Not For Sale: The Sexual Exploitation of America’s Children

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Prostitution is said to be the world’s oldest profession. Often prostitutes are thought to be seductively dressed women standing on the street corner calling out offerings of a good time in exchange for payment. That is an accurate depiction however, it is just part of the massive sex industry’s variety of marketing tools used in prostitution. The women and young girls standing on the corner are but a small fraction of a much larger picture and harsher reality.
Trafficking of is the new innovative business model used in the profession called prostitution. The myth about sex trafficking is that it is a foreign not a domestic problem. Many American’s think of women and children across the ocean in another country other than their own when they hear the words “sex trafficking”. Sex trafficking is a very lucrative business. The “John’s” create a demand and the “pimps” provide the supply. Child abuse, child neglect, pornography, pedophilia and prostitution are all links in the chains that enslaves America’s children for the pleasure of adults.
Pimps, Prostitutes and Johns
The main players in the prostitution business are the pimps, prostitutes and Johns. The pimps job is to locate and train the prostitutes. Prime candidates for pimps are generally young women and girls with who have been neglected and abuse. These girls usually have very low self-esteem. Runaways are a perfect target because they fit the profile and often no one is looking for them. He then finds their weaknesses and exploits them. The younger they are the better. Children are easier to manipulate. Train up a child in the way that they should go…by the time the children become adults, the pimps have them broken down. They are dependent on their pimp. Often t...

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