What does stop the demand mean?

#StopTheDemand | Raise awareness to stop the demand for pornography and sexual exploitation. As long as there’s a demand for porn—especially porn that is extreme, abusive, or degrading—the porn industry will continue to meet that demand. It’s time to help #StopTheDemand. Stop the demand for exploitation Not only is there virtually no standard system in place to confirm age or consent in porn, but there’s also virtually no formal system for reporting and addressing industry abuse in a way that holds abusers accountable while keeping performers safe. Kristof, 2021 Stop the demand for sex trafficking Even in the production of mainstream porn with popular performers, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more regularly than most people think. Lange, 2018 Stop the demand for objectification Research indicates that consuming porn can normalize sexual objectification and dehumanization, which can have profound consequences in the ways porn consumers view and treat others. Skorska, Hodson, & Hoffarth, 2018 Zhou, Liu, Yan, & Paul, 2021 Wright, Tokunaga, & Kraus, 2016 Stop the demand for sexualized racism According to a content analysis of over 1,700 scenes on popular porn sites, videos featuring Black people disproportionately emphasize violence and aggression, perpetuate harmful racist stereotypes, and often depict Black people as “worse than objects.” Fritz, Malic, Paul, & Zhou, 2021 Stop the demand for nonconsensual content Most major porn sites do not verify the age or consent of all participants involved in the content uploaded to their platforms, making it incredibly easy to upload image-based abuse (sometimes referred to as “revenge porn”) or even child sexual abuse material (also known as “child pornography”). Kristof, 2021 Stop the demand for sexual violence and abuse According to research analyzing the content of porn videos, it’s estimated that as few as 1 in 3 and as many as 9 in 10 videos show acts of physical aggression or violence. Fritz, Malic, Paul, & Zhou, 2020 Bridges, Wosnitzer, Scharrer, Sun, & Liberman, 2010 Stop the demand for child sexual abuse material Of the domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old. Thorn, 2018 Join us as we raise awareness to stop the demand for pornography and sexual exploitation through education and awareness, rather than restriction. During this month, we invite you to educate yourself and others on how the porn industry fuels the demand for sex trafficking, objectification, and sexual violence, to name a few. Together, we can #StopTheDemand. ftnd.org/stop