Pornhub's Abuse, Exploitation, and Criminality are Representative of the Entire Pornography Industry
The sexual abuse, exploitation, and crimes that have come to light surrounding Pornhub are not unique to Pornhub or to pornography "tube sites." Sexual abuse and exploitation are both inherent and endemic to the entire pornography industry at large.
Accusations about the abuse and exploitation that the pornography industry is rife with are not new. Pornography performers have reported these types of incidents numerous times before (Content Warning: some of these links may describe or depict disturbing details):
In any other profession, a pattern of abuse this significant would lead to interventions by the law. Yet the pornography industry keeps getting a pass. It is past time to acknowledge that this business refuses to consider reform because it can’t be reformed. It is naïve to think an industry that equates acts of violence with sex and which fetishizes forced sex does not give license to these abuses. Pornography is real. The women in it are made to endure its abuse and the women outside of it are made to endure its consequences.
This should not be so.
The pornography industry would love for the public to believe it is a reputable industry that harms no one and only features fully-willing performers. This is not reality.
In reality, the porn industry and its massive profits are built upon sexual objectification, abuse, trafficking, and exploitation of all kinds.
The data and the research expose this as
reality.
Producers who have come out of the porn industry expose this as
reality.
Performers who have come out of the porn industry expose this as
reality.
Regular people and their stories of abuse and exploitation expose this as
reality.
Children and their stories of abuse and exploitation expose this as
reality.
It’s well past time to
stop ignoring the data on the abuse and exploitation correlated with the pornography industry. That's why the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has been—and will continue—working diligently to see exploitative entities like Pornhub brought to justice.