Survivors of a brutal system
Project 3
This project was about the sex trafficking systems that goes unnoticed.
ArtFor art I took my research and created two sculptures of women's body's. I first sculpted the body out of clay and the created a mold for it out of silicon. After I laid the layers of the first mold down I had to wait hours to add the other layers. I then made the mother mold to go around it. After that the only thing that was missing was to put the resin in and let it sit. The process was very long and took a lot of patience but the end result was beautiful. It was an emotional project because I wasn't just making these sculptures for a grade. Using reasoning I really wanted to show the bodies of mistreated women and make them colorful and beautiful. One was colorful to show that beautiful energy as kid like spirits and then the other was a solid black to show what emotional destruction does to someone. These women hate their bodies and it is hard to be comfortable in your own skin after experiences where you weren't in control. Where no didn't matter. Where stop was only a word. Where you can't get out. They have been trapped and violated beyond your knowledge or anyones at that. This happens from the U.S. all the way to Nepal. It is a world wide problem. My inspiration for this project came from a book called Sold. I also created a sort of mind map to show the correlation for so many problems.
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For this project I chose to look at the issue of sex trafficking. This topic attracted me because of the sadness of it all. The reality is that this is a widespread problem. They can go so unnoticed and become the forgotten people who aren't allowed to be victims.
CivicsFor my civics portion of this project I looked at the legislation, jurisdiction, prostitution, training, and many other areas to learn about the market. With sex trafficking people think its just kidnapping people and throwing them in this loop. The reality is these victims have undergone constant abuse whether physically or emotionally. The victims of this system are what I call the forgotten people. They are the runaways, less fortunate, poor, and vulnerable people who are manipulated into believing they are making these decisions. This is the grooming process. They target someone who's life is fallen apart and become their sole resource of love, attention, and any other needs that need fulfilled. They isolate them and make them feel like they only have them that nobody loves them and no one will ever be there as much as them. The reality is these people get tricked into doing favors or blackmailed into these systems for money, survival, and/or out of respect for their trafficker not realizing what is happening to them. These victims are actually 40% Native American women. Because of Native American's past with the U.S. it is a cycle of generational trauma stemming all the way to their ancestors. This makes them more prone to self-esteem issues, mental illnesses, and overall make them more vulnerable than the next person. The problem is they become the forgotten people. The legislation is obviously not enough to prevent these young woman from being brutally raped and seen as prostitutes or masseuse. The cross jurisdiction doesn't allow the indian police to really collaborate with U.S. police because of the history of mistrust between the government and Indian Country. There is so much that needs to be fixed starting with more training to see the signs, less normalization, more community outreach, more awareness, and overall better legislation for these victims. This is such a broad topic because of how many factors go into it the truth is it all starts with one neglected or unloved child. I beg of humanity to really go out of their way sometimes and if you see something say something. It is truly sad the stories I have come across with this topic it truly changes your perspective on the world. Keep an eye on your children and care for those around you even if they aren't yours. Monsters never look like monsters they look like family, friends, siblings, teachers, and those you least expect.
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