7 (seven) popular performers share what the porn industry is really like

7 Popular Performers Share What the Porn Industry Is Really Like TRIGGER WARNING None of this felt like the scene I’d agreed to, and no one was listening to me as I tried... to stop it. Screaming, 'No!' or demanding to be untied or howling for it to stop—nothing helped."
- Aurora Snow, Hall of Fame porn performer “The director himself put his hands on me and was choking me. Never in a million years did I think [they] would allow it.”
“Did you see the part where I said ‘cut,’ where I said I’m not OK with this?”
“Why am I fighting this hard to prove that I was physically/sexually abused when it’s on film?”
-Nikki Benz, Hall of Fame porn performer I felt trapped. I believed that I couldn’t do anything else, and depression set in. I truly believed that I had ruined my life to the point of no return. So, I continued to say yes to the need to be accepted... This went on for about six months, and then one day, I found myself wishing I would die.”
- Rocco Reed, 2012 Male Performer of the Year "Being an 18 or 19-year-old girl, you just don't know how to say no... I just had quite a few bad experiences… There were times when I was doing scenes that I really didn't want to do with people that I really didn't want to let touch my body in that way... I felt pressured, and I felt like I couldn't say no in a lot of situations."
- Lana Rhoades, #1 most searched porn actress three years in a row “My initiation…was a gang rape by five men… He threatened to shoot me with the pistol if I didn’t go through with it... I have never been so frightened and disgraced and humiliated in my life. I felt like garbage. I engaged in sex acts for pornography against my will to avoid being killed. The lives of my family were threatened.”
- Linda Lovelace, star of one of the most popular porn films of all time There were times on set with people where I was like, ‘This is not a good situation. This is not safe... Everyone’s a ticking time bomb, and a lot of it is linked to the drugs. A lot of this new pain comes from these new girls who have to do these abusive scenes, because that does break you down as a woman.”
- Lisa Ann, Hall of Fame porn performer “I was approached at a very vulnerable point in my life. I went back and shot a scene, and it was terrifying and temporarily validating, but afterwards I felt a little empty.”
“[Porn] corporations prey on callow young women and trap them legally into contracts when they’re vulnerable.”
“Even if I fail fighting for my life back, I’m not stopping until I can protect every young girl from getting taken advantage of by these predatory contracts.”
- Mia Khalifa, one of the most-searched for porn performers of all time When the production of porn involves any level of force, fraud, or coercion, it is—by legal definition—sex trafficking. Yet often, abuse is simply accepted as part of the industry. While not all porn contains abuse, it’s virtually impossible to guarantee. It's time to #ConsiderBeforeConsuming. WAS THIS INFO HELPFUL? HELP SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS!
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