Recently, the Philippine local news and entertainment industry have been floo
ded with articles about the scandalous sex videos of Hayden Kho, Katrina Halili and Maricar Reyes, among others. The videos were perpetuated by unknown sources who, allegedly, are using the cyberspace to extort some amount of money in exchange of putting the rest of the video collection into rest. The video footages have created a “fever” among Pinoys across all walks of life. Amidst the fever, while most of the race of Adam are enjoying the “pound for pound” sex action in those videos, we have not noticed its implications to several groups of the society who are frequently subjected to this kind of exploitation: the children and women.
Children pornography
ded with articles about the scandalous sex videos of Hayden Kho, Katrina Halili and Maricar Reyes, among others. The videos were perpetuated by unknown sources who, allegedly, are using the cyberspace to extort some amount of money in exchange of putting the rest of the video collection into rest. The video footages have created a “fever” among Pinoys across all walks of life. Amidst the fever, while most of the race of Adam are enjoying the “pound for pound” sex action in those videos, we have not noticed its implications to several groups of the society who are frequently subjected to this kind of exploitation: the children and women.Children pornography
Based on the results presented by Keepyourchildsafe.org, about 1 in every 3 girls and 1 in every 5 or 6 boys are at risk to be sexually abused in their childhood not to mention among other alarming rates related to this crime. Child pornography has become a multi-billion dollar 
business in which in average month, 10,000 porn site or so open for public access in the internet with more than 100,000 child porn images posted in newsgroup server hosts. Isn’t this statistics alarming? Ironically, it has been found that most of the pornographic child offenses happens at home where the suspect and perpetuator is a member of the child’s immediate family with male children being more prone to molestation than that of their female counterparts. Ask yourselves - how safe are your children within the confinement of your home, your neighbor, or your community?
Women and sexual exploitation
Like children, women are equally vulnerable to sexual exploitation. This is true across the different age groups of women. In the United States, it was reported that 6 out 10 girls age 15 and below have had involuntary sexual experiences while those whose ages are from 16 to 19 are likely to be 3.5 times forced to do sexual acts more than the general population (http://www.soundvision.com/Info/teens/stat.asp). Across South East Asia and the Pacific, there has been a huge number of women who had become victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking (http://www.catwinternational.org/factbook/Asia_Pacific.php). In the Philippines alone, it was pointed that “Entertainment” including dirt-floor beer house and karaoke bars served as main channels to not less than 300,000 women in prostitution and some 75,000 prostituted women and children to provide sexual service to men across social classes.
business in which in average month, 10,000 porn site or so open for public access in the internet with more than 100,000 child porn images posted in newsgroup server hosts. Isn’t this statistics alarming? Ironically, it has been found that most of the pornographic child offenses happens at home where the suspect and perpetuator is a member of the child’s immediate family with male children being more prone to molestation than that of their female counterparts. Ask yourselves - how safe are your children within the confinement of your home, your neighbor, or your community?Women and sexual exploitation
Like children, women are equally vulnerable to sexual exploitation. This is true across the different age groups of women. In the United States, it was reported that 6 out 10 girls age 15 and below have had involuntary sexual experiences while those whose ages are from 16 to 19 are likely to be 3.5 times forced to do sexual acts more than the general population (http://www.soundvision.com/Info/teens/stat.asp). Across South East Asia and the Pacific, there has been a huge number of women who had become victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking (http://www.catwinternational.org/factbook/Asia_Pacific.php). In the Philippines alone, it was pointed that “Entertainment” including dirt-floor beer house and karaoke bars served as main channels to not less than 300,000 women in prostitution and some 75,000 prostituted women and children to provide sexual service to men across social classes.
These are just some alarming facts and figures on children and women exploitation. Alarming as the figures may show, but has the implication of these facts really came across our minds? Have we done anything personal to help the victims we know? Have we participated in any activity that promotes awareness among our family members and community? Are your kids safe at home? Maybe not --
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