Little Barbies: Sex Trafficking Of Young Girls Is America's Dirty Little Secret Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, They’re called the Little Barbies. Children, young girls—some as young as 9 years old—are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years old. This is America’s dirty little secret. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, “Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day.” Sex trafficking—especially when it comes to the buying and selling of young girls—has become...