Interrogating Everyperson's Roles in Today's Slaveries

Abstract

"Modem day slavery," "contemporary forms of slavery," and "modem forms of slavery." Today, these terms are used interchangeably virtually throughout the world to describe a variety of contemporary forms of exploitation. These forms of exploitation include the trafficking of human beings for labor and sex; child labor; child sexual exploitation; the commercial sexual exploitation of adults; and forced labor and the indentured servitude of adult men and women, and of male and female children. These forms of exploitation were legally defined as "human trafficking," after lengthy international and domestic debates. Now, amid deeper and more widespread knowledge of the existence of human trafficking, the term "slavery" has become shorthand for all exploitation that was labelled "human trafficking." In the context of the increasing use of the term "slavery," this paper interrogates today's "slaveries," and explores questions regarding Everyperson's' connection to these forms of exploitation.