QD06, I don't disagree with you, but my point is that America is a much larger and complex country. Hispanic labor is exploited in similar ways as South and Southeast Asian labor is in Qatar, but you have far greater social services provided for them as well as advocacy groups and all that. Moreover, there is room for social mobility for a considerable number of them. Additionally, their migratory matters are far more varied, and their situation differs based on a number of factors, including locality. And there is, at least, some sort of social awareness and concern about the abuse of Hispanic labor.
I agree with you -- human traficking is a global epidemic. And it exists very much so in America, though the average American is ignorant of the situation (often by choice). We like to see our country as that shining city on the hill, but we forget that many are excluded from joining the privleged on top.
Qatar, however, has its share of extremes. I've never seen anything comparable in the U.S. to the South Indian or Indonesian servant (seems more like slave) that follows her niqabed Qatari owner. The look on their faces breaks my heart. There is a strong sense of confusion and fear. I have no idea what goes on behind the doors of their homes. There is a greater expression of authority and dominance in the master-servant relationship here. The irony, with all due respect to Qatar, is that these people have come from countries with far greater civilizational achievement. There's obvious explanations for that, but this simple fact shouldn't be forgotten.
And yes, adultery is against the law here, but the law is not applied equally. Do you seriously think they'd arrest two Australians for having adulterous sex after meeting at Rydges? No, they don't want to send the white people running. They want more of them.
Your comparison between adultery and prostitution doesn't work. And Prostitution only happens in poor areas? I do think the poor might have less access to 'normalized' ways of sexual activity, but the rich commit adultery and use prostitution in as much as members of other classes do.
QD06, I don't disagree with you, but my point is that America is a much larger and complex country. Hispanic labor is exploited in similar ways as South and Southeast Asian labor is in Qatar, but you have far greater social services provided for them as well as advocacy groups and all that. Moreover, there is room for social mobility for a considerable number of them. Additionally, their migratory matters are far more varied, and their situation differs based on a number of factors, including locality. And there is, at least, some sort of social awareness and concern about the abuse of Hispanic labor.
I agree with you -- human traficking is a global epidemic. And it exists very much so in America, though the average American is ignorant of the situation (often by choice). We like to see our country as that shining city on the hill, but we forget that many are excluded from joining the privleged on top.
Qatar, however, has its share of extremes. I've never seen anything comparable in the U.S. to the South Indian or Indonesian servant (seems more like slave) that follows her niqabed Qatari owner. The look on their faces breaks my heart. There is a strong sense of confusion and fear. I have no idea what goes on behind the doors of their homes. There is a greater expression of authority and dominance in the master-servant relationship here. The irony, with all due respect to Qatar, is that these people have come from countries with far greater civilizational achievement. There's obvious explanations for that, but this simple fact shouldn't be forgotten.
And yes, adultery is against the law here, but the law is not applied equally. Do you seriously think they'd arrest two Australians for having adulterous sex after meeting at Rydges? No, they don't want to send the white people running. They want more of them.
Your comparison between adultery and prostitution doesn't work. And Prostitution only happens in poor areas? I do think the poor might have less access to 'normalized' ways of sexual activity, but the rich commit adultery and use prostitution in as much as members of other classes do.