Sold For Sex, in Our Backyards

Fox News ^ | 1/7/12 | Elizabeth Prann

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Today, Keisha Head is a wife and mother of three. But more than decade ago, she was the victim of a notorious human trafficker.

At 16-years old, Head says she was being sold on the streets of Atlanta for sex.

“I did not know that a normal, average man who was a preacher, who was a lawyer, who was a senator - could turn into this monster,” Head said. “That is the scariest moment when you are amongst people who claim to be normal yet they purchase you and they turn into these monsters. They rape you. They beat you. And then act as if they're normal. These are not your normal pedophiles.”

Experts say, across the globe, millions of people are trafficked each year. Hundreds of thousands of the victims are women and girls. But what surprises many -- is the rate it is happening in affluent neighborhoods where minors are being turned into sex slaves.

“The buyers aren't just pedophiles. The buyers are normal community men, normal leaders, people that belong to someone,” said Jennifer Swain, state coordinator for A Future. Not A Past.

A Future. Not A Past., is a campaign organized by the Juvenile Justice Fund in Georgia. Swain and her peers, such as Keisha Head, work to educate and prevent exploited children.

The organization lobbied Georgia legislators to pass HB 200 last year. A victory for victim advocates, the bill imposes stricter punishments on offenders and improves the treatment of trafficking victims.

“We have to stop the men. This is a very lucrative business,” Swain said.

According to the Georgia Governor’s Office, more than 400 girls are sexually exploited every month in the state. On average, the girls begin having sex for money between the age of 12 and 14.

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“Romneybot?”

More likely just another “eat our own” type.

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What do you expect when you turn a society from a God fearing and moral people, into a godless, immoral and society filled with vile and evil. Of course this will happen, and worse and worse and worse, until either people WAKE from their blindness and open their eyes or Revelations come to pass. God Bless our country, prayers are needed now more than ever.

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“That actually is an important point. Pedophilia involves pre-pubescent children and is the sickest of sick abuses. The act of pimping out older girls/boys, while evil and despicable should not be confused with the even more evil and despicable actions of pedophilia.”

You may be the only woman on the face of the Earth who understands that.

Any time a guy says it, he gets slammed for trying to “justify” or “minimize” something.

Anyone who forces anyone into sex, minor or not, should be executed, but it’s plain that targeting pre-pubescent children is especially evil and despicable in an almost unique way.