In places like India and Thailand it s a little different because the existence of slave brothels is common knowledge, and even more sickeningly, accepted. You can check out the web sites, read further documentation on human trafficking and send some money to an organization or two or three, but for me, rather than offer hope, more information just fills me with more despair. Just in case I ve given you the mistaken impression that Canada is all good and blameless, you should know that the vast majority of sexual assault victims are girls between the ages of eight and twelve. The only difference is the girls are not slaves and the offenders are not clients of a clandestine brothel. They re rarely even strangers.
Statistics show that they re fathers, stepfathers and other male relatives.
Something s got to be done about that, too. But rather than passing on some more URLs, hoping that the Internet can help, it s a grim thought to realize that the net actually worsens the situation. The proliferation of child porn, predators lurking in chat rooms, men posting reviews of their experiences with teenage streetwalkers, it all just fuels the fire. Maybe you re one of those men. I hope it does.