born canadian professor toronto ontario canada forcibly ages opposes prostitution canada grew middle class home parents divorced new single parent home unsafe ran away home age involved sex industry calgary alberta kept falsely imprisoned country married tortured breaking bones burning body order cope trauma prostitution violence dependent cocaine died eventually got prostitution mother support went drug rehabilitation finished high school eventually received diploma began women prostitution women subsequent decade wrote intake surveys wanted exit sex industry order widely known founded sex trade began offering training police partners sex crimes unit main proponents private member bill passed june act amend criminal code minimum sentence offences involving trafficking persons age eighteen years helped canadian government appeal decision canada strike prostitution laws advocates adopting law canada analogous sweden sex purchase act selling sex purchasing sex early life grew middle class home nova scotia suburb toronto ontario suburb calgary alberta mother managed stores wedding industry father police officer vice squad arresting drug dealers growing multiple family members verbal psychological abuse parents divorced young teenager subsequently lived single parent home mother moved apartment downtown toronto father pay mother money food began stealing food survive role models began writing poetry suicide wearing black clothing acted stealing cars drugs started soft drugs moved psychedelic mushrooms associates criminal activities came similarly dysfunctional backgrounds provided sense belonging longer found home mother series abused house unsafe ran away home slept friends houses tents presence friends parents prostitution initiation shortly turned met child prostitutes early teens girls pregnant year old girls offered place sleep apartment away feeling alternative accepted concern safety taught practicing children effectively stayed apartment days watched men time returned moved turned experience sex industry party bar calgary year old man party forged identity documents convinced sell sex money half earnings found man dressed attractive think fit stereotypical image sleep night money food accepted offer man sold sex night teeth rotten sex poorly restaurant attic received convinced friends came dysfunctional homes join prostitution said girls knew age gone prostitution felt remaining option said tried stay free organized crime drugs eventually succumbed later said prey drug dealer man recruited adults began advertising sexual services newspapers engaged indoor outdoor prostitution working escort strip clubs legal establishments engaged prostitution escort drivers engaged organized crime selling guns alcohol cocaine stolen goods children abuse kept imprisoned years canada vancouver later said women prostitution knew couldn admit choice couldn live skin admitted needed believe choice told marry money prostitution money required years old got married year regularly beat began suffer battered person syndrome worst beating received teenagers engaged prostitution years married hoped change later said wanted love believe tried money prostitution convince find girl threatened family police fear labelled rat prevented going police women knew sex industry healthy relationships peak owned ford bought lived bedroom apartment continued experience violence material possessions elevate women dependent cocaine dismissed men purchased sex police officers knew girls drugs drug believe worth lay prostitution later said took long exit prostitution engaging prostitution frequently threatened women sex industry verbally abused clients threatened guns multiple occasions including times sexually assaulted escort driver having point kidnapped resort pulling knife people times threatened violence instances violence time prostitution injured variety ways broke bones burned body effects aftermath order cope psychological trauma prostitution violence dependent cocaine years spending night cocaine drug use resulted caused subsequently fearing people coming away drugs eventually personal horror stories heard women situation convinced needed prostitution substance dependence severe died best friend killed point friends sex industry died thought night hiding hotel room found bible placed began reading later said time understood god saying night life began new direction 27th birthday left husband returned mother recognize mother thinking replaced clone told mother dependent cocaine entering prostitution marrying mother accepted took years gave hope husband change participated diversion program allowed return school said required lot support order fully exit prostitution found support mother school underwent month drug rehabilitation convinced spent days toronto west detention centre took seven months finish high school went graduate college university received diploma graduated honours remove burns inflicted laser surgery cost thousands dollars uses term sex trade survivor describe sought bring lawsuit demonstrate women forcibly possible oppose said left aggression profanity leaving sex industry issues developed stick end life wrote story descent escape prostitution horrific don believe details wrote years prostitution attractive looks sharp mind activism began women prostitution received diploma redeveloped organization choices program week program helps women leave prostitution choices helped women sex trade women entered program criminal justice system arrested offences related prostitution women women wrote intake surveys wanted exit sex industry wrote physically abused client woman sex industry believed statistics representative women prostitution canada women come choice required undergo court order said hundreds women met controlled sexual partners said women prostitution tend moved lot tend higher prices new region women kept closet providing sexual services men sex trade support services administered office attorney general ontario politically active capacity said couldn silent anymore strong voices hearing minority saying prostitution job choice couldn stand lie anymore said minority want continue prostitution healthy comparison founded director toronto based nonprofit organization dedicated protecting rights women prostitution