prostitution children prostitution children child prostitution prostitution involving child form commercial sexual exploitation children term normally refers prostitution minor person legal age consent jurisdictions child prostitution illegal general prohibition prostitution prostitution children usually form sex trafficking child kidnapped involved sex trade survival sex child engages sexual activities basic food shelter prostitution children commonly associated child pornography overlap people travel foreign countries engage child sex tourism research suggests million children involved prostitution worldwide problem severe south_america asia prostitution children exists globally undeveloped countries developed children involved prostitution girls despite increase number young boys trade united_nations declared prostitution children illegal international law campaigns organizations created protest existence children face prostitution vulnerable children exploited predators target sexual assault victims children harshly neglected biological parents faced traumatic violence affects physical violent life prostitution deputy attorney general definitions definitions proposed prostitution children united_nations defines act engaging offering services child perform sexual acts money consideration person person convention rights child optional protocol sale children child prostitution child pornography defines practice act obtaining offering services child inducing child perform sexual acts form compensation reward emphasize child victim exploitation apparent consent given convention describes use offering child prostitution according geneva prostitution children child pornography primary forms child sexual exploitation overlap describe wider concept commercial sexual exploitation children identifiable commercial sexual exploitation child marriage domestic child labor trafficking children sexual purposes terminology applied practice subject dispute states term implies idea choice fact case groups oppose practice believe terms child prostitution child prostitute carry problematic children generally expected able informed decisions prostitution alternative use terms children commercial sexual exploitation children groups use term child sex worker imply children passive victims causes types children forced social structures individual agents situations adults advantage vulnerability sexually exploit abuse structure agency commonly combine force child commercial sex example prostitution child frequently follows prior sexual abuse child home believe majority children southeast_asia majority clients western sex tourists argues contribute growth industry children customers asian locals prostitution children usually occurs environments bars clubs homes particular streets areas usually socially run places according study children entered business friends write cases vary widely victims home state institutions sold parents forced tricked prostitution street children professionals tends think foremost young girls trade increase number young boys involved prostitution cases children forced trade incarcerated children run possible risk torture subsequent death human trafficking human trafficking defined recruitment transport transfer person means threat use force forms abduction fraud deception purpose exploitation number victims worldwide million reports million children trafficking sexual slavery accounts cases majority victims female estimated children women perpetrators founded cooperation united_nations took grant establish aims fight human trafficking mutual support includes governments businesses large global actors initiative spread word human trafficking immoral growing problem global cooperation cease continuation lower demand exploitation create safe environment potential victims cases victims sex trafficking kidnapped strangers force tricked involved lies false promises cases children families allow force enter industry result severe poverty cases taken country prey fact children unable understand language new location unaware legal rights research indicates preference females age young children easily role assigned assumed valuable consumers girls appear older documents forged protection law enforcement victims tend share similar backgrounds coming communities high crime rates lack access education limited males females coming backgrounds involved sex trafficking identifies stages process sex trafficking vulnerability recruitment transportation exploitation liberation final stage writes rarely completed murder accidental death rates high trafficking victims rescued escape sex trafficking lucrative business low risk high demand existence return high profits acts primary incentive driving spread human trafficking today markets operated online disguised salon making harder enforce sex trafficking laws examples online escort services residential disguised businesses children services survival sex primary form prostitution children survival sex states survival sex occurs child engages sex acts order obtain money food shelter clothing items needed order survive situations transaction typically involves child customer children engaged survival sex usually controlled directed individual pays sex child child controlled engaged survival sex prosecuted study commissioned headed conducted research prostitution children post war reported poverty strong contributing factor stated global sex trade product everyday people struggling survive dire economic straits organized crime problem attacking crime poverty treating disease uncommon girls know entering enter voluntarily degree maybe think different able escape maybe risk feel powerless staying home poverty disagree argue poverty force children prostitution exist large scale impoverished societies number external influences poor family situations domestic violence factor problem prostitution children form survival sex occurs undeveloped developed countries asia girls work support families sri_lanka parents sons prostitute daughters society places weight sexual purity females males write prostitution children north_america results economic considerations domestic violence abuse family drug addiction canada young man convicted charges relating prostitution year old girl online encouraged prostitute means making money kept earnings threatened violence continue consequences treatment children children forced work hazardous environments proper face threats violence raped beaten researchers write suffer great deal abuse poor health general example reports female sex trafficking victims broken process rented thirty