This is a business built on brokenness. Everyone involved in the sex trade— victims, buyers, and pimps— are broken, hopelessly seeking to feel something affirming in a world built on objectification.

Rachel Thomas, worldwithoutexploitation.org

In this day and age, it’s a shame that in the U.S. a human being can still be bought, sold, or traded at a price. We are a land of the free, except for those ‘others’ who are being sacrificed for the sole purpose of adult sexual satisfaction and what the U.S. calls ‘adult entertainment.’ The abuse and violence inflicted on a person’s child is acceptable as long as someone is willing to pay the price for this exploitation. This should not exist! We need to stop justifying and minimizing it now!

Joy Friedman, thenewabolitionists.com

Prostitution and trafficking are human rights issues, the core of which stems from not understanding our own worth as well as the lack of value society places on women. Prostitution is slavery. No little girl aspires to sell herself for sex. Girls have learned that their worth is tied into one aspect of themselves – their bodies. It produces a false sense of empowerment.

Susan Johnson, thenewabolitionists.com

All across the spectrum from mainstream magazine covers to high-end cocktail bars to porn videos, women are objectified and commoditized. This will change primarily through the empowerment of women and girls—through their insistence on a different world—but it won’t change fast enough, or thoroughly enough, until more and more men renounce the dominant culture—and do it visibly.

Gara Lamarche, thenewabolitionists.com

Human trafficking has devastated our society for centuries and the demand for sex fuels its burning fire, which is void of humanity as it swallows up true economic equality and individual self-worth. The adult industry is the platform being used today that tells our culture it is acceptable to view our sons and daughters as products rather than persons of real value.

Marjorie Saylor, thenewabolitionists.com