Category: Pornography

As Fighters, you’re more likely in the know when it comes to understanding porn and its link to human trafficking. But those around you may not be so well-informed. Some may not realize human trafficking (often called modern-day slavery) is so common throughout the world today. Others may not realize that it happens all across the United States—and not just to foreigners who arrive or are brought into the country illegally. In fact, while 31% of victims are foreign nationals, American citizens, or permanent, legal residents constitute 36% of cases where the demographics of the victims are known.

“Having a compulsive porn habit, I used drugs to get an increased high whilst viewing hardcore porn and my tastes changed over time…which led me to my arrest.” Porn is a habit that escalates, and it can often be an obsession that evolves way beyond anything the consumer could anticipate.

While it’s clear porn can negatively impact relationships, porn is a common habit—even for those in a committed relationship. But why?

Deepfake porn is on the rise, causing severe social, psychological, and career consequences for its victims. Learn how this harmful trend is affecting people and what we can do to fight back.

Pornography websites are fueling the rise in child sex abuse by using algorithms to direct users to extreme material, desensitizing them to abuse and sexual assault, according to the Washington-based National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

Porn is more than just entertainment—it rewires your brain, affects relationships, and influences society. Learn the facts and take a stand.

Porn literacy curriculum may be well-intended, but it ultimately neglects decades of studies that have demonstrated porn’s real negative impacts

There are people out there in the commercial sex industry who say they love performing in porn and enthusiastically consent to it. But there are also many individuals who have been sex trafficked into the porn industry, as well as established consenting performers who have been abused on set. How can consumers tell the difference between consensually produced videos and videos involving exploitation? The tricky part is that there’s no reliable way to.

After examining 400 popular porn videos, U of Amsterdam researchers concluded that porn does, in fact, objectify men, just in a different way than women.