Brysk (2011), "Sex as Slavery? Understanding Private Wrongs"

1. Human trafficking laws are often inconsistent or incomplete.

Brysk (2011) notes that issues of human trafficking often contain contradictions along axes of sexualization and migration. In terms of sexualization, Brysk (2011) notes that policy often disproportionately focuses on sexual slavery and ignores non-sexual forms of slavery and trafficking. These policies often ignore prostitution as a choice influenced by economic policies. For migration, Brysk (2011) points out that sexual slavery is a problem that can remain within borders just as it can travel across them.

2. The reason for these inconsistencies is rooted in ideologies of power.

Brysk (2011) points out that many trafficking policies are rooted in ideas of "white slavery" and other ideologically loaded terms. An emphasis on sex trafficking that ignores willing prostitution is a move to assert power of women's sexualities and mobility.