Many tattoos carry a deeper meaning behind them. But for Emily, the '7' on her left leg represents a nightmare, a branding imposed by a pimp.
A tattoo parlor, run by three women, is taking part in a programme to help women reclaim their bodies by offering cover-up tattoos.
Many tattoos carry a deeper meaning behind them. But for Emily, the"7" on her left leg represents a nightmare, a branding imposed by a pimp.So it's with excitement that Emily - not her real name - waits at a tattoo parlor in the southern US state of Florida. Tattoo artist Charity Pinegar, 40, delicately traces the outline of the heart and the cross. The transformation has begun."I believe that tattoos are used to almost dehumanize a person," says Stacey Efaw, director of Selah Freedom."I would just want to be loved," she recalls of her traumatic childhood, without affection, that destroyed her self-confidence.
The United States doesn't have figures on the issue, but the same year received 7 500 calls to a trafficking hotline to report cases of abuse. "I was spiritually bankrupt. And I knew that I had to change my life, or I was going to die," she says.
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