My thoughts on the article:
It is very depressing to think that the sex trade is still so prevalent in many parts of the world such as Vietnam. I would have to say though, that the sex trade is really no more shocking that the mere description of the day-to-day living conditions of many in Vietnam:
"Though Vietnam boasts a literacy rate of about 90 percent, many of the residents in this community have little or no education. They spend their days and nights picking through heaps of garbage for recyclable materials, such as plastic and metal. Children, barefoot and barely clothed, play amid the foul-smelling waste....On a recent morning, 23-year-old Kim Thi Mau sorted dirty plastic bags. Last year, her 4-year-old son Lam drowned when he fell in a ditch filled with water while she and her husband worked nearby. She has two other sons, 20 months and 4 months old."
These conditions not only create an environment in which sex trafficking is more likely to occur (do to the desperation of the people and the lack of resources to fight it), but it also serves to make it not even stand out from the backdrop of suffering that comes to be considered normal.
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