Errant Fact
Celeste McGee forwarded a message from a friend--here is an excerpt:

"I just went to a children-at-risk conference last weekend....  I found out that half of the sex workers on Bangkok are less than 14 years of age. they just aren't allowed to be taken out of the rooms, so you don't see them out on the streets. the pimps say "for make love only, no massage, stay in room since so young"  Lord bring justice, Lord have mercy... His heart breaks."

This statement is almost certainly not true.  We are not hearing of Thai girls kept under wraps like this.  We don't doubt that it happens, and that fact alone, whether 10 girls or 10,000, is still horrific.  However I think it's important to be avoid overstating the situation.  Perhaps it helps to draw our attention, but can lead us to the wrong target.  Far, far more Thai girls are damaged by domestic sexual abuse and early sexual activity in their own age group than are sold into closed brothels.  That is not at all to say that we shouldn't make every effort possible to rescue and prevent child sex trafficking.  But we need to keep the source of the problem in mind--the brokenness in families and cultures that would lead families to sell their children in the first place.  That is our priority at The Well.