When we’re talking about sex slavery in today’s society, most
of us still wondering if it really exists. Hello… It is existing!! It can be so
near or just happening under our nose but we can’t really figure out. How or
why does it happen? Fact check, is our society caring enough or does the people
behind this things are too strong that they’re undefeated by us. Hmmm… How do
they escape the jurisdiction of authority anyway??
Recently (2 weeks ago), one book displayed on the shelf of a
book store captured my attention. It does not took me long to just grabbed it
and turned to the back, catches the synopsis of the book. Without hesitation, I
just bought it the next few minutes. It titled “The End of My World” by Emma
Jackson. This book based on the real story of Emma few years back. I’ll share
the synopsis with all of you later on. It can never cross our mind that a girl,
an early teen age girl from a good and decent family would be involved in this sex
trade, of course it is by force but again we think… She’s so young. At the age
of thirteen and a quarter, how much would they know about the bigger image of
prostitution or precisely organized crimes?
The picture of a rapist or pervert men in our head when we were
younger would always be:
1)
A nasty, smelly, dirty and bad looking old men
2)
Someone who’s intoxicated with illegal substances and
this person will be dirty and smelly as well and all other bad image we can
think of.
But what Emma saw was a totally different image. She saw
good looking men, clean, full of manners, polished, polite and wealthy. We as
an adult would always have a longer thinking but girls or boys at that age wouldn’t
have the same mind set as us. They will never see what we can imagine. It is
really sad but awakening. Thanks to Emma Jackson for being brave to share her
life experience with the world, with us. I wish you well.
The synopsis of ‘The End of My World’ and some part in the
book that I want to share with all of you so please be careful. Life is not
always as beautiful as we see.
“Emma was just 13
when her happy childhood become crashing down. She had no idea the young lads
she and her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall weren’t all they
seemed.
The boys were part
of an organised gang targeting innocent young girls, grooming them for
prostitution. Captivated by the ring leader, Emma didn’t see the first brutal
rape coming. From then on, her life was never her own…
This is the
harrowing true story of how a nice girl from a good home found herself drawn
into a trap of degradation and violence, frightened for her life and not
knowing where to turn. But it is also the story of finding the courage and
inner strength to risk everything and escape”
Emma
also quoted this:
“I’d
never have guessed that when your world’s tumbling down you can carry on as
usual. But it wasn’t like I had a big sign on my back saying “I’ve been raped”. Nobody notice a thing.”
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