By the Numbers: Is the Porn Industry Connected to Sex Trafficking? Article
We’re not claiming all porn ignores consent. But according to the research some of the porn you’re watching may be sex trafficking, can you tell the difference?
We’re not claiming all porn ignores consent. But according to the research some of the porn you’re watching may be sex trafficking, can you tell the difference?
Virtually every major porn site has reportedly hosted and profited from trafficking, child sexual abuse material, image-based abuse, and/or degradation.
If you hate the idea of sex trafficking, if it is shocking and horrible to you, then consider what millions of people consume around the world every day.
Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Sex trafficking is a global issue made worse by porn. Any form of sexual exploitation only fuels the demand for the sex trade as a whole, writes Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm.
Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Here are a few examples of real cases of sex trafficking in porn, and what survivors endured while they were exploited for profit.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.