and sexual harassment in existing bullying prevention strategies. By causing awareness of the issue to younger adults, specifically those more susceptible to the issue, it will begin to build more empathy and accountability within them because they now know how to handle the issue. If adults don’t intervene when this specific type of bullying occurs then adolescents will begin to think that it’s acceptable. It’s important to tackle these problems early on!
Understanding sex trafficking The CDC considers sex trafficking a public health problem that effects the well-being of people, their families, and the community, and while I understand that the CDC is an objective, fact giving entity, that felt like such a sterile understatement. I also found it interesting that there was a type of sex trafficking that was considered to be severe, and that this involved force, coercion, fraud, or people under 18. It makes me wonder how many cases of sex trafficking don't involve one of those.
I found it important to note that sex trafficking is not a problem that effects only white American girls, as we were all lead to believe by "Taken". It effects are gender, races, ages, socio-economic levels. Sex trafficking is a cross-cultural problem and could effect anyone in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In the same breath, however, there are people that are at a higher risk to effected, and that is typically people who are poor, vulnerable, or living in an unsafe situation.
There are also some ways to discourage and reduce the risk on sex trafficking, and that includes, teaching healthy behaviors in relationships, and reducing the demand for commercial sex in a community.
The most difficult thing for me with this article, was to read about such an intense and desperate subject in such an objective way. I feel that it removes some of the understanding that one could gain from reading about it, by being so distant. To understand sex trafficking, we need to understand what the victims in it, really go through.
Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program
The RPE program was implemented when the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was passed, when Congress began to realize the problem that rape a sexual violence had become. With the number of both men and women who had been assaulted being so high, it was all but impossible to recognize the size of the issue.
The RPE program is a primary prevention program, that aims to prevent both victimization and perpetration. The goal is to teach sexual health and safety from both sides, without an attitude of, "don't ask for it girls".
This program is also doesn't expect the same information to fit all demographics, and expects the information to change for its audience, so it is applicable, and relate-able.
This is a large scale program that is working to be in all states, and consider the laws and demographics in each state. Beyond that, the program is working to make itself accessible to people in need with state wide, and community hotlines.
Sex trafficking Men, women, and children used in sex trafficking is a serious issue around the world. It is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act”.(1) Sex trafficking does not discriminate against race, ethnicities, rich, poor, or gender; however the majority are women and young girls. This is a huge public health issue because it not only happens in communities but is happening globally.
Rape prevention and education program According to the CDC, sexually violent crimes are a significant public health problem in the US. Statistics show that nearly “1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the US have been raped at some time in their life and nearly 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men have experienced other forms of sexual violence victimization in their life time”. (2) Through implementation of a comprehensive prevention strategies, rape and sexual violence encounters can be reduced. By engaging bystanders, educating youth about healthy relationships, and changing social norms; we can reduce the chances of someone falling victim to sexual violence.
Sex trafficking is a topic I never worried about our acknowledged; what I didn’t acknowledge was the fact that anyone could be a victim. It doesn’t matter your profile or living situation; the majority od victims are woman and girls, a although men and boys are also impacted. The list goes on from all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations gender identities, and citizens the list continues to be more rare and occurring. What we need to do is encourage healthy behaviors in relationships, foster safe homes and neighborhoods and reduce demand for commercial sex and end business profits from related transactions. You may not think that this impacts you because you haven’t been a victim; but at the rate we are heading this could possibly be a national issue.
Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program
If we take a look at the survey from (CDC) and (NISVS) “nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the United States have been raped at some time in their lives and nearly 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men have experienced other forms of sexual violence victimization in their lifetime (e.g., made to penetrate someone, sexual coercion, unwanted sexual contact and non-contact unwanted sexual experiences.” In my point of view that is a high rate that needs to lower down rather then rampaging up; I cant relate to the rap victim’s but I can have a voice; a voice of reason for how serious this issue is, no one deservers to be taken adapting of our harmed. What we need to do is start educating woman early and teaches men what a health relationship is. With all the media out there its giving men a reason to feel empowered and for woman it’s showing an object that is used as a sex tool.
Understanding Sex Trafficking
ReplyDeleteSex trafficking is more or less the enslavement of a man, woman or child for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Typically, women and girls are victimized, though men and boys can be victimized as well. The problem stretches across the globe to include all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and income levels. Those at highest risk are individuals in an unsafe home, poor and vulnerable, looking for some sort of safety or support. Victims are lured, trapped and controlled by false promises, debt, threats or assault. The risks and consequences are similar to the risks and consequences of other forms of sexual violence or gang violence and can be long lasting. The risks can be offset by community support for safe homes and healthy relationships.
Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE)
The CDC’s Rape and Prevention Education Program was developed and received grant funding based on the number of victims of rape and sexual abuse. According to the CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, nearly 1 in 5 women have been the victim of rape and 1 in 2 the victim of sexual abuse; nearly 1 in 71 men have experienced rape and 1 in 5 have been the victim of sexual abuse. The RPE program is unique in that it is focused on preventing the first perpetration or victimization by addressing modifiable risk factors of perpetration and enhancing protective factors. The RPE program is research- and theory-based and incorporates population-based surveillance to enhance and improve the program. Program activities include bystander intervention training, healthy relationships education, hotlines, building local and state programs, and assessing and implementing state prevention plans.
Sex Trafficking
ReplyDeleteThere are two key parts that entail the act of sex trafficking. These are the transportation of humans against their will, and sexual slavery. Together these represent and create the supply and demand side of the sex trafficking, that has become a worldwide industry. Sex trafficking places everyone at risk because of the determinant it has on both a global and small community scale. This criminal activity damages not only millions of individuals, but families and societies as well. In 2012 the UN ran the numbers and a report was created. According to these reports there are 2.4 million people throughout the world who are victims of this barbaric industry. Since 2012 the numbers have only continues to increase and spread not only in population but in global locations as well. Because sex trafficking is a worldwide public health epidemic; all communities need to know proven preventative measures such as lowering the violence by encouraging healthy behaviors related to sex, both in homes and elsewhere.
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
The three variables that this survey focuses on are intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking. These are all dangerous and well documented public health dilemmas that affect not only communities, but nearly every part of the world. Extremely high numbers are reported in these three areas each year; although this is only a slice of the real data. Because so many individuals feel trapped or scared, they do not come forward with police reports. This leads the real numbers to be far greater.
Understanding Sex Trafficking
ReplyDeleteSex trafficking is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act” and is a grave public health problem. Child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and gang violence all share risks and similar consequences as the perpetration and victimization of sex trafficking. All of which are issues public health professionals across sectors are focusing to prevent through local, state and national effort. Victims of sex trafficking are primarily young women and girls, but anyone can be trafficked. Those that can be easily manipulated such as those who are poor, vulnerable, living in an unsafe situation or searching for a better life are easier targets for sex trafficking. The CDC wants the community to encourage healthy behaviors in relationships, foster safe homes and neighborhoods, reduce demands for commercial sex and end business profits from related transactions.
Rape Prevention and Education Program
This program has been formed because of the hair raising statistics of sexual violence in the United States. Nearly one in five women and one in seventy-one men in the US have been raped. The statistics surrounding other forms of sexual violence are even higher, one in five men and one in two women have experienced some form of sexual violence victimization. Sexual violence is preventable; because of this in 1994 the Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994, which lead to the Rape Prevention and Education program to be established by the CDC. The goal of this program is to “strengthen sexual violence prevention efforts at the local, state and national level” and is operating in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and four U.S. territories. The role CDC is taking in preventing sexual violence is to prevent violence before it begins, through early education. Primary prevention strategies are being taught such as engaging bystanders, educating youth about healthy relationships and changing social norms. The CDC is also working to build state and local capacity for program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program
ReplyDeleteSexual violence has been a huge problem in the US and has been due to the rising cases of men and women being victims of rape. Looking at the statistics, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have been raped at some point in their lives. When Violence Against Women Act in 1994 was passed by congress due to this growing problem, the CDC created the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program. This program is available in all 50 states and its efforts have been to increase SV prevention in the local, state, and national level.
The RPE program has worked with coaches, boys and men, and the entertainment industry in order to connect with a new type of audience. By doing so, the program has been able to expand their prevention strategies. The program's main focus has been to prevent first time perpetration. The RPE program has been able to use the best available evidence to plan, implement, and evaluate prevention strategies as well as incorporate behavior and social change theories into their program. The program has also evaluated the prevention efforts done in previous program strategies and used those results to correct future program plans.
As of now, those involved in the RPE program have found ways to involve bystanders in the implementation of their prevention strategies as well as educating the youth about healthy relationships. Grantees of the program have also come together as a diverse sexual assault prevention team to help aid SV prevention plans within the states. This allows for the program's expansion within each state and it allows for new prevention opportunities and resources.
Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway in Early Adolescence
In simple terms, Applying Science. Advancing Practice (ASAP) are briefs created by the CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention that help apply scientific knowledge to the practice of violence prevention. This pretty much means that ASAP helps professionals who work with youths in violence prevention programs to get more insight as to how to better their prevention strategies. For example, in this specific brief about Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway, an overlap between bullying perpetration and homophobic teasing was seen among middle school students in a Midwestern state. This overlap is crucial because it's the first step to understanding what the theory of Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway really is and how it can be resolved. It’s important to know whether or not someone who bullies during their adolescent years can be at risk of engaging in sexual violence in the future.