times night dollars man example involved boys lured india sold mumbai victim left age sold slavery locked beaten forcibly reported held boys escaping returning writes prostitution children child pornography closely linked children involved pornography films literature runaway teenagers states frequently porn photographs addition pornography flowers writes children caught dual world sexual exploitation victims sexual assaults sexual sexually transmitted diseases memories sexual bodies compromised left forever physical psychological effects according opposes prostitution children practice causes injuries tearing physical effects torture pain infection unwanted pregnancy clients seldom precautions spread hiv children face high risk contracting disease majority certain locations contract sexually transmitted diseases pose threat high levels tuberculosis found children illnesses fatal children deal psychological trauma including depression stress disorder psychological effects include anger sexual personality confusion inability trust adults loss confidence drug related health problems included dental problems liver kidney problems medical complications included reproductive problems injuries sexual assaults physical problems violent physical attacks general health issues including respiratory problems joint pains prohibition prostitution children illegal international law article states state shall protect children sexual exploitation abuse including prostitution involvement pornography convention held ratified countries united_nations appointed special sale children child prostitution child pornography legality adult prostitution varies different parts world prostitution minors illegal countries countries form restrictions dispute surrounding constitutes child international law defines child individual age number countries legally recognize lower ages consent adulthood usually ranging years age law enforcement officers hesitant investigate cases differences age consent laws countries distinguish teenagers children example japanese government defines category referring minors consequences offenders vary country country forms prostitution illegal having sexual contact age regardless consent result punishment adult united_states legal penalty participating prostitution children includes years prison fbi established innocence lost new department working free children prostitution response strong public reaction country news minors released forced prostitution prevalence prostitution children exists country problem severe south_america asia number children rising parts world including north_america africa europe exact statistics difficult obtain estimated million children involved prostitution worldwide note list examples cover country child prostitution exists reported argentina prostitution children increasing rate average age decreasing fact book says argentina favored destinations sex tourists europe united_states argentina criminal code prostitution minors eighteen years age younger sanctions promote facilitate prostitution client exploits minor views public perception heather montgomery writes society largely negative perception prostitution children children viewed having abandoned sold parents families includes prostitution children list worst forms child labour world congress commercial sexual exploitation children called crime humanity torture slavery district judge expert child exploitation human trafficking attorney law professor write subject emotional perspectives prevention topic child exploitation intense emotions general consensus child sexual exploitation internet forced prostitution international domestic trafficking children sex rise observers united_states find little common ground questions conduct address investigative journalist states widespread stereotypes prostitution children continued 1990s organized opposition arose police officers began working common writes concerns child sexual abuse shifting perceptions youth led public sharp difference prostitution children adult prostitution generally seen additionally states children increasingly viewed innocent pure prostitution paramount slavery shift attitude public began minors involved sex trade victims perpetrators crime needing rehabilitation punishment opposition campaigns prostitution children originated 1800s mass protests practice occurred 1990s united_states led largely end child prostitution asian tourism group historian describes significant campaigning groups child prostitution originally focused issue children exploited southeast_asia western tourists women rights groups anti tourism groups joined protest practice sex tourism thailand opposition sex tourism spurred image thai youth prostitution published time publication dictionary united_kingdom describing place lot prostitutes cultural write unable sex tourism rates prostitution children continued rise groups public opinion nationally internationally succeeded getting media cover topic extensively time later expanded focus protest child prostitution globally late 1990s early 2000s saw creation number shelters rehabilitation programs children police began actively investigate issue later established national toll free available answer calls united_states hours day seven days week day year operated designed allow report tips receive information human trafficking opposition prostitution children sexual slavery spread europe organizations pushed children recognized victims offenders issue remained prominent following years campaigns organizations continued 2000s 2010s history prostitution children dates antiquity boys commonly ancient greece rome according beautiful highest born egyptian forced prostitution continued prostitutes chinese indian children commonly sold parents prostitution parents india dedicated female children hindu temples traditionally high status society originally tasked maintaining cleaning temples hindu deity assigned usually goddess learning skills music dancing system evolved role temple prostitute girls dedicated required prostitute upper class men practice outlawed exists europe child prostitution flourished late 1800s minors accounted individuals involved prostitution paris scandal 19th century england caused government raise age consent july editor published maiden tribute modern articles describing extensive underground sex trafficking ring reportedly sold children adults reports focused year old girl sold equivalent taken verified age consent raised week publication period term white slavery came europe united_states describe children
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