16 -Anna Ptak - Porn + Trafficking
Anna Ptak
We are talking all things human trafficking today. Today on the balanced girl is Anna Ptak. She is a strong leader in the movement to end human trafficking. She is an international keynote speaker as well as an Overcomer and Policy Consultant. She is very vulnerable about why fighting against human trafficking is so important to her. She is passionate about the connection between pornography and human trafficking. Join me in welcoming Anna Ptak to the balanced girl.
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https://www.dressember.org/blog/meetthedesigneranna
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Thank you Anna for all your insights and findings on how we can be more aware of how human trafficking is happening today.
Your strength and zeal are to be commended and applauded. Make sure to subscribe to the balanced girl so you don’t miss one episode of the balanced girl.
-Key Points-
Anna speaks about her own experience of being trafficked when she was a teenager, her story and where it led her today
Human trafficking is so strongly sensationalised, everyone thinks it happens like in the movie ‘Taken’
Anna loves the Law and enjoys reading cases as a past time
She further speaks about the strong connection between porn and trafficking, on how it affects the brain like drugs do
Anna is a mother of a 6 month old child and worries what the future holds, concerned about giving her a mobile phone with time as it is a gateway for predators!
Many parents want to give their kids freedom, but it is so crucial to have conversations about porn as early as possible, average age children are exposed to porn these days is 7!!
We should stop criticizing men when it comes to porn, instead we need to empower them to be part of the solution; people often feel ashamed to talk about it
Building awareness about what trafficking is how it is strongly connected with porn this will help battle this issue
Many people want to help, get involved and start working with the survivors, it is a complex issue; it is best to first talk about the issue of trafficking with your friends, community your spouse
Anna suggests helping via Avenue of Safe Houses where you can share your skills/expertise with the survivors on how to budget, cook, get a job or even change a tyre!
Anna Ptak
“The average age of watching pornography for the first time is age 7”