10 Things You Might Not Know About Women Being Sold For Sex

I previously posted about 10 Things You Might Not Know About Men Who Buy Sex and promised this linked post, so here it is. Knowledge is power people! Get the facts; learn to spot the signs; and report anything that might be able to help save a woman from sexual slavery! Learn more about this on The A21 Campaign's page.

Blessings!

Ronell x

10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT WOMEN BEING SOLD FOR SEX

Posted on September 17, 2013

Many say prostitution is the oldest profession in the world and believe the private affairs of consenting adults should not be infringed upon.  Those same people are quick to claim that prostitution does not harm anyone.  Perhaps you are one of those people. If that’s the case, I’d like to suggest to you ten things that you might not know about a women being sold for sex.  Statistically speaking:

1. She was just 13 years old when she entered into the sex trade.
2. She is a victim of incest. (65% to 90%)
3. She is the most raped demographic on the planet. (80%)
4. She will die within 7 years after entering into prostitution.
5. She has a trafficker selling her as a commodity and keeping all or most of the money. (70%-90%)
6. She is or has been homeless. (72%)
7. At some point she has considered suicide. (75%)
8. She is 40 times more likely to die than the national average.
9. She is two times more likely than a solider in a war zone to have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (68%)
10. She is classified by the US Center for Disease Control as having the highest HIV prevalence in the United States.

Learn Ten Things About Men Who Buy Sex.

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Bridget Battistoni is Director of Operations for REST: Real Escape from the Sex Trade

- See more at: http://iwantrest.com/2013/09/17/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-women-being-sold-for-sex/#sthash.Xpfk3LOI.dpuf

10 Things You Might Not Know About Men Who Buy Sex

A friend of mine shared this post on facebook and I thought I would share it. I was really surprised by some of the content and really not so shocked about some of the other content, but, either way, it is real food for thought! I will also post a linked post called 10 Things You Might Not Know About Women Being Sold For Sex.

Blessings!

Ronell x

TEN THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT MEN WHO BUY SEX

Posted on April 30, 2013

In a comprehensive study, “Comparing Sex Buyers with Men Who Don’t Buy Sex,” Melissa Farley, PHD, Founding Director of the Prostitution Research and Education, compares the characteristics of men who buy sex versus those who don’t. Besides their involvement with prostitution, the men surveyed revealed surprising attitudes and behaviors when it came to sex and women. Here are ten things you may not know about men who buy sex:

1.  On average, men reported were 21 years of age when they first bought sex.
2. 25% of the sex buyers had traveled to another state and while there used women in prostitution.
3. 41% of the sex buyers knowingly used a woman in prostitution who was controlled by a pimp.
4. 66% of the sex buyers observed that a majority of women are lured, tricked or trafficked into prostitution.
5. 74% of the sex buyers reported that they learned about sex from pornography.
6. Sex buyers were more than 7x’s more likely than non-sex buyers to acknowledge that they would rape a woman if they could get away with it and if no one knew about it.
7. Sex buyers are far more likely than non-sex buyers to commit felonies, misdemeanors, crimes related to violence against women, substance abuse-related crimes, assaults, crimes with weapons, and crimes against authority.
8. 89% of sex buyers said they would be deterred from buying sex if their name were to be added to a sex offender registry.
9. 90% of sex buyers said they would be deterred from buying sex if a $1,000-$2,000 penalty were imposed.
10. 100% of sex buyers said they would be deterred from buying sex if a one month jail term were imposed.

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Bridget Battistoni is Director of Operations for REST: Real Escape from the Sex Trade

- See more at: http://iwantrest.com/2013/04/30/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-men-who-buy-sex/#sthash.UBKTKCVx.FN1qqVpB.dpuf