Young Native Girls Are Being Sacrificed To The Canadian Sex Trade

[redqueen]

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She says these days, indigenous women who are trafficked don't necessarily fear for their safety, nor are fear tactics always used. “The trafficking of indigenous women and girls is conducted very differently,” says Redsky. “The victims are ‘trauma-bonding’ with their traffickers.”

Redsky says "trauma bonding" is less like fear and more like a strong sense of loyalty: “Traffickers are becoming fathers and husbands to their victims,” explains Redsky.

In the case of Kimmy, it was her own sister.

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“What we know about human trafficking in Canada is that traffickers will gain financially more for an underage girl than they will for an adult woman,“ says Redsky. When they hit their early 20s, girls are not considered as valuable to traffickers anymore, and those who remain in the industry face serious risks as well.

“By the time they're 40, they're dying,” says Redsky. “Our bodies are not meant to have sex with 10 to 15 men a day, 7 days a week.” Roos says kids are being numbed to the sexual exploitation—but she also says the sexual exploitation is beginning to span generations.

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http://www.vice.com/read/the-indigenous-girls-being-pushed-into-canadas-sex-trade-are-getting-younger-and-younger

There was a recent study about prostitution in the US, which showed that it too is generational. I heard about it on NPR but forgot to look it up later.

[Stargleamer]

1. On a somewhat different note. . .

Did you ever see http://www.edenthefilm.com/ ?

[redqueen]

2. No I haven't.

I remember reading about it but haven't seen it yet.