The other night Bob and I were watching the local news and there was a woman being interviewed who was a former Madame/Sex Traffic Recruiter who now helps police. She was very forth coming and blunt in the hows and whats of the industry. --- How she researched and recruited and on whom she preyed. Bob and I were like "that's exactly why we teach and preach the things about dress that we do"!
She talked about how she used social media sites to zero in on teens (especially girls but not all). Obviously her first warning was about having your Facebook page be public instead of having it only read by fb friends. She checked out all of the friends of someone she was able to get access to. She focused solely on those posting about fighting with parents AND on those who post selfies of themselves in provocative poses or who are scantily dressed or posing with kissing and touching their boyfriend. She said...and I quote.."I don't bother with the girls who stay dressed modestly or conservatively because I don't have time to break through their moral beliefs. There's too many troubled teens who are vulnerable to bother wasting my time on the other ones. The more I recruit into making me money the more money I make."
There! You heard it straight from the predator's mouth! It says it all! They prey on young people who are upset with their parents and life and who are already pushing lines of rebellion. They offer them a way to make quick easy money. The lady said she actually got to a point that once she recruited a girl into the industry she would take her to the "house" and put her in a room and tell her she had until noon to make $1000! That makes my stomach sick and my heart actually hurt! It is down right scary!!!! These recruiters don't really have to try that hard to get them to comply.
This woman is now trying to redeem herself by helping the police get as many young people out of the industry as she can. She is also teaching the police who to watch out for and what predators look like on the spot. She is teaching them how to target would be recruiter/predators.
Technology can be a wonderful thing but it is also an evil that has far reaching ramifications. The destruction and domino effect that can come from the dumbest or smallest mistake of online use is completely devastating.
Soooo, this is why Bob preaches modest dress from the pulpit and why I teach it to ladies and girls. Persona, testimony is everything! It can mean the difference in being preyed upon by evil people, for a young person. Parents, stop worrying about popularity when it comes to your daughters....teach them to love God and their future husband and their self more than pleasing the friends of the world and being popular today. You can be stylish without being immodest! Be an example to them moms! And it's ok to set rules and boundaries!
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