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Is Sugar Dating Empowering, a Conversation with a Sociologist and Co-Founder of The Avery Center

Consider Before Consuming

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Is Cognitive Dissonance a Big Player in the Denial of Trafficking?

Cognitive dissonance is probably one of my favorite intervention tactics now. When you are being trafficked, nobody wants to admit that they don't have control over their life. And so by saying I'm making these choices leave me alone. That's like the one piece of control you have in that moment. But it's really hard to process those things when they're actively happening.

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