If you think you or someone you know is being sexually exploited, call the Georgia Care Connection at 404-602-0068.

Sexual exploitation is a big problem, but the good news is that we can all help stop it by doing some simple things!

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How do girls become sexually exploited in the first place?

Some girls are seduced into being exploited by a boyfriend.

A lot of girls, like Shaneiqua in the video, become involved in prostitution through a man, most times an older man, who acts like he loves her to gain her trust.

This kind of pimp/boyfriend might tell you that if you really loved him, you’d do anything for him, including selling your body.

Some girls are physically forced into sexual exploitation.

It could be a situation where a girl is raped, gang raped, or kidnapped and forced to exchange sex for money.

Some girls are tricked into selling their bodies by lies and empty promises their pimp tells them.

A pimp will promise girls money, safety, or love if they stay with the pimp… All of these promises are lies.

Girls being sexually exploited never get to keep more than a small amount of money and are never safe from beatings and rape. Just remember, pimping is all about money and control, never love.

Some girls are threatened or manipulated into working for a pimp.

Pimps threaten to hurt girls or their friends and family in order to control them and to get them to sell their bodies.

Pimps mess with girls’ heads so that they think that they can’t leave, that they need the pimp, and even that their body belongs to their pimp.

Exploitation hurts---physically, mentally and emotionally.

Being sexually exploited makes girls at higher risk for all of the following:
• Pregnancy
• STDs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes and syphilis
• HIV
• Depression and Suicide
• Post-traumatic stress disorder

Life for victims of sexual exploitation is full of violence and chaos. Girls in the life often feel trapped, humiliated, and put down on a daily basis. Girls are often beaten, raped, stabbed and burned by both their pimps and the johns that they’re forced to have sex with for money.

If you think you or someone you know is in danger of sexual exploitation, the Georgia Care Connection can help! Call now at 404-602-0068. It’s not easy to get out of sexual exploitation when once you’re in it, but it’s possible with some help. Give the Georgia Care Connection a call if you need help.

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