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Most commonly, young people who end up under the control of a pimp have come from abusive homes and have run away.  They are lured into a relationship with someone who claims he will care for them and love them.

At some point, the tables are turned and the “protector” becomes abusive and forces the girl to sell herself on the streets or through internet ads.  The young lady believes that the money she earns will create a better life for the two of them.  Between threats to her and her family, psychological manipulation, and physical force, she has been beaten down enough that she will comply, becoming more deeply entrenched in a vicious cycle of abuse, lies, rapes, and every kind of demeaning sexual acts.

Sometimes, a child or teen will be forcibly abducted from home or school or even a friend’s house.  Such a victim may not be as emotionally needy to begin with, but the perpetrator will still use the same methods for breaking her down to get her to comply with prostituting herself.

Paige was 16 when she was abducted and forced into the world of sex trafficking.  She was still wanted by her mother who worked hard to get her back home and into a treatment center.  However, the pimp’s hold on her was stronger and more insistent, so Paige went back with him to a tragic end.  Part of her story is depicted in this video.

There are minimally another 100,000 girls like Paige, and some boys, in the United States who are brutally enslaved to be raped for profit repeatedly on a daily basis.  The statistics are overwhelming, and the unseen faces and unheard voices of these children are screaming out for help.  No child deserves to be abused.  No child deserves to be treated like an old rag that is used over and over and finally thrown in the trash.  No child deserves to be brutalized and ripped apart emotionally by being a sexual toy for the most perverse of fantasies.

StreetLightUSA^SM is asking you to stand with us in the battle to protect and help heal these devastated ones.  Learn more about The sex trafficking problem and the work of StreetLightUSA^SM with these media presentations.

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