This form of sexual abuse is devastating for victims. As technology evolves, so do the tactics used to harass while laws lag behind in the last decade.
If a child tells a parent they need help, chances are they’ve been trying to find the right words to say and the right time to say them for a while.
“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.”
Since reportedly finding a video of herself on Pornhub, Tisiphone has created Alecto AI, an app that scans users’ faces and searches for possible nonconsensual content of them online.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, child sex trafficking occurs in all 50 states. So what is being done to help?
“The industry promised me safety because ‘we test every 28 days.’ However, just because there’s testing doesn’t mean you’re safe as a performer.”
This list can help you know what to say when you’re talking to someone about something as personal as recovery from a porn habit.
“I spent the last six years hating myself, considering myself a monster, a disgrace to society, and a poor excuse for a human being.”
