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Child Predators Over The Internet

Originally posted by Mahamas Earth on 09/13/2012

Human Trafficking!

With more than one billion internet users around the world, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. As New York Times columnist Tom Friedman wrote in his best selling book The World is Flat, the internet has leveled the playing field, creating a convergence of people, places, knowledge and information. As individuals, we have good global. However, there is a dark side to this globalization.

Criminals are readily making use of the internet, to carry out activities, ranging from computer intrusions to money laundering. Terrorists around the world are recruiting, training, and planning attacks, armed only with laptops. One of the most insidious uses of the internet is for Child ” Sexual ” exploitation. According to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), an Organization that works internationally to remove child Sexual abuse images from the internet, graphic images of child abuse are growing significantly in number on the web. The latest report published by the IWF, claims that the percentage of abusive websites had increased almost 28 percent in 2009. On these reported websites, 73 percent of the persons subjected to abuse appeared to be under age of 10 years.
Approximately 65 percent of the images and videos depicted sexual activity between adults and children, including rape and sexual torture of the children. In total, 715 unique sources of commercial child sexual abuse websites were identified. Each of the webpages or websites is a gateway to hundreds, or even thousands, of images or videos of children being sexually abused. These websites are, unfortunately, supported by layers of payment mechanisms, content stores, membership systems and advertising frames. Payment systems may involve Prepay cards, credit cards, ‘virtual money’ or e-payment systems, with transactions being carried out via secure webpages or e-mails. Case after case, we see adult predators taking advantage of the weakest among us, the proliferation of mobile phone and multimedia messages add another twist to the story. Recently, The Concise Oxford English Dictionary introduced several new words in its latest edition of dictionaries. Among these is the term ‘Sexting’ which is defined as the act of sending Sexually-Explicit text messages or pictures of individuals ( including minors ) via a mobile phone.
These messages and pictures are generally passed from mobile phone to mobile phone until they end up being uploaded on (and downloaded from) the internet. After this, these posts are extensively redistributed online, which makes stopping them or removing them from the internet, virtually impossible.
Modern technology has given users unprecedented ease and ability to become photographers and publishers. Unfortunately, having access to technologies and tools, and using them responsibly are two very diverse concepts.

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Breaking the Silence About Human Trafficking

By Deborah Bostock-Kelley
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August 31, 2012

Right now, as Week of Welcome fades into memory and college campuses  are merely days into full operation, naïve freshman, away from home,  possibly for the first time, are being watched.

Blondes, brunettes, redheads – bespectacled bookworms, pink haired video gamers and underage partiers.

Each are new on campus, trying to find their footing in an environment completely alien to them.

The Predator Makes His Move

The freshman is sitting alone, wishing she had taken a better  meal plan. She peeks into her wallet a third time, but she cannot will a  $5 bill to appear to buy the latte that is splashed across the coffee  shop sign.

In a college logoed T-shirt and ripped jeans, young, clean cut,  handsome or “hot”vas her friends back home would describe, he  approaches. There’s nothing shady about him. He blends in perfectly with  the other students on campus. 

He makes casual conversation, learning her hometown, the beloved  pet she left back home, how she misses her mom, dad, her younger sister.  She’s shocked that he would talk to her and he encourages the dialogue,  offering to purchase the drink. She hesitates and he playfully nudges  her. She finally relents. College is about new experiences, meeting new  people. She decides to trust him. He befriends her and they meet  regularly.

A few weeks later, he is her boyfriend, showering her with  attention and ultimately, gifts – a haircut, a manicure, jewelry, the  dress she was looking at in the mall display window, but could never  afford. He gives her the world and tells her how sexy and beautiful she  is.

And then the time comes.

He reminds her of everything he’s ever done for her, that he loves  her so much, but there’s this party and if only this one time, she  could do this one thing for him. She thinks of all her mother’s  warnings. She feels a little uneasy, but rather than upset the man who  loves her, she goes against her gut instinct to say “no.”

