Here in the S.E. Wisconsin area, it is strange to see how things are looking so different in so many ways, I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. First off, the economy and the jobs situation here in Racine, WI is probably just as bad as what it is in Detroit. I did not research or study this, just going by what I read in the newspaper and such.
Anyway, I saw another advocate pushing awareness and such to help squash child sex abuse, had posted how 19 victims had been recovered from a national sting on human trafficking in Detroit, MI. Of course, this reminds me of how here in the Racine/Kenosha area, that 20 victims of ranging ages were recovered and helped. This is something we never heard about while growing up. So, is the situation worse, because it seems as if these rings are being busted open, that the numbers just grow, and the severity is astounding. Or, maybe because there is awareness and the social change made it so our law enforcement and judicial system made it a higher priority. I hope so.
The worrying thing about it, though, is while we are talking about this, you realize that these cities all over which used to be some kind of beacon of treasure as a successful city, not just here in the USA, but also as leaders around the globe, for success and inspiration for multiculturalism as well as prosperity. Detroit used to be known as the Motor City, because Ford, Chevy and American Motors (Primarily Chrysler) were in Detroit. At one point, as a younger adult, I remember the Chrysler came and opened up a factory in Kenosha. I remember thinking that it was bad for Detroit, but good for Racine/Kenosha. Several years later, the company decided to go back to Detroit. Bad for us, but, you can't blame the homecoming, can you? Then, they closed in Detroit, at least to the point that there were so many more that got cut, and I think a portion came (smaller than the last), back to Kenosha, then, skipped town altogether. As in left the Midwest. Boo. Racine was once called Tractor City, because of the J. I. Case farming tractors being manufactured. There were so many other factories here, that it was a boom. Jacobsen's, Horlick's Malted Milk, Dremel, and so many others... With this type of crash, and nothing to replace it, except part time, low paying jobs, and many are not getting that. But there have been studies that state that when unemployment and underemployment are high, so are the crimes.
So, back to the crimes in distressed areas and human trafficking... It seems as if some things are still mixed up. Here is an article about how the charges of human trafficking were dropped, because the victim had probably spent time in Minnesota, trafficking victims there... So, because she wasn't a victim for the full 3 weeks, she is now not a victim? And, what if part of the deal that she was to aid in trafficking or get killed? So the perpetrator gets to get out for free? That is just so not right...
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trafficking-charge-dropped-against-city-man/article_742b1ec4-ccf7-5a84-ba12-6baa420eb6a3.html
Speaking of human trafficking leading into a discussion for how to handle sex offenders... California, Florida, and now Oklahoma have these crazy punishments for convicted sex offenders to go through with chemical castration. Because it is considered a sex crime, the logic behind it is, lower the sex drive, and end the cycle. While on the surface, it makes sense, because this is a crime that sex is used as a tool. But. Yes, there is a but, and a huge but, it is, not to be made light of, because sex crimes are not about sex. Rape is 100% a power and control issue. Really. Sex is the tool, it is the means, not the end. So, just because it's being treated to lower the libido, it has no bearing on the psyche, because it's only taking away the best power tool, but, who needs a power tool, when other forms of intimidation is just as worthy, such as threatening to kill you by shooting you through your private area? Or using a bottle, their own hand, what ever it is... the lack of interest in actually using your body as the tool may be the best offensive action, but, when it is about power and control, this has no bearing on what can be done to sexually abuse another person. What do you think?
http://viralsurvival.com/2015/10/13/one-state-just-announced-plans-to-castrate-sex-offenders/
As long as we are on this topic, we need to stop treating situations like this where girls are supposed to be demure, and to treat sex as a special gift, while we playfully punch our boys in the shoulder as an "atta boy" compliment, and then blame the girls for being a single parent, or that abuse is okay because boys are supposed to have play toys available, even if she is a fellow human being, and that girls are supposed to accommodate their husbands, after being told it's special, just to have the first time be such a total dud, that there was nothing special about it.
Okay, and look. I am not saying sex is bad or terrible. Sex also should not be taboo, and this is one of those things that should be celebrated as a gift, because we can share it in ways other species cannot, and brings intimacy to new levels when we share that gift with each other. But, here is where it gets sticky. Here is a little girl, who was told while she was getting stitches from a boy hitting her in the eyeball, that he likes her. So, what, it is okay that boys beat up on their girl classmates, girl friends, and eventually the women they marry because he likes her so much he punches hard enough for her to go to the hospital? So wrong... And if these hospital members are supposed to be mandatory reporters of abuse, what kind of message are we sending our kids? That hitting the cute kid because your child likes that kid is okay, because she's cute? No. And it's just as wrong to do it because someone is ugly to you.
http://www.ijreview.com/2015/10/442877-toddler-went-hospital-hit-boy-clerk-said-outrageous/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Partners&utm_term=PRM17&ts_pid=2&utm_content=inf_10_74_2
We need to do a better job to protect our children. Seriously. For more information on helping to make the changes necessary to protect children, all children, from all forms of abuse, please email the founder of Youth Voice Initiative at lika.yvi@gmail.com - put YVI in the subject, to help it get noticed.
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