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PREVENTING AND COMBATING THE DEVASTATING HARMS OF
PORNOGRAPHY, PROSTITUTION, SEX TRAFFICKING & SEXUAL SLAVERY
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Welcome to AntiPornography.org, a nonprofit organization and a website full of helpful resources on the devastating harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual slavery. Hopefully you will use these resources to become better educated, as well as become inspired to help out with the cause yourself. Your help is needed to make the world a better place for everyone!

We have over 40 powerful anti-porn, anti-prostitution & anti-sex slavery documentaries, 200 videos, 100 pages of helpful information, and 100 personal harm stories, so there is a lot to check out here. We hope you enjoy your visit!  

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Nonreligious, Nonpartisan

Anti-Censorship, Pro-Free Speech

Anti-Banning, Anti-Violence

Anti-Slavery, Anti-Exploitation 

Pro-reasonable regulation of the pornography industry for the health and safety of performers

Anti-legalization of prostitution, Anti-criminalization of prostituted individuals

Anti-coerced or forced participation in the sex industry

Pro-reducing DEMAND for sexually exploited and abused individuals 

Pro-education to help porn users and sex industry users and participants make better, more positive, and healthier choices

Pro-caring, non-judgmental services to help prostituted individuals exit the sex industry, heal, and transition to a healthier life and self-sufficiency as needed

Anti-sexism towards men or women, Pro fair and equal treatment

Pro-safe, healthy, respectful, equality-based sex, love & relationships 

Please see our FAQ and the rest of this page and website for more information on all of the above. Thank you!

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AntiPornography.org is a nonreligious, nonpartisan, IRS-approved, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to prevent and combat the devastating harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual slavery, as well as all other forms of sexual exploitation and abuse, through public education and advocacy.

In order to do this effectively we provide many videos, documentaries, articles, and other resources to educate you. We also provide many different ways for you to share your voice in order to help with the cause. (Please see the sidebar list of links or below for all of these options and more.)


“You must be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Gandhi

If you are already against the harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual slavery, great! Please enjoy your visit. If you are not, please start reading from here.

For those that are already part of the team who are against sexual exploitation and abuse, hopefully you will find many helpful resources here that will both educate you and inspire you to participate in the cause, because your help is needed!

If you find this website to be useful please feel to post your thoughts on our "Positive Feedback" page here, and share this website with others via our "Share Site" form here.

If you have a personal story about how you or someone you know has been harmed by pornography, prostitution, trafficking, or any other form of sexual exploitation or abuse, please share it with us on our "Share Your Story" page here.

If you are angry or upset about pornography and related issues, especially after learning the harsh reality of the sex industry and its harms on this website, and would like to share your thoughts about this issue, please post them on our "Share feedback" page here. It is very important that we all speak up clearly and make our voices heard on this very important issue.

Finally, if you appreciate this resource and related websites, and would like to see them be further developed in order to accomplish more effective activism, and you are in a position to financially contribute to support this important work, please feel free to make a tax-deductible donation on our donations page  here. Thank you in advance to anyone who contributes!


“The only thing that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”

— Attributed to Edmund Burke

Please remember that a few individuals, groups or organizations cannot do all of the work on their own that is necessary to create a better world for everyone, free of all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse.  We are ALL equally responsible for doing our part, and we can ALL can make a difference, no matter what our circumstances. 

So whether it's by sharing your story or your feedback, by making a donation of whatever you can afford, supporting us at our social networking sites, or even by just sharing this website with one other person, whatever you are able to do to support the cause is very helpful and is deeply appreciated. If we all work together as a team we can and will create a safer, healthier, more equal, more compassionate, and more just society for everyone. Thank you in advance for whatever you're able to do to help!


"One of the unforeseen consequences of globalisation is the shocking effect that western porn is having in parts of the developing world.

The village has no electricity, but that doesn't stop a generator from being wheeled in, turning a mud hut into an impromptu porn cinema – and turning some young men into rapists, with villagers relating chilling stories of assaults taking place straight after the film's end. In the nearest city, other young men are buying bootlegs copies of the almost always condom-free LA-made porn – copying directly what they see and contracting HIV. The head of the country's AIDS commission says porn risks destroying all the achievements they've made. It's a timebomb, he says.

The concerns aren't theoretical – I met young fathers with HIV whose only sex education came from LA, women living in the villages subject to post-screening abuse."

