How could the men do what they did?

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In response to the original post, I completely agree that this needs to be a bigger issue in America (as with anywhere else in the world), but I have to disagree when it comes to saying that the banishment of gay marriage is stupid.

SmileandWave4507 - your being a hyporcrit here men can be rape and human traffcing as well.

so atleast be fair :|

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It's not a subject of the movie but I think these traffickers are on drugs and do not really know what they're doing. This is not an excuse.

...What I can't understand is how a woman could do that to other women?...

Women are usually used as the trainers for the new 'recruits'. They know how to get inside their heads faster and to make them complaint.
We like to think it can't happen here, but it is mostly the poor that get victimized. The poorer you are, the more of a gamble you may need to take in life. And we have our share of ignorance and poverty here in the States. Smart good looking women get scammed all the time into going to places like Saudi Arabia to sing, model, hang out with the oil rich for a few weeks, only to have their passports taken and being sex toys for a few months instead. And anyone can be kidnapped (tho the poor are less likely to be vigorously searched for)

We think we are safe because we are more educated here, and that women have more power and money here - the great equalizer. (and I am expanding here to include abuse of all sorts) Power and money create all sorts of dynamics, some of which can be very unhealthy.

For the most part, women and children have it pretty good here. I'm sure places like Africa and the Arab world are filled with loving, caring people. But the culture is very different. I'm male, but I don't envy women in the male/poverty dominated parts of the world.
(yes, I understand and somewhat agree with different points of view, like where I may say an Arab woman is treated like a dog. An Arab may reply that they treat their shrouded women with great respect and the fact that they can't go out of the house without a male relative keeps them safe from the rape and violence that plagues America. Sorta true, but within my cultural viewpoint, I can't imagine a woman who would choose to live like that. While women may be very vulnerable here, the rape and violence in the Arab world is within the family. 'Honor killings' are not honorable - it is just more male *beep* dressed up in family dominance)

Well, there are many factors to consider when addressing the behavior of the men in this film. The main motivation with any criminal enterprise be it the sale of drugs, weapons, or human trafficking the end reasons for the people involved is money. most of us have some measure of greed, for those who turn to the more extreme, illegal means to make money it means more to them than the pain and suffering they cause those around them. the men in the film did not see the women they kidnapped, trafficked, raped, beat and sold again and again as human beings, they saw them as whores, as being undeserving of respect. they were the means by which these men could make tons of money, period. but make no mistake in believing that women intrinsically have kindness built into our genetic code. women can be just as cruel, as greedy and as heartless as men, its just we do not expect that type of behavior from a woman, which makes it more shocking. i believe that it was important to have the female trafficker in this film to show the reality that women are just as capable of exploiting other women as men are. men (mainly young boys) are also victims of trafficking, so although in this film the main focus was women its important to note that boys are just as susceptible to being prayed upon by these predators as girls and young women. what angers me most is that this is not a problem widely discussed in the media, this is largely an immigration problem because the key in this crime is that people are being transported across international borders illegally. often there is no evidence of them entering the country so it makes the task that much harder for law enforcement to find and free them. I believe if we educated people more on the problem it would be easier to stop. at least that hope lets me sleep at night.

Remember...what goes around comes around. These vile dispicable creatures will have their due penelty. God willing.

Some politicians are looking at ways to prevent human trafficking. They don't seem to have a lot of successes as of yet.

it is amazing what people will do for a few dollars.
thank god there are good people out there trying to stop it.

the thing is, it wasn't just men treating women terribly in this film. little boys were bought and sold along with the girls, and one of the main evil, despicable "people" doing the trafficking was a woman.

truly amazing what humans are capable of doing to other humans when they should be focussed on HELPING these people, instead of degrading, humiliating and violating them into believing they have no self worth whatsoever.