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What Is Sexual Exploitation

Sexual exploitation involves someone under the age of 18 exchanging a sexual act for something in return. The purpose of this exchange is the exploitation of a child or youth's needs. A sexual act can be exchanged for money, food, shelter, protection, love, acceptance, popularity, and anything else. It is never the child or youth's fault, even in the case of self driven exploitation.

Some forms of sexual exploitation:

> pressure to engage in sexual acts at parties or in relationships

> pressure for sexting or sextortion

> trafficking of minors (forced prostitution) by traffickers who are boyfriending or befriending youth

> sugar daddy/sugar baby relationships or escorting type behaviour

> pressure to engage in sexual acts through online predators

> selling of sexual acts by girlfriends of gang members

Quick Facts About Sexual Exploitation

Sexual exploitation is the most common form of human trafficking globally
100,000 to 300,000 children and youth in North America are sexually exploited each year
The average age someone is sexually exploited in Canada is 12-14 years of age
Pimps, who buy and sell people for sex, groom children under the age of 18 by friending or boyfriending them, creating a debt, and forcing them into prostitution
Pimps range from 13-34 years of age in Canada
1/3 of sexual offences against children and youth are committed by another youth
Over 90% of grooming into sexual exploitation happens online
Child sexual abuse images have increased by 233% in the last 10 years
Internet Watch Foundation found that Canada is 3rd globally for hosting child pornography on the internet

What Is Sexual Exploitation

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