Aidan
Women Studies
Half the Sky
Outside of America, there are places where the lives of women are horribly desperate. Cambodia for example, where women are viewed as largely being disposable.
In Cambodia, many young girls are stolen and forced into sex trafficking, or some are sold by their parents or others. The problem is about what people don't know. Not enough people in Cambodia are clear as to the real severity of sex trafficking and even more, don't understand the value of a woman's life.
The problem is protected by a lack of knowledge about the subject. Within Cambodia but then outside. I personally knew nothing about this issue before seeing this film and I think that's a problem. Solving the problem should not be up to the people of Cambodia, mainly because the more help the faster the problem will get treated, but then the movie also hinted that it may also be America that is slightly to blame for this. The movie seems to say at some point that sex trafficking was allowed within the chaos that ensued in Cambodia with America's war in Vietnam. That the war somehow made it so there was space for the sex trafficking business to be born.
It's clear that actions need to be taken. There should be no space within a culture for sex trafficking. Fortunately, some people are there to help press this issue. Somaly Mam's foundation is to help to combat sex trafficking and also to take care of victims of sex trafficking. These women help each other to live with the pain of what was in their recent past, but also to help spread the word about the issue and rally support.
The issue is that this problem is unseen. Nobody's gonna fight what they haven't heard of. A movie like 'Half The Sky' spreads the word about these sorts of problems so they can be treated.
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