I seriously hope that people will not just stop and stare when they see something like this again.
I also hope that the men who stayed to watch "the show" did not just walk away like nothing is wrong.Or if they did walk, I hope it is a walk of shame.
I earlier saw another video regarding feminism. I only want to add now to it a scene like this, where men are in the place of women.
Human trafficking is rampant no matter how much statistic governments all over the world release about having reduced its incidence. Actually, it may have reduced due to the fact that in some countries it is either not illegal, or it has been declared legal. It is not illegal when the law is silent on it, or indifferent towards it. It is legal when the law declares it to be allowed.
In this video we see the city of Amsterdam. It is well known that prostitution is legal in that city. This was done to allow the prostitutes a way to protect their rights as women, while working in the sex trade industry.
However, just because it is legal does not mean it is right. There is more to what is right than the law declaring it so. The law is merely a tool which states have created to regulate its citizens in conformity with the nation's interests and morals. It does not tell you how to treat another person with care. Nor does it show you how to respect. It only tries to embody those principles which we, as people, deem to be right.
So, if you think it is right that these women who hoped for better futures be subject to occupations they did not want, then I think there is something wrong. There is something wrong with what we think is right.
For some of those men who watched them dance, the right thing to do was to react and slowly disperse from the crowd. For some of them maybe the right thing to do was to engage themselves in the anti-trafficking campaign. For some, maybe they will continue to patronize the sex trade industry.
Truly yours,
Czarina
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