Sex Trafficking is something that we don't usually hear about unless we are actually paying attention and not blocking it out. At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor. Somehow we don't look at it because we don't want to focus on it. We want to pretend that this isn't happening, but hell, it is.
About 2 million children are exploited every year in the global commercial sex trade. We try to ignore it but it is happening every year. Survivors of trafficking tell stories of how they were isolated and were only used when they were sexually assaulted. Some even report they become pregnant and go through very unsafe abortions that can harm their body.
Some are forced to sleep with 50 men a day, and if they didn't, they would be beat with a stick, cut, or electrocuted. And, did you forget that some of these traffickers are children?
However, the U.S. is attempting to put a stop to this by discouraging prostitution and making organizations to help and recognize those who are traffickers. Although in other countries, it is hard to fight these crimes, especially in Brazil.
Somehow, we need to stand up. We need to help those who are in need.
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National Human Trafficking Resource Center
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