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Pt 3.
I bet you didn't even know that when Della coerced Keith into s*x and then gave him benefits in exchange, that was a human trafficking scenario. I didn't read past chapter 6, but I can tell you that when Keith offered himself to Della because it was his 'only option', it was still a relationship founded on threats, violence, coercion, r*pe, and human trafficking. Every time they have s*x after that while Della still has power over Keith, that's the context of their interactions. Even if Keith becomes more willing as time goes on, that doesn't make it less of a trafficking scenario. That's actually exactly what traffickers want to happen and will try to make happen: for their victims to accept the situation as normal or even good and actively, 'willingly' participate. Many trafficking victims develop Stockholm syndrome and will even join their traffickers operation and become traffickers themselves.
Pt 3.
I bet you didn't even know that when Della coerced Keith into s*x and then gave him benefits in exchange, that was a human trafficking scenario. I didn't read past chapter 6, but I can tell you that when Keith offered himself to Della because it was his 'only option', it was still a relationship founded on threats, violence, coercion, r*pe, and human trafficking. Every time they have s*x after that while Della still has power over Keith, that's the context of their interactions. Even if Keith becomes more willing as time goes on, that doesn't make it less of a trafficking scenario. That's actually exactly what traffickers want to happen and will try to make happen: for their victims to accept the situation as normal or even good and actively, 'willingly' participate. Many trafficking victims develop Stockholm syndrome and will even join their traffickers operation and become traffickers themselves.