Born into Brothel is filmed in the redlight district of India. A poor, impoverished, isolated community. The community is sustained through the prostitution of women and young girls. Girls are forced to sell their bodies as young as 13. Prostitution is the sole means of the communities survival. A way of life passed down from generation to generation grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and daughters use prostitution as a means of providing for their families daily needs such as: food, clothing, and shelter.
The movie portrays a strained relationship within the family structure at times. The family unit is considered multilateral considering that multiple generations of family reside in the same household. The fathers in this film are present physically
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but are not positive contributors to the family or the community as a whole. Most of them are portrayed as abusers of drugs and alcohol and like the children are financially dependant upon the women and girls lifestyles to supply the families financial and emotional needs. The young girls, however are faced with the biggest downfall of all being a product of the brothel; their very body is subject to unwanted abuse. The children seem to be very resilient given the circumstances. They are respectful towards the adults in their families and communities despite the verbal abuse, having to take on the roles of an adult grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning and even working in the brothels. At times throughout the movie the girls almost seem to display a thought of obligation to engage in the lifestyle to care for the aging adults and children in their families. Almost as if it would be disrespect or even abandonment of their duties as contributors to the family to opt out of what this community almost views as tradition. A desire for the young girls to pursue a life outside of prostitution and a resistance to this lifestyle though it is very evident. However the older family member and those within their community convey a normal and complacent attitude towards how diery the situations really are within their community. Prostitution is the only life the people have come to know within the confines of the red light district and the only model that the women have access at portraying for their daughters because of the isolation and lack of resources this community receives as a result of their lifestyle. The children receive minimum education, the women experience mental breakdowns, some have better clothing, and cleaner housing. The conditions of the community that surround all of them is unfortunately the same. Dilapidated living conditions, trash over running on the same streets food is bought in the outside market, communal water systems, children playing on the roof tops; because there is no safe or practical place for a child to play. Their mother, sisters grandmothers, and aunts sell their bodies from the very homes in which they live. The girls all seem to have one thing in common though and that is a desires for a better life a life much different from the women of the redlight district.
A desire for a good education, clean living conditions, and chance to pursue their dreams far removed from that of a prostitute. Some would like to become seamstress, doctors, lawyers, and others photographers. The population within the brothel is not diverse, so the chances of these girls ever living out these dreams came about from an American photographer visiting their community willing to help explore available resources and bring light to the life of these young girls and their families from behind the lense of the camera. She hosted a photography class within their community for the children given them the opportunity to learn the art of photography and to tell the story of a life of injustice and isolation endured by those living in the redlight. The children photograph their dilapidated living conditions, trash over running on the same streets, food is being bought in the outside market,communal water systems, children play on the roof tops, friends, family, and those in the community. At first the people did not seem to be very receptive of the children photographing, maybe because they were embarrassed of the conditions that they were forced to live in because of a lack of resources and a lack of empathy shown by those from other more economically stable communities surrounding them. They eventually …show more content…
came around and began to joining the experience. As the photographer soon found out it would prove to be a hard task to get these children the resources they needed, wanted, and most of all deserved.
Because of blatant injustices and at times an unwillingness or know how to bring about change by the adults in the community. The denial of medical treatment, lazy elected officials to retrieve legal documents, unwanted children in schools because they were or thought to be products of prostitution, and thought to carried diseases were just a few of the obsticals. Giving the children the opportunity to learn how to use a camera gave the community a first hand look at their surroundings, the life that was being modeled before them, those outside of the community a glimpse at the injustices, lack of empathy,and isolation these people were forced to endure on a daily basis. though their community was not the cleanest, the education was not the best, and housing was crowded.The people managed to provide housing, food, clothing, and dependability to these children in the face of what seemed to be insurmountable odds. The pictures also helped to create resources otherwise denied to these people. Private schools began to take in some of the
girls. The statement could be made that there was no happy ending because over half of the girls returned to a life in the redlight district. But that would be an unfair statement because when thought is given to the isolation and humiliation that these people faced simple because of their means of survival having light placed on their situation and one person to say this is unacceptable is an accomplishment in itself. For a person to come in and take the time to gather an understanding of the condition of the people within this community and offer and push for resources that were otherwise being denied these people is a selfless act of generosity and empathy. Through self determination these resources are now made available to these people and can be expounded upon for future generations.Born into Brothels sheds light on the difficulties that families face everyday and how easy it is for people whose lives are far removed from poverty to act as if it does not exist, look down upon others, and put into question their self worth because there circumstances are much different from that of their own.The alienation and lack of resources available to these people was no more than discriminatory because of their life style;it had nothing to do with their character or ability to be productive contributors to society. The movie also shows the character of people when someone speaks up and says “that to alliant, discriminate, show injustice, and a lack of empathy because of one's circumstances is not only wrong but will not be tolerated” people begin to seem to change and the problem is longer their problem but a world problem and one that needs to be addressed.
