Consent or Compliance?
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...
Not a Victimless Crime
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....
Sex Trafficking Causes Pain
Sex trafficking causes pain in every case. Whether for a day or a decade, sex trafficking causes pain in a multitude of ways.Lasting PainFrom diseases to physical damage and the emotional trauma that comes with being purchased as an implement for the sexual pleasure of...
More Than Our Story
In our world of stories, on social media platforms, through content marketing, on stages, or by the water coolers at work, we all have a defining story. We are more than our story, though. It is important to remember that we are eternal beings.The photo...
A Rapist’s Baby is Still an Innocent Baby
Abortion is bad because it kills a baby. A rapist's baby is still an innocent baby. The baby is just as much the rape victim's baby. Nature and nurture are both involved in development. No, genetics is not determinative of behavior. Every child has innate...
Sexual Abuse Survivor Support
SASS! That is so common in my home. We love to be spunky and lively in our conversations. Our playful banter is often a healing release for the grave issues we work daily to address. Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, and Abortion are frequent topics in...
Pimping Distinction
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...
Speak Out, Speak Often
I do a lot of speaking and writing these days. Between traveling and local action, I accept about 25 invitations per year. I talk about child sexual abuse, juvenile sex trafficking, and pro-life issues. Speak Out Not everyone is ready or able to speak publicly. There are...
SESTA and Survivors
Trafficking survivors support SESTA. The main goal of SESTA is to give trafficking survivors recourse against the online facilitators of sex trafficking. #LetUsSurvive is the most recent example of language being highjacked to push an opposite agenda. They do so in the name of human...
Listen To Survivors
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...