Blame the nonvictim: hooking vs. trafficking.BEFORE PRESIDENT Bush reauthorized the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in January, Concerned Women for America Concerned Women for America is a conservative Christian political action group active in the United States. The group was founded in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye, wife of Christian Coalition co-founder Timothy LaHaye, as a response to activities by the National Organization for Women and President Janice Crouse warned that "within just blocks of the White House, pimps and trafficking mafias are promoting an industry that routinely enslaves thousands of women and girls every year." Crouse (who presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. was not talking about Congress) made no effort to distinguish between the consensual CONSENSUAL, civil law. This word is applied to designate one species of contract known in the civil laws; these contracts derive their name from the consent of the parties which is required in their formation, as they cannot exist without such consent. 2. sex trade, which almost certainly occurs in Northwest Washington, and coercive co·er·cive adj. Characterized by or inclined to coercion. co·er  cive·ly adv. sex trafficking, which may or may not. Neither did the new bill. The act was introduced in 2000 chiefly as a measure to fight the trade in sex workers abroad; a reauthorization in 2003 had the same goal. Its 2005 incarnation, in contrast, brings the focus home. It also extends the bill's reach to include voluntary sex acts as well as coerced ones, providing money to law enforcement to fight both human slavery and victimless crimes Crime where there is no apparent victim and no apparent pain or injury. This class of crime usually involves only consenting adults in activities such as Prostitution, Sodomy, and Gaming without distinguishing between the two. The new act provides $25 million in law enforcements grants, including money for states to "investigate and prosecute persons who engage in the purchase of commercial sex" and to "educate persons" charged with buying or trying to buy sex. Also on the list: a biennial biennial, plant requiring two years to complete its life cycle, as distinguished from an annual or a perennial. In the first year a biennial usually produces a rosette of leaves (e.g., the cabbage) and a fleshy root, which acts as a food reserve over the winter. conference to "discuss" prostitution and a promise of what Carol Leigh of the sex worker organization COYOTE calls "sexual surveillance." The bill provides funding to quantify the "number and demographic characteristics of persons engaged in ... commercial sex acts" as well as the value of the sex economy. It does not say how that information will be collected. |
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