What proportion of victims does the speaker say are girls?

Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

This is what grooming looks like #podcast #childsafety

1 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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This YouTube podcast (creator: Josh Trent) discusses grooming in the context of trafficking, emphasizing that many trafficked girls are manipulated into believing they are in love. The speaker claims nearly 80% of victims are girls and defines grooming as building a psychological bond stronger than a physical bond. The content focuses on how perpetrators use romantic manipulation and targeted attention to control victims.

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Nearly 80% of victims are girls.

Most trafficked girls get into trafficking because they fall in love. Nearly 80% of victims are girls. They full on belief that they're in love. They fall in love with a guy, he knows how to manipulate them. He just does the things that all the girls want. Everybody's heard the word grooming, but what does grooming mean? Grooming is building a psychological bond that's stronger than a physical bond.