From the film, “Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers”, we, the viewer, are able to gain an understanding about all that the photographers witnessed and how they handled each of the situations they saw. Arthur Rothstein, Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, Carl Mydans, Edwin and Louise Rosskam, Gordon Parks, Jack Delano, John Vachon, Marion Post Wolcott, Esther Bubly, Russell Lee, John Collier Jr., Edwin Locke, and Walker Evans are the famous photographers that are discussed in this particular documentary. Almost all of the things that photographers witnessed while working on this project were things that people who lived in the city would never have seen unless they have visited or were originally from the country.
The events happening are unique and news worthy, so the people’s rewired brains urged them to record and take pictures rather than be smart and help out or go to
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” (Albert Einstein). “Flavio’s Home,” written by Gordon Parks, can be considered one of Parks’ most memorable photography works. Parks’, enduring much hardship of his own as a teenager, turned his struggles around and used it as inspiration for others. His article tells of a twelve-year old boy and his family, stricken by poverty. Through an acutely informative and subtly persuasive article, Parks adequately uses pathos, diction, syntax, and imagery to tell his readers about why and how poverty “is the most savage of all human afflictions.” Speaking to his Life Magazine readers, Parks’ purpose for writing this article is to first
Richards focus is that of the ignored; a people that otherwise have been forgotten. It’s his compassion to his subjects and his commitment to them that surpasses the act of making a pretty picture. Spending days with his subjects in the slums of Harlem or the hardly developed mountains of West Virginia he immerses himself into the frequently bitter life of his next award-winning photo. Often including word for word text of testimonials recorded by junkies and destitute farmers, Richards is able to provide an unbiased portrayal. All he has done is to select and make us look at the faces of the ignored, opinions and reactions are left to be made by the viewer.
Parenthood Film Family Analysis Paper Introduction The Parenthood film depicts average families that are changing life course which is the building block of many families. We have the father and mother with marital disfigurations of attachments, and lack of attachment between themselves and the relationships involving their four adult children and grandchildren. Furthermore, in this paper a description of accepting the shift generational roles and Structural Theory is analyzed and discussed by in an article moreover, the Buckman’s family members accept financial responsibility for self and their families. Lastly, the subsystem chosen for the analysis speculation is Larry.
First, the scene in the image was manipulated through stage-managing, a common practice in photojournalism. While the image of the migrant mother, Florence Thompson, appears to the viewer to be a genuine and unprompted look at the hardship and deprivation of a dejected migrant woman. This, of course, was the reality of Ms. Thompson’s personal situation at the time. But the scene itself was micromanaged to appear in a lucid and vivid form in the image, including editing Ms. Thompson’s older children from the image to create the more poignant scene of a mother holding a small child and using a pose in which the woman is looking out into the distance, with the two children told to lo...
