Tears. If anyones interested in donating to this project as a group effort, let me know. Were broke as can be, but we can scrape up a few dollars. “There is a huge misconception about the choices women make,” Murphy says. “There are always men waiting for the girl whose father keeps hitting her or coming into her room at night, or whose mother is not present, or drunk, or high. These men often give them the first hope of love and protection they’ve ever had, and once they’re inside their heads – especially if addiction is part of that dynamic – then the psychological and emotional manipulation is often more powerful than the physical stuff.” The National Runaway Safeline in the States estimates that one third of all teenage run-aways will be approached by a potential exploiter within 48 hours of leaving home. “The element of control is making the women feel like they can’t leave, they have nowhere else to go and that this is what they deserve.” Jennifer grows furious when she talks about the way women are treated after they manage to escape their trafficking situation. “There is this stereotype that we’re a success if we have a minimum-wage job and we can stay clean,” she says. To her this isn’t acceptable. “We can live way above that. Trafficking survivors have faced evil and conquered it. We have lived on the streets and survived the worst of the worst. We have had demons attack us, beat us, rape us. We are some of the strongest women in the world, and we can go above and beyond what other people can do. You’re not going to box me up – no way, I’m sorry but no. I’m here to stay.” theguardian/global-development/2014/nov/16/sp-the-tattooed-trafficking-survivors-reclaiming-their-past art4abolition.org/survivors-ink.html
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