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| Henry Moon, Writer |
All videos produced will also be featured on theatreforchange.org.
HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING
By: Henry Moon
Over the next few weeks I will be narrating my personal foray into the world of Theatre For Change. I am currently part of a production team at Texas Lutheran University that is working on "Awareness Videos" for theatreforchange.org.
Our process began, as it often does, with a discussion. Documentary Filmaker and Founder of theatreforchange.org, Kathlee Roscoe, came to campus and brought with her hundreds of hours of raw footage that showcased the dire plight of the human trafficking scene. In spite of the shocking statistics and heartbreaking images, my profound lesson of the day was that human sex trafficking casts a wide net into pornography, strip clubs, massage parlors, and prostitution.
Armed with research and information, we collectively decided that our message is one of education and hope. Our goal is to empower all who are concerned with the safety and freedom of others, to act on behalf of the helpless.
Did you
know that roughly 325,000 women and children are trafficked by the sex trade
every year in America? Furthermore 20% of those trafficked are from right here
in Texas with their average age being a mere 13 years old. Some are younger,
some are older, but the point is there are thousands of children that are being
taken from their homes and sold as a commodity. With statistics it is often a
temptation to say how terrible those people who kidnap and sell children are
and we neglect the people who pay them in dark alleys. Never forget the demand
is as perverse as its suppliers. The myth that “the prostitute wants to be
there” is laughable at best. So the next time you think viewing pornography,
where 1 in 5 images is of a child under the age of 18, or going to the strip
club is victimless, think again. 
My
project will focus on the truth behind the sex industry that permeates our
culture. The goal is to lift the thin glossy curtain that separates our happy
lives from the mayhem that is happening only blocks away. Our team has been
given some of the documentary film and an interview they acquired from someone
who was rescued from the slave trade. With this one short PSA I’ll be taking
the first step into a war, the war for human decency and morality, and the war
for the minds of the people. Before you become your own personal Switzerland
consider this, inaction is the enemy for evil does not rest and neither should
we. If you still really believe that none of this affects you I would encourage
you to take a drive and look around. If you don’t feel safe with the windows up
and the doors locked think of the people who actually have a reason to fear for
their lives every day.
What
can I say with my finite outlook on my environment? The world, as I perceive
it, has been shattered by truth. The shine is off the
apple and the veneer of stereotyped social justification has been peeled back
to show the ugly underbelly of our society. The human element, if you will,
lurking in the shadows. I would be lying if I said that after in depth research
on this matter I haven’t been looking over my shoulder every five minutes or
double checking to make sure the door is in fact locked. This is amplified when
my girlfriend is around, only then I am constantly checking for things that
could be made into a weapon if the situation called for it. Thinking about it
now it seems foolish and maybe that’s why the mass justification took place to
begin with. People don’t want to look stupid at the grocery store checking
under clothing racks or having their 15 year old daughter in the basket. So why
waste your time worrying about what might happen? People want and possibly even
need to feel safe (I know I do) and we do what they can to reach that
equilibrium. After all what else can you do when you don’t know from moment to
moment what might happen? Isn’t that
the scariest thing of all? **FINAL VIDEOS WILL BE UPLOADED IN A FEW WEEKS!**
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