Hear from popular performers who experienced sexual assault on porn sets to understand that exploitation is not rare in the porn industry.
Not all porn features violence, but even non-violent porn is associated with negative effects like increased sexual aggression.
“Toward the end of the relationship, when his obsession with porn seemed to be at an all-time high, he got more controlling and sexually assaulted me.”
It shouldn’t be societally normalized for any industry or medium to misrepresent, exploit, or fetishize LGBTQ+ folks and their relationships—yet the porn industry certainly does, and unfortunately often gets away with it.
About 42% of surveyed men aged 18 to 34 didn’t consider “hitting, punching or restraining” another person to be “a type of domestic violence.”
Sexting is becoming more common among youth. In fact, 34% of 13-17-year-olds said they thought it was “normal” for kids to share their own nudes.
Porn is often the primary provider of information about sex for many adolescents, but how is this exposure to sexual violence impacting teens?
“I thought I was strong enough to fight through what was occurring but instead it was eating away at me. Porn has warped that man’s mind and hurt his abilities to have a fulfilling relationship.”
OnlyFans markets itself as a platform for authentic connections between creators and fans, but for many subscribers, that connection is an illusion. Third-party “chatters” often impersonate creators, leading to emotional manipulation and privacy risks.
Due to a variety of factors, LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately vulnerable to sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Here’s why.
This study found that although most porn consumers believed pornography had predominantly positive effects on their sex life, frequent porn consumption was actually associated with negative sexual health outcomes for them.
When people turn to porn to make themselves feel better, it might actually be doing the opposite for their mental health.
