By: Shane James O’Neill Strip Club The first time I came face-to-face with sex trafficking I was 16 and working in Philadelphia. A guy named Matt would often come in, flaunting money and confidence. As an impressionable 16-year-old, I thought he was pretty cool. His uncle owned a strip club in Philadelphia and Matt…
Category: Porn and Sex Trafficking
Porn Is Not Victimless
By: Lexie LaVallee rape, Porn, and Trafficking If you haven’t read my story, it would help for you to know that I was trafficked as a child. Do you know how buyers found me? Porn. The advertisement for the sale of my body was through a video of me being raped. That was during…
The Links Between Porn and Sex Trafficking
By: Shane James O’Neill A significant part of combating pornography is through awareness. People generally think porn isn’t an issue and that it doesn’t do any harm. But if people were seriously suffering from our actions, wouldn’t you want to know? My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from…
Sex Trafficked! The New Normal
By: Lexie Smith Growing up Normal According to Child Safe Education, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before age 18. That stat alone compels us to ask, when did rape start to become the new normal? Normal. For most of our lives, things are normal. We eat…