When Deanna Lynn turned 18, her friends and the pimp they introduced her to would sell her to other couples “to help [the couples] connect.” This was her introduction to the commercial sex industry.
“One day, I was trying to find a gaming website, but I ended up clicking on the wrong link. I’m not being dramatic when I say that one wrong click changed my life.”
“I still have a sexual appetite. But I’m not sexually aroused and it’s not because he’s some ugly potato, it’s because of the lingering effects of watching so much extreme porn.”
“My mind is a creative one and CGI porn toys with the limits of reality… I love to write and illustrate, and feel like porn has been competing effectively for imagination real-estate. And I hate it.”
Sex was always a very mechanical and unloving act. He always treated me like one of these girls that he saw on his computer… ‘Normal’ sex could never satisfy or even arouse him.
“I chose to give up porn, in part, because of the growing trend of extreme and disturbing sexual content to web visitors. Today, it’s no longer a trend. Extreme pornography is here to stay.”
“I felt inferior, old, ugly, unwanted, and crazy for being so upset. I confided in a friend. She said everyone watches porn and maybe I wasn’t giving him enough sex. I KNEW that wasn’t true.”
“I struggle every day to look at my husband in the eyes. But I know one thing—I love him, I love him deeply and I won’t allow porn to destroy our life.”
“I have felt crushed and devastated ever since I found out. I feel like I can never trust her when she’s home alone. I don’t know what to do anymore.”
“I spent the last six years hating myself, considering myself a monster, a disgrace to society, and a poor excuse for a human being.”
“Now, I can tell you that no matter what you’ve gone through, you can always pick up the pieces and grow into a stronger and better person for it.”
There are different ways that porn and sex trafficking are connected. Here are just a few real cases that illustrate the exploitative side of the porn industry.
