Reddit reviews Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale: A Memoir

Here is another good book (and the organization that Rachel Lloyd started).


Good reminders:

Human trafficking not only happens globally, but also in your 'backyard' . It's not just an "over there" issue.

Aftercare is absolutely necessary to recovery. Being rescued doesn't solve it all. And relapse is part of recovery.

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Example

The problem most people have is "Sheltered first world" syndrome. The reality is that open prostitution allows you to bring girls in from third world countries who don't speak a lick of the language (German, English, etc). What legal protections do they have? If they go to the local authorities it is their word against the smugglers AND they can't argue their case anyway.

There is a book from a woman who went through the ordeal as an underage teenager in prostitution legal countries who eventually broke free.