Comments on: Childhood, trafficking research, agency and cultural contradictions http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/childhood-trafficking-research-agency-and-cultural-contradictions from Laura Agustín Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Colombia » Geert Hofstede's working with cultural differences http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/childhood-trafficking-research-agency-and-cultural-contradictions#comment-810 Colombia » Geert Hofstede's working with cultural differences Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:13:20 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=3560#comment-810 [...] Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US …I make many of the same comments in my book Sex at the Margins and am glad to see that numerous other researchers are now writing about cultural differences that mean that campaigns to save young people from doing paid work often oppress … A considerable proportion of children in Mexico and Colombia were found to spend some time during childhood without a father. When births outside a union are included, one-fifth of Mexican children and one-third of Colombian children … [...] [...] Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US …I make many of the same comments in my book Sex at the Margins and am glad to see that numerous other researchers are now writing about cultural differences that mean that campaigns to save young people from doing paid work often oppress … A considerable proportion of children in Mexico and Colombia were found to spend some time during childhood without a father. When births outside a union are included, one-fifth of Mexican children and one-third of Colombian children … [...]

]]> By: Burkina Faso » Epiphenom: Atheist nations are more peaceful http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/childhood-trafficking-research-agency-and-cultural-contradictions#comment-805 Burkina Faso » Epiphenom: Atheist nations are more peaceful Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:12:43 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=3560#comment-805 [...] Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US …According to Demographic and Health Surveys, covering 10 African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal), the percentage of foster children ranges between 10 and 20 percent in the … [...] [...] Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US …According to Demographic and Health Surveys, covering 10 African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal), the percentage of foster children ranges between 10 and 20 percent in the … [...]

]]> By: Colombia » Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US ... http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/childhood-trafficking-research-agency-and-cultural-contradictions#comment-800 Colombia » Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US ... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:13:09 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=3560#comment-800 [...] Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US …I make many of the same comments in my book Sex at the Margins and am glad to see that numerous other researchers are now writing about cultural differences that mean that campaigns to save young people from doing paid work often oppress … A considerable proportion of children in Mexico and Colombia were found to spend some time during childhood without a father. When births outside a union are included, one-fifth of Mexican children and one-third of Colombian children … [...] [...] Child trafficking | Child labour | Childhood | Research | US …I make many of the same comments in my book Sex at the Margins and am glad to see that numerous other researchers are now writing about cultural differences that mean that campaigns to save young people from doing paid work often oppress … A considerable proportion of children in Mexico and Colombia were found to spend some time during childhood without a father. When births outside a union are included, one-fifth of Mexican children and one-third of Colombian children … [...]

]]> By: Kris http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/childhood-trafficking-research-agency-and-cultural-contradictions#comment-789 Kris Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:46:24 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=3560#comment-789 <i>many of the children did not consider themselves trafficked victims, but thought of their experiences as migration in search of better opportunities that turned into exploitation. Many also did not think of their traffickers as perpetrators of crime and villains; after all in some instances the traffickers were parents or close relatives.</i> I don't believe that this is a cultural difference. I can bet that many children in the West who are being used in the sex industry by their parents (or are directly sexually used by the parents themselves) don't consider themselves to be victims. Quite naturally you ALWAYS trust your parents. I don't understand the point here. Must the USA government introduce a two-tier system for white American children on the one hand and Latin children on the other, where the latter enjoy less protection? Sorry for my bombardment, perhaps I feel guilty. many of the children did not consider themselves trafficked victims, but thought of their experiences as migration in search of better opportunities that turned into exploitation. Many also did not think of their traffickers as perpetrators of crime and villains; after all in some instances the traffickers were parents or close relatives.

I don’t believe that this is a cultural difference. I can bet that many children in the West who are being used in the sex industry by their parents (or are directly sexually used by the parents themselves) don’t consider themselves to be victims. Quite naturally you ALWAYS trust your parents.

I don’t understand the point here. Must the USA government introduce a two-tier system for white American children on the one hand and Latin children on the other, where the latter enjoy less protection?

Sorry for my bombardment, perhaps I feel guilty.

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