ABSTRACT
What is in general called “trafficking in women”—the involuntary displacement and forced prostitution of women-constitutes a serious form of violence against women bound to the issues of sex work and migration.1 Indeed, it is considered one of the most serious forms of violence against women. Yet, there is an additional aspect of this dynamics which has been frequently neglected in scholarly and practical work: the very discourse on trafficking reveals traces of “othering”—the representation of both victims and perpetrators through class, racial and gender stereotypes.
