Episode Details

Anne Blythe, founder of Betrayal Trauma Recovery, talks to Sadie, who with other human trafficking survivor speakers, shares her story. One of the offensive and dangerous societally accepted beliefs is that trafficked workers have chosen and want to be exploited. In fact, the average age of a trafficking victim is only thirteen years old.

In fact, many married women are trafficked by their husband’s without even knowing about it. If you listen and relate, we welcome you to a group for women who have experience sexual coercion in marriage. Attend one of our daily Group Sessions TODAY.

Handlers exploit, abuse, and often torture victims into compliance.

Emotional and psychological abuse are integral components of trafficking, often serving as the invisible precursors to it. It is essential to educate every woman about these forms of abuse, which almost always precede trafficking.

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Handlers abuse women, whether on a film set or in the bedroom of a predator. Men literally pay for abusing women when they view exploitative material. A predator is anyone who financially supports this exploitative industry. Some abusers justify exploiting women by claiming they aren’t hurting anyone. Every time a man views exploitative material, he is a predator.

Predators Find Gratification In the Abuse Of Women

As Sadie explains, predators cause devastating harm to victims. Some states and countries legalize exploitation. They pave the way for more women and children’s abuse.

One of the most disturbing components of this exploitative industry is that men find gratification in the abuse of women. Users rationalize its use when they believe trafficking workers actually enjoy being exploited. But Sadie explains that this is an illusion.

Whether they made money or not, their intent was to receive something in exchange for exploiting you and that makes it trafficking. It’s important for women to understand that men are completely accountable for their behaviors.

At BTR, we understand the sad truth that an alarming number of women are victims of coercion, assault, and even human trafficking, and betrayal trauma from infidelity -and may not know it.

Transcript: Human Trafficking Survivor Speakers Share The Truth

Anne: On today’s episode, a trafficking survivor is going to share her story. We’ll call her Sadie. Welcome.

Sadie: Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. I’ve greatly benefited from your podcast, your website, and other victims of betrayal trauma. And I’m grateful to share my story and hopefully help some people.

Anne: You found this podcast because you’re also a betrayal trauma victim. Additionally, someone trafficked you for a year in your youth. I want our listeners to know that you understand this issue on so many levels. And before we started recording, you talked about how words can make trafficking seem different