Tim Samuels, Filmmaker, 2009 BBC Documentary "Hardcore Profits," from the Guardian UK article "Africa Goes Hardcore."

References: Article: "Africa Goes Hardcore" 

Watch the documentary: "Hardcore Profits Pt 1"

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"Pornography is directly linked to sex trafficking. It normalizes degradation and violence as acceptable and even inevitable parts of sex, and it uses the bodies of real women and children as its raw material. The difference between pornography and erotica is clear in the words themselves -- porne means females slaves, eros mean love -- and we can see that pornography, like rape, is about violence and domination not sex. Millions of lives depend on our ability to untangle pornography from erotica, violence from sexuality."

Gloria Steinem, 2005

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"The quantity of and access to pornography has grown exponentially since the 1980's alongside the growth of the video cassette/DVD and then the Internet industries, while the content has become increasingly violent, degrading, and harmful to participants and viewers. Moreover, sex trafficking, which is closely related to pornography, is now widely acknowledged as a significant international problem. One cannot understand the dynamics of demand without careful attention to both prostitution and pornography. Activists must confront pornography and prostitution in any effort to attack sex trafficking."

David E. Guinn, "Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking"
 

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN, RECOVERING PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTS, AND THOSE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO PORNOGRAPHIC, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT , CRUEL, VIOLENT, AND DEGRADING CONTENT:

This website is NOT intended for children and it is NOT a safe space for recovering pornography addicts who don't wish to be triggered by sexually explicit content. It is also NOT intended for those who wish to learn about the harms of pornography but are not okay with being exposed to any graphic materials. To be clear, this website includes a great deal of very graphic material that is used to educate people about the harms of pornography, by describing and showing exactly what pornography IS, CONTAINS, AND TEACHES. This has proven to be necessary in order to counter the denial of those who insist that pornography is just "people having sex" and that it's harmless. So, if you are under the age of 18, or if you are recovering from pornography addiction and don't wish to be exposed to any sexually explicit material which will possibly trigger you, or if you are just exceptionally sensitive to such material, then it is strongly recommended that you do not continue at this website but instead scroll down this page to the recommended websites section and find another website that would be better for you. Thanks and best wishes to you for finding the educational website about the harms of pornography that is best for you!

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FOR PRO-PORNOGRAPHY AND PORNOGRAPHY-NEUTRAL PEOPLE, AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED:

If you are neutral on the subject of pornography or if you are pro-pornography, and you are wondering why someone would be against pornography, please read a) the above quote and the article it's from, b) our FAQ, and c) the following: (Note: our definition of pornography is lower down.)

WHY WE ARE AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY:

We are against pornography because it degrades love, sex, women, and all humanity, including boys and men. Pornography also frequently glorifies and promotes sadism, masochism, rape, incest, pedophilia, and abuse of and violence against women in general.  Additionally it harms performers, relationships, marriages, families, children, the economy, and creates demand for illegal and underaged prostitution and international sex trafficking and sexual slavery.

Please note that AntiPornography.org is:

Nonreligious,  Anti-Censorship, Anti-Banning, Pro-Free Speech

Anti-Exploitation, Anti-Sexism, Anti-Slavery, Anti-Violence

Pro-Education, Pro-Respectful Egalitarian Sexuality

Pro-reasonable regulation of the pornography industry for the health and safety of the performers.

(Please see FAQ for details.)

WHAT WE ARE NOT TAKING A STAND AGAINST:

Please note that AntiPornography.org is against the harms of pornography, prostitution, sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, but is not against personal private nudity, gay or bisexual people, pornography performers, non-compulsive, non-porn-facilitated masturbation, non-public sex between consenting mature adults, age-appropriate sex education, or private access to respectful, non-objectifying and completely non-degrading and non-exploitative erotica by single mature adults, or by individuals involved in relationships who have the full knowledge and consent of their partners in regards to what they are viewing. (See definitions below for "pornography" and "erotica," and please note that "erotica" is not the same as most "soft-core" porn, which is very objectifying. An example of what we mean by "erotica" might be a couple viewing a mainstream film together with some erotic content during a scene where two equal partners are being sexual or erotic to some degree, such as when they are kissing, etc.)