Traffickers Prey on the Vulnerable

“Traffickers look for teens who lack assertiveness. People are more  afraid of offending someone than saying the word ‘no,’ ” explained  Connie Rose, founder of Victims2Survivors.

Rose explained that the young girls are often drugged at the parties.

“They are not going to know what they’ve done and there is going to  be pictures taken of them,” said Rose. “The girls are mortified at what  they did because they don’t remember. The pimps use the photos to  threaten to show to new friends, Mom and Dad back home. They tell things  like that little dog that they talked about will be gone. They start  listing all the things that they will do to them if they don’t do what  they want, so what is a girl to do?”

A Voice of Experience

Rose, 56, is a survivor of human trafficking, sexual violence and the  daughter of a sex offender. As a child, Rose was raped by her father  and as a teen, sold in to sexual slavery.

Rather than self-destruct down the common path of drug and alcohol  abuse, Rose talked openly about her experience and in 2010,  founded  Victims2Survivors to give voice to other sexually trafficked children.

“It is not something new and is becoming a horrific epidemic.  Children can be sold 20 to 40 times per night. Sexual trafficking is a  $32 billion business. It is only second to drug trafficking.”

Knowledge is Power

Rose recommended that college students learn the signs of a predator,  trust their gut instincts, and have a plan of action if there comes a  need.

“I work with Wendy Vazquez-Ernest of I Know My Plan.  Oftentimes, when I speak, she comes with me. She can teach you what to  do to defend yourself,” said Rose. “Most of the pimp runners on campus  are the really good-looking, young guys because the girls are going to  talk to them. They’re scouting for the pimp.”

Vazquez-Ernest teaches a RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) program at the  University of South Florida for credit and also throughout the Tampa  Bay community. The course teaches women and teens realistic self-defense  techniques to escape violence.

“The most important thing to do is to keep your wits about you, trust  your instincts and don’t put yourself into a compromising situation.  Women need to feel empowered. To start on this journey is to enroll in a  class that teaches you about risk reduction,”  said Vazquez-Ernest. “I  teach this class because of the importance of woman being educated that  they do have a choice.”

On campus, the trafficker can also manipulate into such a situation  by using guilt. The pimp runner reminds the freshman about their student  loans—how can the parents afford college, and make suggestions how to  earn lots of money through things like stripping so they can “go party,  get their nails done, buy that cute dress,” said Rose. “They go through  the whole list. Everything that a freshman in freaking out about—they  have no money, plus the fact the guy is saying ‘your family is not here;  they’re not going to know. You want freedom? Here’s real freedom, a way  to make a lot of money.’”

Once the girls begin stripping, it often leads to sexual slavery.
“Eventually, they will be sold,” said Rose.

Fighting Back

In August, volunteers distributed thousands of bars of soap with the  National Human Trafficking Hotline number 888-373-7888 to area motels  and hotels. Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution, called the S.O.A.P.  project educated motel owners and managers on signs of human  trafficking.

The SOAP Facebook page said, “Due to the approximate 50,000 people who will be coming to  Tampa for the RNC, human trafficking is expected to rise by 50%.”

Rose works tirelessly with this and other local, national, and  international organizations and trafficking task forces to raise  awareness of sexual trafficking, especially during large events like the  Republican National Convention.

“This has nothing to do with a political party,” explained Rose.  “Whenever there’s a large event, it’s candy to the traffickers. There’s  now tens of thousands of visitors in one place.”

A joint effort between Shared Hope and the Zonta Club of Pinellas County,  a billboard campaign running May through September in nine locations  throughout Tampa Bay, sends a crystal clear message to guests and Tampa  Bay locals, “This man wants to rent your daughter.”

“Human trafficking is a human rights issue,” said Rose. “And I hate  the term prostitute because that word gives the false impression that  this person choose this life. This is a sexually trafficked  child. When someone is starting to be sold or rented, there whole  dignity is taken away. Everything about them is stripped. They’ve been  totally (desensitized).”

