Washington DC Adult Entertainment: Demi Moore urges help for exploited children
Written on May 5, 2010 – 9:25 am | by larrylibido
… I think many Americans are more willing to accept that there are girls enslaved in Cambodia or Delhi, and really can’t imagine that it’s happening right here,” Moore said during a panel discussion on the issue at the U.S. Capitol.
Moore said American girls are being bought and sold every day in the U.S. by people who are rarely prosecuted. “It’s more profitable and less risky to sell a girl than drugs,” she said.
One 17-year-old girl who took part in the discussion with Moore recalled how she was lured into prostitution and sex trafficking at age 11 by a 28-year-old man who took her shopping.
Moore said people are too quick to buy into the myths that young girls are choosing to become prostitutes.
“Demand for prostitution fuels sex trafficking,” Moore said. “And I think clearly our system isn’t working.”