REGARDING VIOLENCE: Please note that AntiPornography.org is also against violence of all types, except for self-defense. So please don't bother to send a message saying "Why don't you worry about violence instead, it's so much worse than pornography!" First of all, as you can see from the above quote and the article and documentary that it's from, pornography itself contributes to violence, especially sexual violence.  Secondly, AntiPornography.org is against both pornography AND violence, but most especially is against the combination of the two, which is unfortunately exactly what much of, (if not most of), current mainstream pornography is unfortunately all about. If you're not yet convinced about that fact, please see the rest of this website, especially the documentary "The Price of Pleasure." Thank you to those of you who are willing to take a look at the content of this website with a fair and open mind.

DEFINITIONS

For the time being and for the purpose of this website and associated websites, pornography and erotica are defined as follows:

PORNOGRAPHY: Material that combines sex and/or the exposure of genitals with abuse or degradation in a manner that appears to endorse, condone, or encourage such behavior.

EROTICA: Sexually suggestive or arousing material that is free of sexism, racism, and homophobia, and respectful of all human beings and animals portrayed. (Note: AntiPornography.org is not in favor of open public displays of this or underage access to it.)

The above definitions are from "Pornography As a Cause of Rape," by Dr. Diana Russell, PhD, a book excerpt from "Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm". You can read this excerpt at DianaRussell.com.

So because by definition pornography, (as it is used here), has to include abuse or degradation, if you are against abuse and degradation in regards to sexuality, then you are against pornography. So assuming that you are, welcome to the team!

Please note that the above definition of pornography also matches the vast majority of what the pornography industry itself chooses to identify as its "product." Please see the sales and rentals charts at AVN.com for examples.

Please see FAQ for more details on all of the above section or if you have any questions or concerns about anything to do with this website or what you read or watch on it.


"What we need is a mind-set shift, one that moves us from viewing porn as hip and fun and sexy to one that recognizes pornography as harmful, pathetic, and decidedly unsexy.  Once pornography becomes discredited and derided by both men and women, consumption will become less brazen, and will eventually decline."

Pamela Paul, "Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Families and Our Relationships"

For videos of panel discussions with Pamela Paul, as well as links to all of her articles and her other groundbreaking work addressing the harms of pornography, including her testimony  for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Why the Government Should Care about Pornography,” and her paper for the recent conference "The Social Costs of Pornography," as well as information about her best-selling book,  "Pornified," please see our page on this website about the work of Pamela Paul. Click here.

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At AntiPornography.org we are working to prevent and combat the devastating harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual slavery, as well as all other forms of sexual exploitation, through public education and advocacy. We are:
 
 
Anti-Censorship, Pro-Free Speech, Nonreligious, Anti-Banning

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WOMEN AND GIRLS FOCUSED RESOURCES:  

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ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY ORGANIZATIONS GROUPS AND WEBSITES:  

*Culture Reframed      Pornography FAQ      *ResistPorn Culture (UK)     No Porn Pledge     *Against Pornography

*Anti-Porn Feminists (Anti-Porn London)    Men Against Porn / Prostitution / Patriarchy     *The Violence of Pornography (Graphic) 

  *No Porn Northampton    Playboy: Talkin' Trash     *Girls Against Porn      Bin the Bunny      Stop Patriarchy

*JoinPornBusters YouTube Channel    The Price of Pleasure Documentary Film Website  

*Come Back From Your Fantasy (Sex-Positive Anti-Porn Feminist Tumblr, by young feminist Kelsey Ruane)

*Make Love Not Porn (Not technically anti-porn but shows differences of porn vs. real life.)

Somebody's Daughter   *Fight the New Drug  *pornTRUTH   

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ANTI-PROSTITUTION/TRAFFICKING/SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/ABUSE SITES, ETC:
 
 
The above channels are AntiPornography.org pjts with MANY videos & helpful resources! 
 