That is, by no means, a choice.

To learn more about Victims2Survivors or have Rose speak at your organization’s next event, visit her Facebook page.

Connie Rose is a voice for trafficked minors. She works with Wendy Vazquez-Ernest, who teaches Rape Aggression Defense classes at the University of South Florida. The two hope to prevent teens and young women from falling prey to predators.

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Porn; The Sexification Of Young Women

Porn; The Sexification Of Young Women

Posted on September 16, 2012 by
Porn; The Sexification Of Young Women.

As a man gets older, he will engage in porn featuring younger and younger women. Many will cross the line in child pornography. The numbers are increasing of child porn sites.

Child porn is interconnected with child kidnapping and children human trafficking.

The last statistic that I was aware of was that there are over 100,000 child porn websites, and growing.

We know that in the United States, this is illegal and anyone engaging in any form of child porn is subject to the scrutiny of law enforcement. There are sophisticated ways that males will watch and download child porn which is highly disgusting and destroys a child for life.

But that is another subject.

In this article, you will note a couple of things.

One, women exercise power over men with their flesh and femininity.

And they know it.

Proverbs 6:23-25 says….

“For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life, to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a seductress. Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, nor let her allure you with her eyelids.”

This is talking about women that sexified their looks to attract a weak willed, undisciplined male.

The prostitute and the sexual immoral women wait for the simple or gullible males that have no control over their sex lives. Married men that experience marital problems and search for a body to have sex with will throw aside all discipline just to have an orgasm.

Two, mothers that dress their young 5 year olds are “sexying up” their child and it is not the kind of thing mothers should be doing with their child. Mothers are also engaging in sexual immorality and this is just another form of teaching and training their child to view sex as a means of employment and feminine power over men.

Additionally, we see that mothers are also selling their daughters for a variety of means, which at the top of the list is for money.

Whether it is for the drug habit, to pay bills, it really doesn’t matter. It is the job of the mother to protect her child. Not sell her child.

This is nothing new because many women get their way through college, get promotions, and live lavish lifestyles as a high priced escort, street prostitution, and strip joints all across America. They also do work at truck stops along the interstate highways.

No different than the old testament forms of idolatry where sex was a part of the hedonistic idolatry ritual of their times.

Nothing new that it is happening in the church where the sexual immoral women come to church to seduce undisciplined males, both single and married. The continuing drama of sexual immorality in the church is raging and many pastors are not taking control of their sex lives.

In this article, from the media is a very powerful and compelling story of females entering the dangerous house of porn. There are many young females that are giving themselves over to this sinful industry. In some cases, because the economic conditions of our times is squeezing many females towards giving up their bodies to uncaring, violent men, little do they know about what awaits them.

Drugs, alcohol, STDs including HIV/AIDS, rape, 16 hour shoots with different men with well below minimum wage pay. Having watched my share of sexual slavery, males that perform are vicious. The sex industry lets the females be the star of the show. On the side lines are other males waiting to get at the star. It is no more than gang rape.

Mothers, do you really want your daughter to be a part of this ungodly industry?

After you read this article, it’s the same in the church and in the world in dealing with porn.

Masturbation is the only reason why a male or female watch porn.

Porn is just another place where, in private, a person gets off without being involved in a relationship. This is another form of fantasy sex that the devil has billions of people in bondage.

In a 24 hour period, 2.1 billion, to be exact, will download Internet porn.

Wives?

Can you trust your husband to tell you the truth? If you can’t find out why there is a disconnect. Why he is distant from you. When he doesn’t talk to you but could talk to everyone else. Wives, if he hasn’t touched you in weeks or months. Has a lot of FB female friends. And never gives you the time of day.

Porn is where he is. Masturbation is where he is. An adulterous affair is where he is.

