Freezer Van to Freedom – Part 1 

 
She was just a child when he took it from her. He was driving her home when suddenly he pulled off the road and dragged her out of the car. After raping her time and time again, he drove off, leaving her battered and bruised – almost dead.

Somehow she made it home, and her mother took care of her, unable to press charges as he was a man and they were simply women. They had hoped to avoid him, but a week later, he had broken into their house and threatened to abuse her mother and sisters unless she did what he wanted. This was how she learned to be compliant and do what men wanted to keep them happy; to protect her family. He moved in that day.

Years later, he eventually found someone new and moved on. Being the oldest girl at 14, she was now expected to be the financial provider, and there was an opportunity… a man had come to the village and was offering a good job in Bangkok! She decided to trust this man and went with him into the jungle. After 2 days of waiting, she got nervous and decided to go home, but the man wouldn’t let her leave and raped her in front of the other women waiting – letting them all know that he was in charge and they weren’t going anywhere!

When the freezer van did eventually turn up, it was packed with women and girls, and they had to sit on each others’ shoulders for the long ride to Bangkok. It was dark, bumpy, and uncomfortable. Upon arrival, they were sold to a bar in the red-light district where she was ordered to serve men.

How could she go home? How could she tell her family that she had been so foolish? How could she tell them she was now considered one of the lowest in society? How could they possibly accept her back? So she shut off her heart and started listening to her head. “I will do as well as I can and make as much money as I can to send back to my family. Then they will be pleased with me, and I will make them proud! Maybe one of these Western men will want to marry me, and they will take care of my family. This is my new dream. This is my way out.”

So here she stands, being sexually exploited, begging men to choose her. Knowing at any moment, any one of these men could get violent or refuse to wear a condom… giving her AIDS or getting her pregnant. There could be more than one man in his hotel room, and they could gang rape her; anything could happen. But maybe, just maybe, this will be the one to save her.

After all, this is her choice… right?

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*** Disclaimer: Details have been changed to protect identities.