50,000 minors are trafficked for sex each year.
It is the second most profitable criminal industry.
There are millions upon millions of child sexual abuse material files reported each year.
WhiteRice@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
At first glance I thought this was like a home school cult but the truth is even more abhorrent and unimaginable.
Was this roughly 100 families or like a large network for human trafficking? I may be but I have trouble believing that either would exist at such a scale.
gaja@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
That’s horrifying. What the fuck is wrong with people? I cannot imagine being complicit with any part of the chain of monsters required to construct a profit from this.
gaja@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I spent way too long researching the morning. That industry implies a much greater population that is attracted to children. Things get more nuanced. People are attracted to different stages, like prebubesant, early adolescence, and mid to late adolescence. It seems like an important distinction because this is a common mental disorder.
I was ready to write this comment about my fear that there’s a bunch of evil pedophiles living among us who are simply deterred by legal or social pressures.
It seems more like the extreme stigma of pedophilia has prevented individuals from seeking assistance and has resulted in more child sexual abuse. This sort of disorder can be caused by experiencing this abuse at a younger age.
When I was religious, we worked closely with an organization to help victims of trafficking. We had their stories. They entered our lives. I took care of some of these kids. As a victim of sexual abuse when I was kid, I had a hatred for these kinds of people. I feel like my brain is melting seeing how there is a high chance of people in my life being attracted to children. This isn’t really to justify the industry. I’m just realizing that general harassing people openly about it might not be helping the situation.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
For a country the size of the us a hunderd is a very small amount.
I am sure you heard of Epstein. These horrors definitely exist on big scales as fucked up as that is.