I Stopped Watching Porn After I Learned About Trafficking in the Industry Article
“Now, when I see porn ads, it even makes me feel sick. The issue is, how can we simply put a price to belittle and exploit others?”
“Now, when I see porn ads, it even makes me feel sick. The issue is, how can we simply put a price to belittle and exploit others?”
Too often, porn consumers assume that because someone appears in a porn video, they consented to be there. But viewers don’t see that consent process, do they?
Too often, sexually exploited girls are seen as victims and exploited boys aren’t. However, any youth under the age of 18 involved in the sex trade is considered a trafficking victim.
One in a million? If you’re struggling with porn, that’s probably not how you really feel. But how would you feel if you really believed it?
It’s one of the more debated questions when it comes to this issue: Is watching porn cheating on your partner?
Each response shows a different opinion about porn, and brings up good points about why porn doesn’t help relationships be healthy.
These are just a few of the less-than-ideal situations that have happened on OnlyFans, either with creators or their subscribers.
More and more women are seeking out the more extreme versions of porn, and that porn is blatantly violent towards women. But why?
“I gathered up information, took a breath in, and talked to him… He expressed gratitude for me bringing all the information to light for him. And he quit cold turkey that day.”
“I had to constantly watch ‘cam to cam,’ site feature where you get paid to watch the person at the other side of the interaction. This was very traumatizing because I never knew what would come up on screen.”
Although porn did not invent sexual violence, the mainstream porn industry capitalizes on the rape and assault of women—especially Black women. Dr. Carolyn West explains how.