纽约这些巨幅壁画背后,是儿童被贩卖为奴为娼的故事……

走在纽约繁华的大街上,如果看到一副巨型的女孩壁画,用手机扫一扫,可能会读到女孩悲惨的被拐卖为娼为奴的经历……

11年前,当时年仅11岁的纽约女孩Melanie Thompson在从电影院回家的路上遭到绑架。此后,她被迫从事性交易。在超过8年时间里,她站过街,在网上卖淫,还在地下脱衣舞俱乐部工作。

如今23岁的Thompson虽然已经获得了自由,但她的脖子和手臂上却留下了皮条客袭击她时留下的刀疤。而她心灵上的创伤更是难以愈合。

"I felt like it was never going to end. I was raped all the time, I was bought all the time, people would come and do unimaginable things to me," she told CNN.

“我感觉那一切都不会结束。我一直被强暴,一直被买卖,人们对我做出无法想象的事情,”她告诉CNN。

"I may be physically out, but I still feel mentally trapped... Even to this day, I still struggle with viewing myself as a person who's worth something more than sex or money," she said.

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