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Rachel LloydGirls Like Us: Fighting For a World Where Girls Are Not For Sale
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Describe some of the factors that contribute to child sexual exploitation that you have learned about in Girls Like Us.
How does Lloyd’s life experience shape her passion for advocacy of sex industry victims?
What kinds of support services does GEMS provide, and why does Lloyd believe that they are necessary?
What role does Lloyd maintain that community plays in recovery from child sexual exploitation?
What issues around child sexual exploitation does Danielle’s story epitomize? Why do you think Lloyd begins the book with her story?
According to Lloyd, what are the challenges that exploited girls face in leaving “the life”?
Analyze the role of pimps in the book. Compare it to the ways in which pimps are depicted in mass media. What might be different between real life and media depictions, and what appears to be true in these portrayals?
Describe the impact that living on the German airbase had on Rachel Lloyd’s life.
Explain why Lloyd thinks Johns, pimps, and cops should take more responsibility for the perpetuation of child sexual exploitation. Do you agree or disagree?
Analyze the role of advocacy in the book. Why does Lloyd believe that it is a tool for healing trauma?
