Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse and traffic underage girls.
“At seven years old or so, I was groomed with adult porn, then child sexual abuse images, and then I was used in it… Boys are abused, trafficked for sex, and used in porn.”
“For one thing, my brain has been rewired so much, everything in the world is sexualized. I am acutely aware of physical space and read into body language too much.”
It’s a rule of kindness and respect: act in a way toward others that you’d like them to act toward you. Through this, exploitation could end.
Hasina Kharbhih’s innovative model strives to put a dent in the $32 billion human trafficking industry in India and its surrounding countries.
Desperate for financial stability, Megan was persuaded into sugar dating, thinking it would solve her problems. The exploitation and trafficking that followed are characteristic of so many women’s experiences. 💔
“Now, when I see porn ads, it even makes me feel sick. The issue is, how can we simply put a price to belittle and exploit others?”
“This was the lie I had been told: that in porn, for the first time in my life, I would have control over what I would or wouldn’t be asked to do sexually. I would have a say in what would happen with my body.”
We live in a world that needs to see concrete numbers to legitimize an issue. Unfortunately, those numbers are difficult to come by—but here are the facts.
“I don’t feel like I can have an intimate relationship… I don’t feel like my body is my own. I can’t look at myself naked in the mirror if I’m getting in and out of the shower…even now, five and a half years later.”
Too often, sexually exploited girls are seen as victims and exploited boys aren’t. However, any youth under the age of 18 involved in the sex trade is considered a trafficking victim.
But why is crypto used more frequently in human trafficking? Reports find the anonymity of cryptocurrency is what’s useful to human traffickers.
