I googled "sex trade in America" and this interesting article was the first to pop up:
http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/resource/past-articles/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states
It is about a woman in America who fell for a man who was soon to become her pimp. She makes a point about media though, which reminds me of past readings. Commercials, ads, and movies have forced Americans to believe that they need to buy this product or look this way or go to this place, but it has also made things like the word "pimp" look glamorized. A pimp is looked at as something a man ought to be. It's just seen as cool. A few years ago my friend and I actually dressed up as pimps for Halloween. We wore fur coats, big hats, used canes, and had gold teeth. We thought of it as a joke. But pimps and prostitution are the farthest things from a joke.
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