 
 

Polaris Project     Breaking Free     SAGE (Standing Against Global Exploitation)  

The Lola Green Baldwin Foundation    Stop Demand Foundation  Genderberg

*SCASE (Scottish Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation)    Our Voices Matter   

*CAASE  (Chicago Coalition against Sexual Exploitation)  StopTraffickingDemand.com

*BSCC (Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition)  Beauty from Ashes   *Not for Sale Campaign 

New York Anti-Trafficking Coalition   Coalition for Action on Sexism and True Equality

*Is There Something I Can Do?  *StAT (Stand Against Trafficking)  *Stop Slavery Here

*Artists United for Social Justice  Freedom & Justice Center (For Prostitution Resources)

Donna M. Hughes, PhD  (Dignity List)   Chicago Coalition for the Homeless  

Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault    Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault

California Coalition Against Sexual Assault 

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FEMINIST, WOMEN & GIRLS ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS & GROUPS, ETC:

*Equality Now    *The F-Word    *Off Our Backs     *Women for Women International

     *Global Fund for Women  *London Feminist Network  *Feminist.com

*The National Organization for Women (NOW)    Feminist Majority Foundation  (FMF)

*Feminist Campus   Ms. Magazine  *Safe World 4 Women   *Women's Law Society

*WomensLaw.org   *U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues  

*SIGI.org  *GlobalSister.org  FeministGifts.com  *The Date Safe Project  *VAWNet  

*No Statute of Limitations   *RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) 

*The National Domestic Violence Hotline  *Guard Yourself Now  *UK Feminista

Chicago Foundation for Women    *The Women's Media Center  The F-Files

*Free Girl Foundation  *Girls Fight Back   *The Girl Effect   *Girls for Gender Equity   

*Girl Fest Hawaii   *Rain & Thunder    Daughters of the Sun - A Youth Leader Project

*Biting Beaver  *No Excuses / No Mercy   *RadFem Hub
 
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MEN AGAINST SEXISM, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION  & ABUSE, ETC.

NOMAS (National Organization of Men Against Sexism )    *Men Can Stop Rape     *My Strength Campaign  

*Men Stopping Violence      *A Call to Men UK       *The White Ribbon Campaign (CA)  

  *Reclaiming Sex From XXX       *Byron Hurt       Jackson Katz   

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MEDIA, FREE SPEECH, & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS & SITES:

 *Media Education Foundation Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press

Miboda Agency

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MESSAGE BOARDS AND FORUMS FOR HELP, INFORMATION & SUPPORT:

There are MANY anti-porn groups and pages at Facebook.
 
Just search GROUPS and PAGES for "anti-porn," "antiporn," "anti-pornography" & "antipornography" and similar terms.
 
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FAMILY, CHILDREN, MEN & ADDICTION FOCUSED RESOURCES:   

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ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS, AND WEBSITES: 

*National Center on Sexual Exploitation      *Pornography Harms      *Enough Is Enough      ProtectKids.com     

*Pornversations - College tour of an ex porn performer and an ex porn addict    Protect Young Minds

 National Law Center  for Children and Families    *Traffic Control, the Movie     Maryland Coalition Against Pornography   

It's Time We Talked      Utah Coalition Against Pornography       BraveHearts       Diamond Heart Foundation

Report Online Child Pornography/Exploitation at CyberTipLine.com or 1-800-843-5678

*Darkness 2 Light    *XXX Church    Department of Justice  ThePornTalk.com  

Social Costs of PornographyConference Videos   Papers   Report of Findings

*Safe Eyes (InternetSafety.com)  *Convenant Eyes   Internet Filter Review     *Women for Decency     AntiChildPorn.org

Say No to Pornography Pakistan - Let's Wage a War Against Pornography Blogspot

Canadians Addressing Sexual Exploitation  (C.A.S.E.) (Canada)

CANADA - List of other anti-pornography and related Canadian organizations

(Scroll down on above link to get to the list of organizations)

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ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY ACTIVIST INDIVIDUALS, AUTHORS, AND THERAPISTS:  

*Pat Trueman  (Founder of Pornography Harms) Pamela Paul  (Author of "Pornified")

Dr. Jill C. Manning (Author:"What's the Big Deal about Pornography? A Guide for the Internet Generation")

Dr. Judith Reisman   *Dr. Robi Sonderegger

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ANTI-PROSTITUTION/TRAFFICKING/SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/ABUSE SITES, ETC:  

*Shared Hope International     Free the Slaves

*IJM Institute (International Justice Mission)   *Global Centurion   *Live2free

*ECPAT - USA (End Child Prostitution & Trafficking)  *Beyond Borders (ECPATCanada)

*T-Stop (Texas Sex Trafficking Obliteration Project)   *Love146 NYC Task Force

*End Slavery NT (End Slavery in Tennessee and Beyond)   *Chab Dai Coalition

*Justice and Care (South Asia)  *Rock Against Slavery   End Demand

Overexposed, the Movie   Call and Response, the Movie    *Nowhere2Hide

CASEY (Community Against Sexual Exploitation of Youth. Canada)   

 
 

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OTHER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS, WEBSITES & CAUSES:

*Parents Television Council   *Web Wise Kids   *InternetSafety.com

*ClearInternational   *Cyber Safety Book  (Ken Knapton)   *Optenet PC

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PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION AND COMPULSION HELP AND SUPPORT:  

*PornAddictionHelp YouTube Channel - AntiPornography.org project with MANY videos & resources!

