Somaly Mam You Smart Woman

Somaly Mam, when she gets to the point where she can help the cause of human trafficking and brothels, does wonders. I think it is fantastic that she decided to give supplies and treat the women of the brothels. However, what really struck me as genius was the fact that she decided to respond to the men in the culture as well. People seem to only focus on those who are getting hurt, the victims. Yes, this is very helpful, but people seem to ignore the fact that these victims are only victims because of their perpetrators. I see a connection with the rape culture in the United States, at the moment. Society teaches women to not get raped, but they don't teach men to not rape. Rape is a foreign concept in this society, it seems. The definition is very unclear, as it is in Cambodia. Rape is very normalized and something needs to be done. Somaly Mam starts this change in Cambodia by creating a better perspective of the treatment of women in the Cambodian culture. We need to take advice from Somaly Mam and we need to start to do this in our own rape culture.