5.1 LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A MEANS FOR UNDERSTANDING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. S8
Author(s):  
Kristina Fitz
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Criminology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly B. Dierkhising ◽  
Jessica J. Rios ◽  
Samantha G. Tiscareño
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Demand For Children

Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a specific kind of human trafficking. It is the trafficking of people for the sale or exchange of sexual acts to another where, typically, a third party benefits. These third parties are referred to as traffickers though they can also be referred to as “pimps.” Even in the absence of a third party, the sale or exchange of sexual acts with a minor to another is commercial sexual exploitation. Unfortunately, the commercial sexual exploitation of children is appealing because it is highly profitable. Children and youth are sought after by traffickers because the demand for children and youth is high among those who pay for sex. In addition, traffickers tend to target young girls and boys who may be homeless, living in group homes, have a history of trauma, or are otherwise vulnerable. Previously, when children were identified or found to be commercially sexually exploited they were considered child prostitutes. More recently, this narrative has changed, with the recognition that there is no such thing as a child prostitute. Policies regarding the commercial sexual exploitation of children have also changed to more accurately recognize and treat children and youth as victims in need of support or services. This more accurate reframing of the issue, along with the increase in attention to the issue, has led to a proliferation of efforts in many public service systems, including criminal, juvenile justice, and child welfare systems, to respond to commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) differently—specifically, to focus on identifying and protecting victims of CSE and providing the most appropriate services to victims. Despite these changes and increased focus on the issue, true prevalence rates of CSE are unknown and service systems often struggle with how to best serve children and youth who have experienced CSE.

Global Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Anne Laser-Maira ◽  
Charles E. Hounmenou ◽  
Donna Peach
Keyword(s):  
Child Labor ◽  
Child Pornography ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Sexual Solicitation ◽  
Domestic Servitude

The term commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) refers to the for-profit sexual exploitation of children and youth through buying, trading, or selling sexual acts. CSEC is a subset of children and youth who are victims of human trafficking or trafficking in persons (TIP). The Stockholm Declaration defines CSEC as a form of coercion and violence against children that amounts to forced labor and a contemporary form of slavery; there are many forms of CSEC, including child prostitution, child marriage, early marriage, forced marriage, temporary marriage, mail-order brides, child labor, child servitude, domestic servitude, begging, massage, sex tourism, child pornography, online streaming of sexual abuse, sexual extortion of children, and sexual solicitation of children. Not all experiences of sexual servitude are globally recognized. It is critical to explore the concepts of race, inequality, power, culture, and globalization and how they impact the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

scholarly journals GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ’S USE OF NARRATIVE AND LITERATURE TO PORTRAY HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Barbara C. Manyarara
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Colonial Oppression ◽  
Social Safety Nets

Critical examinations of sexualities in Gabriel García Márquez’s work have often been metaphoric in nature and intended to highlight the experience of colonial oppression and other embedded postcolonial experiences. The current article refers to five selected works to situate García Márquez’s work in lived experience as opposed to allegory. The focus is on the concrete realities of such key issues as prostitution and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. The representations of specific sexual practices in their social contexts and drawn from the five novels discussed clarify this aspect of García Márquez’s work, an aspect that has been largely silenced. The article examines previously unremarked-upon concerns such as brothel life, legal issues versus social practice, the link between labour and capital, child commercial sexual exploitation (including by women), the lack of social safety nets, ‘risky’ sex and sexually transmitted infections and the absence of serious reflection on HIV and AIDS. The reflections on prostitution and child exploitation are placed at the core of the present analysis to counteract the more recent common dismissal of some of García Márquez’s works as pornographic. Through a vigorous analysis of the selected works, the article offers a complex and shifting take on the traditional views of García Márquez’s apparent championing of sexual freedom.

Multidisciplinary and Partnership Responses to Prevent and Counteract the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katlijn Declercq ◽  
Maia Rusakova ◽  
Sahin Antakyalioglu ◽  
Maria Eugenia Villarreal ◽  
Tufail Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
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