Title: Sex trafficking - Wikipedia
Headings: Sex trafficking
Sex trafficking
Contents
Common misconceptions
Defining the issue
Global
United States
Profile and modus operandi of traffickers
Hotel brands
Pimp-controlled trafficking
Gang-controlled trafficking
Familial trafficking
Cybersex trafficking
Forced marriage
Causes
Prevention
Profile of victims
Consequences to victims
Around the world
Africa
Americas
Asia
Canada
Europe
Iran
Israel
Public health response
Healthcare interventions
Control tactics to facilitate intervention
Anti-sex trafficking efforts
History of international legislation
United Nations
In the United States
Council of Europe
Other government actions
Criticism of Prevention and Intervention Efforts
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Campaigns and initiatives
'End Demand'
Recognition of males in the global fight against trafficking
Criminalizing and legalizing prostitution
2017 Giving Day
Buying Sex Is A Crime
See also
References
External links

Content: Law enforcement agencies have been criticised for providing similar incentives, because they threaten suspected prostitutes with jail time if they admit they are working by choice, while those who claim they are trafficking victims get training workshops and social services instead of jail time. Such policies, though beneficial to actual trafficking victims, inflate reported rates of trafficking. Many feminist scholars conflict on their view of trafficking and sex work. There are two dominant frameworks that demonstrate the divide: the abolitionist discourse, which derives from dominance feminist theory, and the sex work discourse. Feminist scholars in the abolitionist discourse argue that all prostitution is coerced due to the prevalence of compulsory heterosexuality and social and economic pressures stemming from neoliberalism and patriarchy. These arguments frame women as victims of sexual slavery and attribute male sexuality as the problem. In addition to ignoring the fact that many men and non-binary people engage in sex work, the abolitionist discourse conflicts with studies conducted by groups and individuals who advocate for the decriminalization of sex work. Decriminalization views sex workers as autonomous, entrepreneurial workers who sometimes work consensually with third parties such as brothels and club owners and see the higher remuneration and flexibility of sexual labor as preferable to poorer paying and inflexible mainstream employment where they are subject to sexual harassment and assault by male employers and colleagues. This view also sees sex work as an active choice or a means of survival given the unequal distribution of wealth and poverty, as well as a result of structural factors such as racism, classism, and sexism, not just a result of men's sexuality and lust.