Tethered, Mixed media on plywood, 44 x 48 inches, 2014
(Approximately 700 nails and 600 feet of string)
In India, a teenage prostitute’s baby cries while tethered to a post by a thin scarlet cord. No one is allowed to touch or talk to the baby. Her trafficker’s goal: create the perfect sex slave—a child desperate for affection. Similarly, by using manipulation and deception, pimps enslave American children with a thin psychological tether.
FACT: Cybersex sells children as young as six weeks old for sex to customers in the US (Women At Risk International).
