Tuesday 21 February 2012

Real Men Don't Buy Girls


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NB: The original of the Sean Penn et al graphic above that is floating around at the moment has it appears to me, some very misleading figures attached.
Current estimate is that every year 1.5 trillion dollars are spent on military expenditures worldwide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry
In 2005 an UN report puts the world's illicit drug trade at an estimated $321billion per year http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/30/un_report_puts_worlds_illicit_drug_trade_at_estimated_321b/ and I suspect it would be higher now :) 
Demi and Ashton's (!!!) 'Real Men...'  say that Real Men Don’t Buy Girls is aimed at the global sex-slavery market, which generated some $32 billion in annual profit on the backs of women as young as 13. NB that is ALL sex slave trade not just kids...http://socialtimes.com/real-men-don%E2%80%99t-buy-girls-youtube-campaign-takes-on-sex-slavery_b57152.
Bad use of monetary figures REALLY does negate a very important issue I think...don't believe everything on the internet mind you...check for yourself!

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