A couple of days ago I read a shocking piece of news. While doing age determination tests on women rescued from prostitution rings, doctors realized that the ‘physical’ age of these women was different from their ‘mental’ age. I found the use words rather curious; it could just be a physical or mental deformity, right? It became clearer as I read further; these girls were in their teens but looked much older due to the introduction of hormones in their bodies, to enhance general growth and features such as breasts, leading to fuller bodies at a much younger age. In fact they are even injected with the male hormone testosterone to increase their sexual desire. However the level of testosterone in female bodies is minute, and therefore these practices often lead to an overdose, causing such abnormalities as hoarse voices and facial hair.
How sick are these practices, of flesh trade and forced prostitution? As if all the physical and psychological abuse that these women are subjected to is not enough, there are now ways to physically alter their growth… their adolescence is all but lost anyway, even the tell tale signs of age, that which would allow the more compassionate to interact with them the way it ought to be, is now being messed around with… not even the mirror would be much of a friend anymore.
The next day there was a news item about the increase in flesh trade following the flooding of the Kosi river. Apparently relief camps have become hunting grounds for pimps looking for fresh ‘maal’. A people in distress would indeed be easy to manipulate.
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