Ashlyn Dupree , [email protected] October 14, Porn watching may be a consensual act, but the actors participating in the video may not be doing it consensually. According to fightthenewdrug. Most people think that pornography is made consensually, but there are many women who are being sold for sex that have been forced to perform in pornography. There is no way to know who is being sex trafficked and who is willingly participating in pornography.
The numbers are alarming. As the desire for pornography continues to grow, the industry for sex trafficking is growing as well. By using these women who are forced into sex trafficking for pornography, the people trafficking them are making a lot of money by the views they are getting.
Pornography is very dangerous to those watching it and to those participating in it. When an individual watches porn, they are creating an unrealistic image in their mind of what sex should be like; which causes harm in future relationships. When the fantasy that pornography creates collides with the reality of what sex is, it never lives up to the expectations that were created by porn.
You may think it is ridiculous to not watch porn just because there is the possibility that the girl you are watching is being sex trafficked. But, what if that girl was your sister, your girlfriend, your mother or your friend? Would you allow yourself to watch porn knowing they are forced to have sex with a man they did not know, ready to quietly cry to themselves when it was over and wishing the pain would end? It is not fair for these women to have to go through this just because you have a sexual desire that you want satisfied.
If you stopped watching porn, you could prevent sex traffickers from making a profit off of these women. While these women may still be sold to other people by their sex traffickers, at least they would not make as much money as they previously did.