The study that was looked at surveyed 1300 middle school students about how they’ve been involved in bullying. For example, it asked students how many times they have teased someone or spread sexual rumors about another student/friend. As a result, it was found that the pathway may be present as early as middle school, which is where traditional bullying is transformed into gendered harassment and aggressive behavior. Although these were important findings, it does not suggest that all who participate in homophobic teasing are prone to become sexual violence perpetrators. What it does propose is that if not resolved when noticed, it can escalate.
A proposed solution to this finding is to incorporate the issues of homophobic teasing and sexual harassment in existing bullying prevention strategies. By causing awareness of the issue to younger adults, specifically those more susceptible to the issue, it will begin to build more empathy and accountability within them because they now know how to handle the issue. If adults don’t intervene when this specific type of bullying occurs then adolescents will begin to think that it’s acceptable. It’s important to tackle these problems early on!
Understanding sex trafficking
ReplyDeleteThe CDC considers sex trafficking a public health problem that effects the well-being of people, their families, and the community, and while I understand that the CDC is an objective, fact giving entity, that felt like such a sterile understatement. I also found it interesting that there was a type of sex trafficking that was considered to be severe, and that this involved force, coercion, fraud, or people under 18. It makes me wonder how many cases of sex trafficking don't involve one of those.
I found it important to note that sex trafficking is not a problem that effects only white American girls, as we were all lead to believe by "Taken". It effects are gender, races, ages, socio-economic levels. Sex trafficking is a cross-cultural problem and could effect anyone in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In the same breath, however, there are people that are at a higher risk to effected, and that is typically people who are poor, vulnerable, or living in an unsafe situation.
There are also some ways to discourage and reduce the risk on sex trafficking, and that includes, teaching healthy behaviors in relationships, and reducing the demand for commercial sex in a community.
The most difficult thing for me with this article, was to read about such an intense and desperate subject in such an objective way. I feel that it removes some of the understanding that one could gain from reading about it, by being so distant. To understand sex trafficking, we need to understand what the victims in it, really go through.
Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program
The RPE program was implemented when the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was passed, when Congress began to realize the problem that rape a sexual violence had become. With the number of both men and women who had been assaulted being so high, it was all but impossible to recognize the size of the issue.
The RPE program is a primary prevention program, that aims to prevent both victimization and perpetration. The goal is to teach sexual health and safety from both sides, without an attitude of, "don't ask for it girls".
This program is also doesn't expect the same information to fit all demographics, and expects the information to change for its audience, so it is applicable, and relate-able.
This is a large scale program that is working to be in all states, and consider the laws and demographics in each state. Beyond that, the program is working to make itself accessible to people in need with state wide, and community hotlines.
Sex trafficking
ReplyDeleteMen, women, and children used in sex trafficking is a serious issue around the world. It is defined as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act”.(1) Sex trafficking does not discriminate against race, ethnicities, rich, poor, or gender; however the majority are women and young girls. This is a huge public health issue because it not only happens in communities but is happening globally.
Rape prevention and education program
According to the CDC, sexually violent crimes are a significant public health problem in the US. Statistics show that nearly “1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the US have been raped at some time in their life and nearly 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men have experienced other forms of sexual violence victimization in their life time”. (2) Through implementation of a comprehensive prevention strategies, rape and sexual violence encounters can be reduced. By engaging bystanders, educating youth about healthy relationships, and changing social norms; we can reduce the chances of someone falling victim to sexual violence.
1. http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/sexualviolence/trafficking.html
2. http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/rpe/index.html
Gaby Harper
ReplyDeleteSex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is a topic I never worried about our acknowledged; what I didn’t acknowledge was the fact that anyone could be a victim. It doesn’t matter your profile or living situation; the majority od victims are woman and girls, a although men and boys are also impacted. The list goes on from all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations gender identities, and citizens the list continues to be more rare and occurring. What we need to do is encourage healthy behaviors in relationships, foster safe homes and neighborhoods and reduce demand for commercial sex and end business profits from related transactions. You may not think that this impacts you because you haven’t been a victim; but at the rate we are heading this could possibly be a national issue.
Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program
If we take a look at the survey from (CDC) and (NISVS) “nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the United States have been raped at some time in their lives and nearly 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men have experienced other forms of sexual violence victimization in their lifetime (e.g., made to penetrate someone, sexual coercion, unwanted sexual contact and non-contact unwanted sexual experiences.” In my point of view that is a high rate that needs to lower down rather then rampaging up; I cant relate to the rap victim’s but I can have a voice; a voice of reason for how serious this issue is, no one deservers to be taken adapting of our harmed. What we need to do is start educating woman early and teaches men what a health relationship is. With all the media out there its giving men a reason to feel empowered and for woman it’s showing an object that is used as a sex tool.