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Yavin4

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8. Um, There's no connection between this tragedy and "demand" for prostitution or porn here

Sun May 4, 2014, 02:52 PM

May 2014

The tragedy is unfolding in Nigeria, where members of the ultra-radical Islamist group Boko Haram grabbed the girls, most believed to be between 16 and 18, from their dormitories in the middle of the night in mid-April and took them deep into the jungle. A few dozen of the students managed to escape and tell their story. The others have vanished. (Roughly 200 girls remain missing.)

The latest reports from people living in the forest say Boko Haram fighters are sharing the girls, conducting mass marriages, selling them each for $12. One community elder explained the practice as "a medieval kind of slavery."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/opinion/ghitis-nigeria-kidnapped-girls/

This is a group of radical, religious terrorists who want these girls as their brides. This has nothing to do with the "demand" for porn or prostitution or anything else.

Unfortunately, tragedies like these occur frequently in Africa. Children are stolen and forced into horrible situations, but this has nothing to do with sex work here in the U.S.

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supply. demand. 200 girls. demand. the disconnect. [View all] seabeyond May 2014 OP

another question. these 200 when some survive a decade of this life. and they now have seabeyond May 2014 #1

I really wish people would get what you said. gtar100 May 2014 #4

They will not answer. Won't read. Won't think. Cause how do you use a woman knowing... seabeyond May 2014 #5

I, too, have had enough of the patriarchy, chervilant May 2014 #2

they are actually fuggin saying it out loud. and now their demand is, though we know the bullshit seabeyond May 2014 #18

demand for white sex workers in chicago is high. mopinko May 2014 #3

yes. canada is the place, for distribution. and the many many many people that must ignore. seabeyond May 2014 #19

well, that is a look into their hearts, idnit. mopinko May 2014 #27

just a giant K&R --for the OP and for the Replies as well. BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #6

geez woman. you are such a rock. nt seabeyond May 2014 #20

:) BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #28

of course, let us not forget religion DonCoquixote May 2014 #7

Indeed, all three Abrahamic religions celebrate the male as being the superior gender. Flatulo May 2014 #17

ironically, sadly, religion is the one place that is actually helping, this is without the demand seabeyond May 2014 #21

Um, There's no connection between this tragedy and "demand" for prostitution or porn here Yavin4 May 2014 #8

Most human trafficking related to prostitution sheshe2 May 2014 #9

Thanks for that link. And people ask what's being done. Yes, we are in for the long haul. freshwest Sep 2014 #40

It's an interconnected attitude of privledge and women's bodies ismnotwasm May 2014 #10

It makes my head hurt and stomach ache sufrommich May 2014 #11

Selling these girls as brides *is* a form of prostitution. MadrasT May 2014 #14

you totally missed the point. or you absolutely did not read my OP. any way you look at it, seabeyond May 2014 #22

Is not purchasing a child bride the very definition of 'prostitution'? LanternWaste May 2014 #39

K & R to give this issue the attention it deserves. thucythucy May 2014 #12

you are welcome. and still. so many do not get this very simple fact. a teaching moment. for me. seabeyond May 2014 #23

There is a disconnect here on the issue of women. sheshe2 May 2014 #13

such a disconnect. this thread is strong in voice, though. seabeyond May 2014 #24

Strong in voice, yes... sheshe2 May 2014 #30

The group responsible for this atrocity is Boko Harum, a radical Islamist group fighting for Flatulo May 2014 #15

"Not to minimize"... i suggest that is exactly what you did. minimize. let me ask you. the stolen seabeyond May 2014 #25

If I knew the names of every man or group that stole people to sell, I'd scream their names from the Flatulo May 2014 #29

i see the theft of our girls, boys and women, being brought to the u.s. to be paid for by men seabeyond May 2014 #34

I believe I understand your position. I just don't see why you'd take issue with shining the light Flatulo May 2014 #35

out of all the OPs seabeyond May 2014 #37

While I understand your feelings of hypocrisy towards people who only show up in solidarity Flatulo May 2014 #38

WHAT???? mercuryblues May 2014 #16

yes. mercury. i mean to say. that the prostitutes are not PRETTY WOMAN. seabeyond May 2014 #26

I hope mercuryblues May 2014 #31

Can you think of any circumstances under which 'forced marriage' is *not* sexual slavery? Flatulo May 2014 #32

I guess mercuryblues May 2014 #33

Sure, 'marriage' is quite a stretch for the reality of the situation. nt Flatulo May 2014 #36

People raise more hell about GMO's ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #41