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[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

DR. NAAMA GOLDBERG, head of an NGO called Lo Omdot MeNegged (Hebrew for “Not Standing Idly By”), which assists prostitution survivors, explained that the depictions are sometimes so gruesome that they are hard to believe, but this incredulity serves the abusers, who convince victims not to complain by arguing that they will not be believed. “Several years ago, I received descriptions of sadistic abuse of children,” Goldberg said. “The accounts sounded absurd. [But] the testimonies kept coming and would not let up. They described gangremoved by men, and sometimes by women. The abuse was filmed, and drugs were used. There were ritual practices and symbolism."

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