founded sex trade saw women sex industry victims criminals believed criminal code depicted criminals founded organization order widely known vast majority women sex industry want leave met women family support exiting sex industry decided found organization provide support organization helps prostitution victims exit sex industry improve lives sex trade calls toronto sex trade survivors abolitionist organization composed women escaped forced prostitution offer training police order change perceptions people involved sex trade organization involved prevention work high schools organization offers peer support groups women currently prostitution partners organizations including servants anonymous society calgary based interactive theatre company represented sex trade launched restart program aid women youth risk sexual help people exit sex trade provide support exited workshop launched program said people sex industry engage survival sex trading sex food place sleep alcohol drugs feeling loved said rural communities common places women children prostitution identified particularly vulnerable substance abuse area sex trade served women spoke human trafficking high schools vancouver primarily influence parent concerned human trafficking area dangers children police professor toronto teaches police foundations program subject social justice students said lectures significant impact career police officer saying best speakers heard partners sex crimes unit developed average age girl involved prostitution canada according research average age drugs vice unit said law enforcement personnel hear stories like remind prostitutes escorts somebody daughter somebody sister somebody wife june paul member parliament private member bill passed act amend criminal code minimum sentence offences involving trafficking persons age eighteen years bill main proponents woman hungary canada age kept sex slave strip club journalist writes human trafficking canada officer works anti human trafficking organization grand chief raised awareness victims sex industry later year said best way fight human trafficking influence public opinion later received award annual ceremony organized anti human trafficking activist called smith angel saying years missing murdered women turned dead anybody care speak way prostitution empowering award recipients ceremony primary proponents canada took sustained interest canada case began fall laws keeping communicating order facilitate prostitution living prostitution struck unconstitutional heard decision cried expressed surprise disappointment said believe average canadian realized implications striking laws said door neighbours run right children exposed left expressed concern striking anti prostitution laws prostitution career option children consider said laws legitimate billboards advertising start appearing lawyer attempting anti prostitution laws declared unconstitutional said reality adults want prostitution angered statement replied women sex industry engaging prostitution choice voices overwhelming majority women want prostitution drowned vocal government canada disagreed ontario ruling announced decision appealed helped crown case november debate case debate hosted queen law public policy club said outcome appeal glad case removing surrounding talking prostitution following june intervened case arguing laws reinstated protect women anti prostitution coalition said areas sex industry unsafe including escort agencies strip clubs testified lower courts saying women choice harder convince police social workers people vulnerable said striking anti prostitution laws sends message men acceptable harass women said applicants canada including seeking anti law struck entered sex industry children reason argued women chose life prostitution adult life chosen time reached age consent encouraged canadians interest canada canadian girl victim prostitution eventually laws communicating provisions determined constitutional retained law review said saying know women able counsel years violence happens closed doors said police legal ability find women children human trafficking said prostitution safer women allow prostitution place indoors responded prostitution moved indoors internet street unnecessary argues indoors women safer said prostitution little safer outdoors added visibility public discussion case said don know prostitution business hasn ended dead jail drugs intended bring stick june visual aid explaining abuse women prostitute advocacy events october courthouse downtown toronto recognition international day prostitution joined human trafficking victims sex workers protest said prostitutes enjoy sex want january appeared toronto launched nonprofit organization seeking combat human trafficking partnerships education research joined human trafficking victim mother founder president singer songwriter actor peace concept guitarist september attended toronto second annual freedom walk hosted free event aimed raising awareness human trafficking nationally internationally joined including miss canada time founder eve founder constable young october speaker street prostitution human trafficking took place croatian hall greater attended approximately people said manner aided transition prostitution good example local social health services follow helping women exit sex industry following month told story lunch hosted vancouver year said high track prostitutes escorts violence march spoke 57th session status women sat panel called survivors speak prostitution sex trafficking sponsored spoke fundraiser calgary organization supports sex workers city time calgary sex industry fundraiser called cry streets evening freedom raised money servants anonymous exit women shelter seeking leave sex industry fundraiser advocated adopting law canada analogous sweden sex purchase act selling sex purchasing sex argued support modelling prostitution law canada sweden laws believes prostitution regulated time said canada laws prostitution unsafe women said average age girls involved prostitution canada emotional intelligence develop prostitution preventing leaving said prostitution grown significantly canada left sex industry human trafficking victims canada born raised canada
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