When are we going to hold men accountable for sex slavery. When are men going to hold othe men accountable for sex slavery. Sex slavery is no different than the slavery of black men and jewish men but today no men is a slave, only women are. Men are important they are seen as human beings and their human rights are important but women our human rights not so important at all.

I watched those episodes and thought of you, Julie, because of your passion for these issues. I've often wondered if these kind of shows (CSI, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, etc.) get such high ratings and continued success because we want to believe that if something bad happened to one of us, Horatio Cain, or someone like him would go to the mat for us. That there would be a police force (officer) who would care enough and have the resources to find our loved one. But that isn't what happens. So we are left with the understanding that it really is up to each of us to bring hope (as Austen says above) in some small way, and change in some small way together.

Such a profound statement because of the depth of its truth. How easy it is to look at our own back accounts and justify purchasing a $5 t-shirt or a 75-cent cup of coffee. Living in such a consumer-oriented society makes it all the more difficult to make conscientious choices. It is much easier to think only of my own bank account than of what such miniscule costs mean to growers, designers, dyers, factory workers, and the environment.

These are our struggles. There is no overt benefit or reprimand to living consciously; there is only the hope that in some small way, such actions start to change the trajectory. I think articles like this one help to make that difference.