Dear John ….

A few weeks ago in my Health as Social Justice class we had a guest speaker. The information she shared broke my heart … I have included a few snippets of what she shared below.

From the Schapiro Group: Men Who Buy Sex with Adolescent Girls: A Scientific Research Study

  • With approximately 3 million adult men in Georgia, this study found that 23% have purchased sex with females and 20,700 men do so in any given month.
  • 12,400 men each month in Georgia pay for sex with a young female, 7,200 of whom end up exploiting an adolescent female.

From  other resources used to compile Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation data:

  • Victims of sex trafficking are proportionately younger than other trafficking victims, with 31% of the identified sex trafficking victims being under 18 years old.
  • The estimated cost of child sexual abuse in the U.S. is $23 billion annually.
  • Until 2001, the pimping of a minor in Georgia was classified as a misdemeanor payable by a $50 fine.

Resources for Action:

  • www.callandresponse.com
  • www.endhumantrafficking.org
  • www.afuturenotapast.org

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