“Houston is the sex capital of the country…..” Steve Jett Captain of the Houston Police Department’s Vice Division.

Travel two blocks in any direction in this city and you will see a strip club, a “massage” parlor, and or an “executive retreat,” which is shorthand for bordello.  Most, if not all of the women in these establishments were sexually abused as children. 

Some of them are held against their will, and forced to prostitute.  They have been trafficked in from all four corners of the globe.  They are Asian, Hispanic, Russian.  They are terrified victims, who speak little or no English and have no access to help.  Some of these victims are children.  All are someone’s daughter, sister, or wife. 

Slavery is alive and well globally as well as in this country, in this city.  We cannot afford to look the other way.   

The permissive sexual attitude in this city allows traffickers to move with impunity and to hide behind the “legal,” sex industry so their minions flourish like bacteria in a petrie dish.  The pimps and traffickers understand that the demand for trafficked individuals is created by a society that relishes the degradation of women and regards female sexuality as a commodity for sale to the highest bidder.

Five years ago two teenage Ukranian girls burned to death while locked inside a bordello in Tel Aviv, Israel.  They were trafficked into Israel and promised a better life, an opportunity to send money to their families. 

Voices for Justice Network - Sex Industry Survivors is a non-profit organization that seeks to educate the public about the interrelationship between childhood sexual abuse, the “legal,” sex industry, and human trafficking.  We plan to open safe houses for these victims.  A place where they can receive medical and psychiatric care, job training, and can slowly begin the process of reintegrating back into society. 

“ To save one life is to save the world.”  Please help us build a unified society where all citizens enjoy bodily integrity and a chance to exercise autonomy over their physical, mental, and moral faculties.  You can help us turn private sorrow into public good and heal the world, one victim at a time.

Houston Media

Deborah Duncan
AM 740 KTRH News Radio

Mike Mollett
Public Affairs Cox Radio Houston

Tucker Wilson
90.1 KPFT Pacifica Houston

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