By the Numbers: Is the Porn Industry Connected to Sex Trafficking?

In our digital age, internet porn is more vast and varied than ever before. Since our organization’s start in 2009, it’s become clear that porn is becoming increasingly more accessible, affordable, available, and more anonymously consumed, year after year.

But it’s just recorded sex, right? What’s the big deal about all of this? Plenty, and we’ll tell you why.

What porn consumers don’t know

Research indicates that most young people are exposed to porn by age 13.

At that age, most young people have no idea what exactly goes into the production of a single pornographic image or video. They might not even think about how or why a performer got to be on camera, or the situation that led them to their involvement with porn. The unfortunate truth is that when it comes to porn, there’s virtually no way to guarantee that each performer is truly participating consensually.

In fact in some cases, porn is nothing more than sex trafficking on film.

That’s right. Porn and sex trafficking are inseparably linked, and much of society denies or is unaware of this fact.

Read the full story on Fight The New Drug.

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