How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking Article
Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than most people think.
Sex trafficking is a global issue made worse by porn. Any form of sexual exploitation only fuels the demand for the sex trade as a whole, writes Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm.
If you hate the idea of sex trafficking, if it is shocking and horrible to you, then consider what millions of people consume around the world every day.
Virtually every major porn site has reportedly hosted and profited from trafficking, child sexual abuse material, image-based abuse, and/or degradation.
Here are a few examples of real cases of sex trafficking in porn, and what survivors endured while they were exploited for profit.
We’re not claiming all porn is nonconsensual. Some is and some isn’t, and when you watch it there’s no way to know which is which.
The world’s largest porn company is being sued by abuse and trafficking survivors. Here’s what their cases are about and what the lawsuit means.
Ruben Andre Garcia, the performer in notorious porn company “GirlsDoPorn” videos, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to “conspiracy to commit sex trafficking” and “sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.”
At least 50 women are suing MindGeek for allegedly knowingly profiting from images and videos of their sex trafficking nightmares and failing to properly moderate sites owned by MindGeek for the abusive videos.
The 33-year-old persuaded teens to engage in sex acts with him on camera by falsely claiming the encounters were being shot for a porn video he was creating.
When sex trafficking and porn are placed side by side, the common thought is that they are miles apart. However, all it takes is a look at…
In many cases, porn portrays people who want nothing to do with it, but are coerced into being a part of it. Now is the time to speak up and stand out.