Here is a list of just a few ex-porn performers who had successful careers in the porn industry, only to reveal what it’s truly like to be in porn.
Everyone knows about porn, but not everyone knows about the brutal treatment and abuse that performers often go through to create it. Hear from 10 ex-porn stars reveal what it’s really like to be part of the porn industry.
Consumers see fantasy. Survivors live the nightmare. A Swedish study exposes the extreme abuse, trauma, and re-victimization performers endured while filming pornography.
Fact or fiction: performing in porn is like being a professional athlete, in part because of their links to performance-enhancing drugs.
This former porn performer opened up about his experience with the downfall of the adult industry, and why he had to choose between his health or continuing his career in the adult industry.
Hear from popular performers who experienced sexual assault on porn sets to understand that exploitation is not rare in the porn industry.
At the age of four, Crissy Outlaw was molested and sexually abused, starting a pattern of abuse that continued throughout her childhood and teen years. As an adult, various decisions led Crissy to start working as a performer in pornography.
Not all performers are in porn by choice—some are forced, tricked, or coerced into performing in explicit videos that are shared online.
If you ever wonder why porn performers never publicly speak out about abuse or violence they experience while still in the industry, read on.
Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Their experiences show how in the porn industry, the lines between abuse and consent are so blurred, there’s no viable way to tell the difference.
No one deserves to be raped or abused, ever, even if they consensually chose to be in porn and were subsequently exploited.
