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Continue reading Shocking Footage of Women Abused on the Porn Set (a California workplace)
Porn defenders like to claim that “choice” and “consent” shield the industry from criticism, but the lived experience of porn performers suggests the validity of this consent is often questionable. Jessie Jewels tells her story at the Pink Cross Foundation: First thing, gives a cocktail beverage on the scene. I took it. I was nervous […]
We’ve created a new Tumblr blog to give our concept of Green Sexuality its own space to develop. Have a look!“It’s a fascinating concept and reflects some new thinking in the anti-porn movement.”– Voices of American Sexuality
Reported yesterday on ABC Nightline: A porn actor’s positive HIV test, which prompted a temporary shutdown of Los Angeles’ billion-dollar adult film industry Monday night, has reignited the debate over mandatory condom use in X-rated productions…“Testing is not a substitute for condom use, and it never will be,” said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS […]
Continue reading ABC News: “HIV-Positive Performer Shuts Down L.A. Porn Industry”
Laura Johnston provides an excellent rebuttal of pro-prostitution arguments in The F Word: The argument that decriminalizing prostitution will improve conditions for prostituted women sounds appealing on its surface. The first time I heard it I thought it made sense. But when I began volunteering in a rape crisis centre and shelter and met women […]
Last month we noted noted Newsweek’s article on “The John Next Door”. Here is more detail on the underlying report, published in July with support from Demand Abolition and the Hunt Alternatives Fund: Why do some men buy sex while others abstain or even decry such damaging and degrading acts? If we are to eliminate demand […]
Continue reading Demand Abolition: “Boston Sex Buyers Report”
Here are some excerpts from an outstanding article in this week’s Newsweek that reports on a new study by Dr. Melissa Farley, director of Prostitution Research and Education: Farley’s findings suggest that the use of prostitution and pornography may cause men to become more aggressive. Sex buyers in the study used significantly more pornography than […]
If you watch a lot of porn, you might begin to think that “Use ’em, Abuse ’em and Lose ’em” is what a man should do. You might think treating your partner roughly was normal. You might think that satisfying long-term relationships are impossible to sustain and not worth it. And you’d be wrong. A […]
Continue reading Secrets of Relationship Happiness You Won’t Learn from Porn
An excerpt from Shelley Lubben’s blog: Male Porn Star states on his blog “Christian Sings the Blues” January 28, 2008: Drugs are a major, major problem in my business. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you. I can’t tell you the number of girls who have disappeared and dropped out of the business because […]
Continue reading Porn Stars Speak Out: STDs, Drugs and Abuse
Meghan Murphy posted an excellent critique to The F Word on June 3: The sex industry is not, and has never been a feminist space. It is, in large part, a space that is owned by, and operated for men. It is a space that treats women as commodities… How big is your ‘tent’ when […]
Continue reading “‘Big Tent’ feminism? Sounds great. Feels a lot like the status quo.”