From Chapter 7 Question 1: Suppose you are going to participate in a class debate on decriminalizing prostitution. What arguments would you present in favor of decriminalization? What arguments would you present against decriminalization? In this day and age sex has become nothing more than another product that companies use to sell their products on the consumer market. Every product has been sexualized in some way, shape, or form; but when the topic of prostitution arises nobody want to talk about it. Prostitution is nothing more than another product that just happens to be sexual in nature; however there are laws prohibiting the engagement of sex for money or “gifts.” What people don’t realize is that every single sexually active adult engages
In order to understand how sex trafficking affects its victims, one must first know the severity of sex trafficking and what it is. The issue of sex trafficking affects 2.5 million people at any given time (Abas et al., 2013). The form of sex slavery affects many women and children across the world. Even though both males and females are sexually trafficked and exploited, there is a deep emphasis on the sexual exploitation of women and children. This is due to gender discrimination (Miller, 2006). This is because women and children are more vulnerable and appeal to the larger populations of brothels and the so-called “clients” since the majority are men. Ecclestone (2013) stated that children as young as age three are trafficked. Sex trafficking has changed over time; “Today, the business of human sex trafficking is much more organized and violent. These women and young girls are sold to traffickers, locked up in rooms or brothels for weeks or months, drugged, terrorized, and raped repeatedly” (Walker-Rodriguez & Hill, 2011). It is found that many of the victims of sex trafficking are abducted, recruited, transported and forced into involuntary “sex work”. These sexual acts include prostitution, exotic dancing, pornography, and sexual escort services (McClain & Garrity, 2011). What happens to these sex trafficking victims is extremely traumatizing.
Barbara Amaya was sexually abused by members of her members at the age of ten. With a depressed state of mind, Barbara ran away from home at the age of twelve. It was then that she was taken off of the streets by a couple that had the desire to care for her. After a month of being cared for, the couple put her out on the streets for prostitution. Barbara was sold to another sex trafficker that transported her to New York where she experienced sex trafficking for eight years of her life. During this time Barbara was abused, shot, addicted to drugs, stabbed, raped, kidnapped, trafficked, beaten, and jailed. As a result of her addiction to methadone, Barbara was no longer a valuable asset to her trafficker. She was forced out on the streets of New York by herself. Today, Barbara is a sex traffic survivor, who occasionally has flashbacks of her past (Amaya).
Should we decriminalize prostitution? Decriminalize means the removal of criminal penalties or the restrictions against something. In the article “How we should handle prostitution” by Simon Hedlin, Birgitta Ohlsson states that we should decriminalize prostitution. Decriminalizing prostitution means to remove the criminal penalties and the restrictions against prostitution. The thesis of the article is to decriminalize prostitution. Critics think by decriminalizing prostitution there would be an increase in human trafficking. In order to not decriminalize prostitution, the author says to decriminalize the selling of sex, but not the buying of sex. David Grosso is Washington Councilman. He wants to enter a legislation that decriminalize prostitution in the nation 's capital. Grosso says that America needs new laws for prostitution. The new laws that have to be made for prostitution have to “respect the fact that sex workers are human beings too." Critics think that by decriminalizing prostitution is going to get worse and increase human trafficking.
Recently, a horrendous gang rape and murder case in India has caused many people to speak out against sex crimes. A female medical student was beaten with metal rods, raped, and then thrown from a moving bus by four men. In response, many people have called for stricter laws dealing with sexual violence. This has also lead to some focus on the sex trafficking aspect of sexual violence. In an article by the Editorial Board of the New York Times, issues of enforcement were brought to light by explaining that sex trafficking is growing in India because of extreme poverty, “a gender imbalance resulting from sex-selective abortion practices,” and “India’s affluence.” The writers of “Sex Trafficking in India” adequately argue that in order to solve the issue of sex trafficking there needs to be stricter enforcement of existing laws that deal with sex crimes by appealing to their intended audience through statistics, expert testimonies, cause and effect, and descriptive language.
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Photojournalism plays a critical role in the way we capture and understand the reality of a particular moment in time. As a way of documenting history, the ability to create meaning through images contributes to a transparent media through exacting the truth of a moment. By capturing the surreal world and presenting it in a narrative that is relatable to its audience, allows the image to create a fair and accurate representation of reality.
Little do most know, but on “[a]verage [prostitution] arrest[s], court and incarceration costs amount to nearly $2,000 per arrest. Cities spend an average of 7.5 million dollars on prostitution control every year, ranging from 1 million dollars to 23 million dollars.” Prostitution is the oldest known profession. Currently in 49 countries and counting prostitution is legal. Here in America there is a stigma following the label prostitute. We would rather resort to underground markets of sex labor. Endangering health, rights, and economics. Legalizing prostitution can reduce health hazards by giving heath care, also by giving rights to those that choose prostitution as their profession. In the long term this
Legalized Prostitution: A Compromise Between Amnesty International and Task Force on Human Trafficking and Prostitution