This r/AskReddit thread asking, “What are some dark secrets about the porn industry?” got 13,000 comments, and some of them are concerning.
“I became hooked to porn as time progressed and the access became more easy. But a strange trend followed me as well: depression.”
“I sat there before the shoot and freaked out. The producers could tell I was nervous and wanted to back out. Before I knew it, they got me drunk and I ended up going through with it.”
Visa and Mastercard announced they’ve suspended payment processing for advertising purchases on Pornhub and other sites owned by Pornhub’s parent company, MindGeek.
A federal judge ruled that Visa helped Pornhub “monetize child porn” and sex trafficking. The court stated there was enough evidence to show the company “knowingly provid[ed] the tool used to complete the crime” of distributing child exploitation.
Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still happen—and it happens more often than most people think.
One common argument in defense of porn is that performers are all consenting adults. But unfortunately, that is virtually impossible to guarantee—just listen to these personal accounts from ex-performers.
In this video, see how Aaron and Deanna Lynn first got into porn through being abused and exploited.
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse and traffic underage girls.
Overnight, millions of young people in Japan became legal adults on April 1, 2022, as the government made a bid to revitalize its aging workforce.
“For one thing, my brain has been rewired so much, everything in the world is sexualized. I am acutely aware of physical space and read into body language too much.”
Desperate for financial stability, Megan was persuaded into sugar dating, thinking it would solve her problems. The exploitation and trafficking that followed are characteristic of so many women’s experiences. 💔
