If you peruse the various organizations that combat sex trafficking, you will usually find a consistent narrative that the women and children are victims. The men are evil.
Hard to argue with that.
But … here’s where I’m going to get into trouble. If we’re really going to solve the issue, we need to understand the motivations behind the perpetrators. What drives these sick, depraved men?
I’m not smart enough to answer that question. But I do think we need to ask it more often. An understanding of the issue shouldn’t stop with the simplistic narrative that we’re given by …