get help

Get Help

Get Help

Helpline

Find Resources

Get help for workplace discrimination, family law, violence or sexual assault, healthcare, and more.

Learn More Right Arrow An arrow pointing to the right
Media / July 15, 2019

Read Our Op-Ed: Jeffrey Epstein, a reminder of the women exploited in the sex industry

Epstein’s crimes are sweeping and flagrant, but not drastically different from what commercial sexual exploitation looks like every single day in cities across America. Women and girls, mostly of color and poor, are bought and sold in a sex trade that targets and recruits the most vulnerable among us. Men, many rich and powerful, fuel the market for exploitation each time they exchange money for sexual access.