Re-Cover: Fighting Against Sexual Exploitation

Welcome! You may be visiting because of a link I posted on Facebook, or perhaps we’ve talked. In any event I am so grateful you are here.

I’m Dave. I have a wife, a daughter, and many other women in my life who are precious to me. Throughout my life, I have befriended and have heard the stories of a number of girls and women who’ve experienced rape, incest, trafficking into the commercial sex industry, or other forms of sexual violence. I’ve seen the impacts: the psychological trauma, substance abuse, erratic behavior, lifelong depression, suicides, hopelessness. Someone who’s never been violated in this way might think, “Well get over it! Get your life together.” So many of us simply don’t understand the trauma, the biological impact on the brain, the destruction of and need to rebuild the capacity for trust and intimacy with other human beings facing people who’ve been violated in this way.

So I’ve started “Re-Cover.” It’s not a 501(c) (3) tax exempt non-profit at this point. Maybe one day it will be. The mission of Re-Cover is to stop men and boys from committing acts of sexual violence against women and girls, including support for the porn industry. The strategy is to educate men about the true damage that is done whenever a girl or woman is sexually violated. Right now, I do this by finding opportunities to speak to men’s groups. We have a slideshow and an interactive talk that can be tailored down to 25 minutes or up to an hour. Every time I deliver it, I learn something new and it gets better.

I try not to preach. I want the facts, and the people who’ve been caught up in this problem, to speak for themselves. If you know of any group of men – a church group, a civic organization, a school board or faculty, travel sports team league officials – that might be a good audience, please contact me at dave.todaro1@gmail.com and we’ll figure out how to make it happen.

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The name “Re-Cover” was inspired by three different thoughts:

1.      Recent technology has made it easy for bad actors to take a photo of any fully-clothed person at all, turn it into a pornographic image, and share it all over the world for profit. Victims are completely unsuspecting – until they or someone they know see the image. We need laws, enforcement, and technological safeguards aimed at stopping these crimes. We need to re-cover those who were uncovered without their knowledge or consent.

2.      There’s a story in the Bible about how the sons of Noah (yes, that Noah) sinned against him because after the Ark brought them through the flood, they made fun of their drunk and naked father. They should have respectfully “re-covered” Noah to hide his nakedness and protect his dignity.

3.      Reading about and hearing the experiences of women who’ve been subjected to this abuse, so many of them experience a lingering sense of nakedness, exposure, lack of safety – even with their spouse or partner of choice, even decades later. This includes women and men who, at some point in their lives, were coerced, tricked, or decided on their own to participate in the production of pornographic materials. Suicide rates among this population are 10 to 13 times higher than the general population. I can connect anyone interested to established organizations and programs that work to bring healing and help them to “re-cover.”

Unconnected to Re-Cover: In early 2026 I joined the Board of Directors of Zoe Ministries of Delaware, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide safety, healing, and advocacy for those impacted or potentially impacted by sex trafficking. Please visit the website: www.zoe-delaware.org, and consider financial support. Every dollar is so very appreciated.

Many of my friends whether young or old; red, purple or blue; regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof, want a more just, fair, safe society. Sexual violence and exploitation has no place in such a society. Fighting against sexual exploitation is something we should all be able to agree on. If anything in this post triggers your interest, let’s chat. I'm an e-mail away: dave.todaro1@gmail.com.