Fast Fact #3 - Fight the New Drug

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Approximately 91.5% of men and 60.2% of women report consuming porn in the past month, according to a 2020 study.

Citations

Solano, I., Eaton, N. R., & O'Leary, K. D. (2020). Pornography Consumption, Modality and Function in a Large Internet Sample. Journal of sex research, 57(1), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1532488

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Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.

(Bouché, 2018)

Citations

Bouché, V. (2018). Survivor insights: The role of technology in domestic minor sex trafficking. Thorn. Retrieved from https://www.thorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Thorn_Survivor_Insights_090519.pdf

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Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are more likely to express an intent to rape.

(Foubert, Brosi, & Bannon, 2011)

Citations

Foubert, J. D., Brosi, M. W., & Bannon, R. S. (2011). Pornography viewing among fraternity men: Effects on bystander intervention, rape myth acceptance and behavioral intent to commit sexual assault.18(4), 212-231. doi:10.1080/10720162.2011.625552

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If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.

(TVPA, 2000)

Citations

Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106–386, Section 102(a), 114 Stat. 1464. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-106hr3244enr/pdf/BILLS-106hr3244enr.pdf

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