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