“As a survivor of the commercial sex industry, I want to share some potential downsides with those who are thinking of starting an OnlyFans.”
X now permits consensual adult content with mandatory labeling to supposedly prevent access by minors and uninterested users. Despite these measures, concerns persist about safeguarding against exploitation and inappropriate exposure.
In reality, porn doesn’t add any lasting health or positivity to consumers’ lives, relationships, or the world. If you’re yet to be convinced, consider these points before consuming.
Porn can negatively affect your brain, body, and quality of life. Quitting porn can help interrupt an unhealthy cycle of mental health issues, for one, and for another, it can improve relationships.
Porn isn’t produced with accurate information about sex in mind, it’s created to entertain and manifest fantasies—no matter how violent or violating.
There is plenty of room for change in the porn industry, but even if extensive improvements did take place, research still shows the harms of porn itself and its deep connection to sex trafficking.
Kids, in unprecedented numbers, are watching extremely violent porn. This is how porn grooms children to accept abuse in relationships.
More nude images won’t remove the motivations of perpetrators of image-based sexual abuse who upload and share nonconsensual sexual images.
This study falls in line with what so many others are saying about porn—it promotes rape, and it sells anything but healthy consent practices.
Before you set out on a mission to change the conversation around pornography, it’s key you’ll be able to answer some of these basic questions.
As deepfake porn continues to upend women’s lives, there’s been little media coverage, and there still exists no criminal recourse for victims.
Here are some easy-to-remember answers for whenever you’re asked about your ‘Porn Kills Love’ tee, so you can rep the movement confidently.
