Vermont, is one of the targets for Decrim Sex Workers (DSW). They may have changed their name in NH, after the last few go'rounds here, trying to repeal prohibition for pimping and other forms of sexual exploitation. Below, I share excerpts from the letter I...
This publication is so full of smut. Teen Vogue is grooming your kids for exploitation. The Thin, Fragile Veil If you have read Wisdom Speaks blog before, you know about the thin and fragile veil between prostitution and sex trafficking. Legally, any commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of...
The thin and fragile veil between prostitution and sex trafficking can be more clearly defined by what some call consent and others know to be compliance. How can buyers tell if it is consent or compliance? Liberty...
Prostitution is not a victimless crime. Even where it is legal, there are victims. Victimless Crime Our laws are ostensibly written for people. However, in the last half century, an administrative state has been creeping into the realm of lawmaking, by making rules that equate to laws....
Three women managed to derail a bill that would help protect children from traffickers. They hijacked hearings. How did they beguile the committee? Criminal Justice and Public Safety The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee of the NH House of Representatives is made up of regular people. We...
There are those who would have you believe that there is a clear and distinct separation between prostitution and sex trafficking. They are "pimping distinction."Prostitution, they say, is an autonomous and contractural agreement between two consenting adults that involves payment for sex.Simple, a choice, right? What...
Listen to survivors There are those in New Hampshire who would fully decriminalize prostitution. This would be disastrous, as it has been in other countries.Any government that wants to promote gender equality and prevent sexual exploitation cannot claim to fulfill these goals if it legally sanctions...
Do lawmakers get stuck? How, you ask? Stuck in Process In New Hampshire, we have somewhat of a volunteer legislature. More the way the founders intended than what the federal government lawmakers look like, in structure and compensation. The rules and process is a good way to...
Dear Police Officer, You are way scarier than my trafficker. You call me a prostitute.He talked to me. He took the time to ask about my life, my hopes and dreams and find my vulnerabilities.Even though he kidnapped me and raped me, even when I resisted...
I am a survivor of juvenile sex trafficking here in New Hampshire and have lived here almost all of my life. I just learned of the anti-trafficking task force in NH. Grant It was great to see that NH had been granted $1,300,000 federal dollars to combat...