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Sharing – QAnon’s Obsession With SaveTheChildren Is Making It Harder To Save Kids From Traffickers
This is the reality, and why the lies are not harmless.
“In reality, child trafficking in the U.S. doesn’t look like a bunch of Hollywood and D.C. elites performing satanic rituals on children they stole from suburban playgrounds. Instead, kids who are sexually exploited are often poor, children of color, immigrants, or some combination of the three, and they’ve often been in the child welfare system or run away from home. In 2018, 1 in 7 kids who were reported as runaways to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely victims of child sex trafficking, according to UNICEF.
Sharing – Victims of child sexual abuse felt stereotyped after disclosing experiences
And this is really the tip of the iceberg. Those stereotypes are harmful, and in the case of leaving trauma untreated, dangerous. But we’ve all heard them, and more, haven’t we? “A total of 81% said they had felt stereotyped as an abuse survivor, while 69% said they did not speak out about abuse due…
Link – The largest mental-health facility in Texas shouldn’t be a jail
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