Status Updates From Women Unsilenced: Our Refus...

Working with victims of trafficking is huge achievement, but something's off here. Authors insulated victims from seeking legal or medical help, they claim there's no laws against what's happened to these women even though there definitely are, & say people call them crazy or withdraw support, but don't explain further. Rant at the end compared all sex work & porn to torture & snuff films. Very unnerved by the end.

Wondering why they never go to the cops to bust the traffickers? They have evidence, they know the traffickers, the women they're talking to are still being tortured/haven't gotten out yet--wouldn't priority 1 be to get them out since they're in immediate mortal danger? They also seem to isolate the survivors from seeking proper medical care because they believe system would 'just medicate & label them.' Unsettling.

Incredibly disturbing/upsetting, hard to stomach. Incredibly important to lay out what's happening, so applaud it for that. But book still refuses to address why what's happening needs to be called 'torture' & says it can't be legally addressed otherwise, despite the bad things in the book already being illegal & taken seriously. Also why no attempts to get women out? Some they speak to are still being tortured.

As disturbing as you would expect. Horrific stories & explanation of how sex trafficking goes on. However, chapters oddly structured & goals not well explained. Big focus on getting govt. to recognize 'non state torture' as a crime, but no explanation as to why this label is important, since all things done to trafficking victims are already illegal. What will the additional label change? Hoping for answer.