From the popularity and influence of QAnon to shocking statistics about how prevalent human trafficking is to the secret symbols traffickers and pedophiles supposedly communicate with to the Jeffrey Epstein revelations to concern about how many other notable people are involved in it to the brouhaha over “Cuties”, it certainly seems like child sex trafficking and pedophilia are a major concern of many in this country, but is the concern overblown? How do we sort the real issue of sex trafficking from the debunked accusations against Wayfair and pizza parlors? Is child sex trafficking becoming a “moral panic” where fiction and fact are muddied, where even questioning the prevailing narrative makes you suspect? How concerned are you about it, especially if you are a parent?

Topics: politics, children, sex, society, morality, sexuality