If you are sexually addicted, just go back to my home page to find out how to break free, in Jesus’ name. It’s time for you to get right with God first, and then get right in your relationship with your wife.

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Sometimes Your Husband is Not the Only One Who Needs Change

I will state that what works for some, does not work for others.  What worked for this spouse of a sex addict may or may not work in allowing God to heal the wounds created by the husband, so take what you like and leave the rest.  And husbands, don’t try to be the Holy Spirit and use this example on your wife, allow the Holy Spirit to guide your wives to their own healing.

Sometimes your husband is not the only one who needs change..

Sometimes your husband is not the only one who needs change.
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A couple of years ago I lived in a very different world. My world was full of hurt and betrayal. I tried all manner of things to ease the pain but nothing worked. I was hopeless. I remember one particular day when I called a family member to vent. I was ready to move on, to get a fresh start.  I let it all out:

I don’t deserve this! I don’t want this to be my life! I deserve to be loved and treated well!  I deserve to be happy. I’m not going to waste my whole life waiting for someone else to change. I deserve better than this!

Having had the opportunity to talk to many women who have been or who currently are in similar situations I know these feelings are not unique. I also know that just because the majority of people feel this way doesn’t make it right.

Today as I think upon those feelings and the words I used to express my pain I cringe.  I see how selfish and prideful I was.

With all that was happening to me by the actions of my husband it never dawned on me that there was anything about me that needed to change.  The idea that I was just as lost as Chad not only never crossed my mind but made made me angry to hear it suggested.  And here’s the kicker:  Do I really have the right to demand happiness, comfort, peace and love? At that time I believed I did. I had bought into the lie that suggests a Christian will always be happy, that trials, at least not big ones, will not come my way.   My idea of being a Christian looked more like the world’s ways than Jesus’ way (Phil 2:7-8).

It wasn’t until I began a bible study with a dear christian woman that the idea of not having rights surfaced.   I balked! Don’t tell me that, I thought. I’m not going to be a doormat for others to walk all over. Most certainly not my husband! It set me back and it took a while for God’s word to speak reassuring truth to my soul.

What I learned is that trouble is promised to us. We aren’t promised comfort and security but we are promised that God will be with us through the fire. We aren’t told that he will always keep us out of it. This simple truth transformed my life.

So here I was learning that I didn’t have rights and that I was just as selfish and prideful as Chad. His pride played out in a very different way, but I was just as prideful. His selfishness was out there for all to see, but I was very selfish in ways that others didn’t notice as much. I began to see my great need for God. I began, not to cry out for my marriage to be saved, or for happiness, but for God to save me from myself. I prayed and still pray for God to show me my heart and my desires as He sees them. When He reveals the way that He sees my wants and desires I can do nothing but fall at His feet and cry for mercy.

Once I began to focus on God and on my need for Him my troubles didn’t overwhelm me as they did before. I had a glimpse of my Savior and how great He is and how small I am. My life became less about pleasing myself as I began to strive to please my God and in doing that, the troubles I faced gave me greater opportunities to please my Lord. It’s during those times of trial that the rubber meets the road. Do you really believe God is with you? Suffering and trouble will show you. I am in no way perfect. I still struggle with seeing things the way I should. There are times that I have to stop myself and remind myself that my comfort and my happiness is not paramount. God is using hard days and realizations of my sinfulness to draw me to Him.

Will you allow God to speak to you through your trials? Will you praise God despite your pain? Will you honor the Lord in suffering with grace and obedience? Those are my goals. I believe if we do this it will not only help us through our trouble but most importantly it will please our Lord!

God give us the eyes to see our hearts as you see them and the ears to hear your still small voice when trouble is roaring all around us!

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Video – Martin Amis Is Worried About Porn

At the very least, there are some in the secular world that are worried about the ill-effects of pornography on today’s society. Watch this short interview with agnostic author, Martin Amis on his views on pornography and how it is negatively effecting our society.