You’re conflating soles and car Thor’s there when talking about human trafficking. I get you need to use engine language to get your point across but it’s too far fetched to take you seriously.
The last that have the example her that was a surrogate to her friend or sister was so far removed from anything to do with trafficking etc that it makes you look silly to compare them.
We know this shit happens and it’s an utter disgrace but let’s not make out that it’s always the case.
No I'm not conflating anything.
This is the UN definition of human trafficking:
Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit. Men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world. The traffickers often use violence or fraudulent employment agencies and fake promises of education and job opportunities to trick and coerce their victims.
I do actually think that women and babies are very much victims in the way described above.
The coercion. The abuse of women - particularly abroad, but not solely (see above examples of women forced into signed really dubious legal agreements which sign over their bodily autonomy often under highly pressurised circumstances so they don't get the opportunity nor the legal advice to understand fully what they are signing). The extremely glossy PR that so often neglects the reality. The kids who are not thought of because of promise of a 'wonderful life'. And of course we shall ignore the 'dumped' and 'imperfect' babies that have no voice because the commissioners just fuck off and abandon them because they aren't up to the fairytale and therefore don't have 'value'. And we will ignore the abject lack of safeguarding that is applicable to fostering and adoption.
So yeah, I stand by EVERY WORD I say. And I think its very appropriate to use the term human trafficking - people need to have a long, hard think about it because it is certainly part of the surrogacy trade (numerous examples and why some countries have actively banned the practice because of how it was being run by unscruplous organisations and groups for profit).
The issue is this makes people be confronted with the reality that they don't want to engage with and consider because ethics and morally are, I quote, 'Boring'.
They like the idea of it being a 'Happy Ever After' all parties are juuuusttt finneeee because it suits their world outlook and they can carry on as before without critical thought or being compelled to challenge the PR myth or the 'progressive' Trojan Horses they ride on the back off.
It is always poor women and babies that are most at risk in surrogacy. Its always poor women and children who are the biggest targets for exploitation by rich people.
I think the phrases: 'baby selling' and 'human trafficking' should be used as much as possible to remind people of what is going on and how it very much is appropriate to do so.
What I find enlightening is just how much discussions about this are then shut down by the 'but altruistic' stuff or 'not in the UK we have laws' and then still avoid how similar is also true even in the UK. The avoidance of discussion how this particularly affects the poor or the vulnerable is a sight to behold. The avoidance of discussion of the need to safeguard is eye opening 'but they didn't have a gun to their head' therefore its ok. The only abuse that seems to really matter is violence. Not financial and not emotional. These are 'invisible' abuses that are merely 'inconvenient' to the rich and priviledged who don't have a concept of how easy it is to find yourself in this situation.
EXPLOITATION BY THE RICH. HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Keep saying it.