Sex tourism is when people travel to engage in sexual activity, specifically with a prostitute. What these tourists do not realize, is that these “prostitutes” are more often than not, victims of human trafficking.
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For most people, attunement is expected in every day conversation, but for the trafficking survivor, someone who has never been fully noticed, heard, and loved before, someone who has been neglected and abused, attunement is healing.
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Amy's story began when she was 14 years old. Amy went to the drug supplier's house, where she was then held captive for seven months. She was sex-trafficked during her captivity. By a highly organized criminal organization from Mexico.
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In the last few months, countless news articles have circulated regarding sexually exploitative acts allegedly made by prominent men like Jeffrey Epstein and R. Kelly. In those articles, the victims have mistakenly been referred to as “child prostitutes.”
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When we think about the statistics and the stories that surround human trafficking, we can easily feel overwhelmed by the darkness. Make no mistake, it is grim. But just for today, I would like to share a special stream of light I saw recently.
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I’ve heard many people say that prostitution isn’t a “career” choice. What I’ve come to learn is that prostitution is not a career at all. For most survivors, prostitution is seldom a choice. And even when it is, there is a history of sexual abuse, sexual brokenness, and complex trauma that leads the person to make that unfortunate choice.
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