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Many women who’ve experienced their husband’s exploitation wonder how to prevent exploitation for all victims.

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Transcript: How To Prevent Exploitation

Anne: I have my friend Dawn Hawkins on today’s episode. She is the executive director of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation helps keep women safe in various ways.

Welcome, Dawn.

Dawn: Thank you, Anne. I’m so happy to be here. We love your podcast.

Anne: So I wanted you, Dawn, to talk about how my listeners. who are extremely interested in stopping the harms of inappropriate media can get involved in the fight. What do you need our listeners to do?

Dawn: I have a long list of things that people can do to help in this fight. But let me start by saying, I think one of the weaknesses in the fight to stop exploitation is that often we silo these issues, and they’re all interconnected. It’s important that we look at how inappropriate media is connected to violence against women. And how this type of exploitative content drives demand for human trafficking and prostitution, and how inappropriate media is connected with exploitation.

There’s so much intersectionality. And I think we do a disservice when we try to silo them out. So, if your listeners could take away from this, the need to talk about these issues as connected will help grow the entire movement to prevent exploitation. And I think it will foster more holistic solutions.

Anne: I could not agree more.

Personal Stories Highlighting The Issue

Anne: One woman I recently met is considering whether she should continue to date someone. And I know about his history of using exploitative media. She texted me and she said, “Do you know what type of exploitative media he used? Was it just with women? Or did he see it with children?” She wouldn’t ask this question if she understood this issue. It doesn’t matter what type someone uses. It’s all interconnected, there is severe betrayal trauma from all infidelity.

Dawn: Yeah, most definitely. I would agree with that building on that example. This is really sad.

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