*Inner Gold    *Fight the New Drug   *Compulsion Solutions   The Mindful Habit

*Porn Game Over    MeadowCrest   Your Brain on Porn    HealthySex.com (Wendy Maltz)   Reboot Nation

Sexual Recovery Institute    *Just Be Well    *No-Porn.com  No-Porn.com Message Board

*Impulse Treatment Center (Sex Addict Treatment - Don L. Matthews)   *Covenant Eyes   *Stepping Inward

*Mindful Recovery   My Porn Addiction Story - Porn Addiction Help from a Former Addict

Porn Addicts Anonymous  Porn & Relationships Q&A (By "Porn Trap's'" Wendy Maltz)  Addicted to Internet Porn

Porn Addict Hubby  (Relationship Rescue for Wives & Girlfriends of Internet Porn Addicts)

Partners of Sex Addicts Resource Center    The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH)

Don't Reward Bad Behaviour - Guidance for Partners of Porn Addicts  Desert Solace

Petra Bueskens of PPMD Therapy (Australia)   PPMD Therapy Facebook   Guilty Pleasure

QuitPorn Group Text Hotline - "To become a member and join our group text community, start by texting QUITPORN to 23559"  Twitter: @QuitPornHotline  YouTube: QuitPornTextHotline

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LOOKING FOR A SEX OR PORN ADDICTION THERAPIST OR COUNSELOR? 

Check out this very helpful directory of over 1,000 entries in the United States!

http://www.abattleplan.com/counselors-therapists-sex-addiction-directory/

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ACCOUNTABILITY SOFTWARE:

Saavi Accountability -- The only online accountability program that works with all online addictions. It is also the only program that sends notifications instantly via text message to an accountability partner so that they can be supportive when an individual needs it the most at the point of weakness, while they are accessing the online content. The software was created by a young man (26) who overcame his addiction and is trying to help others.  

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ADDICTION MESSAGE BOARDS & DISCUSSION FORUMS FOR HELP & SUPPORT:

No-Porn.com Message Board

Porn Addict Hubby Discussion Board  (For Wives & Girlfriends of Internet Porn Addicts)

NOTE: There are MANY anti-porn and porn addiciton discussion groups and pages at Facebook.

Just search GROUPS and PAGES for "porn addiction", "pornography addiction", "sex addiction", "anti-porn," "antiporn," "anti-pornography" & "antipornography"

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For more than 50 personal stories documenting the harms of compulsive and/or excessive pornography use and/or pornography addiction please see our "Porn Harm Stories" page.  Thank you.

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NEED HELP WITH PORN ADDICTION?

CHECK OUT THE MINDFUL HABIT!

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OTHER HELPFUL FAQs & Q&As: (By other anti-pornography organizations, etc) 

*Gail Dines Q&A     *Against Pornography FAQ    Pornography FAQ - By Pro-feminist Michael Lovan

  *Shelley Lubben Q&A (Ex-Porn Star)    Prostitution FAQ at Genderberg      Fight the New Drug FAQ   

(Note: The No Porn Northampton FAQ is in the bottom half of their sidebar. In addition to the usual questions about pornography it addresses questions and concerns about activism against sexually oriented businesses such as "adult bookstores.")

AntiPornography.org's "Frequently Asked Questions & Responses to Pro-Pornography Arguments"

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Shared Hope International specifically focuses on fighting the demand for commercial sexual exploitaiton, including addressing pornography as a very significant demand factor for sex trafficking. 

Please see their excellent report on this issue:

Pornography: Creating Demand for International Sex Trafficking

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"Pornography is a marketing device for sex trafficking: It normalizes degradation and violence as acceptable and even inevitable parts of sex, and uses the bodies of real women and children as objects. The difference between pornography and erotica is clear in the roots of the words themselves -- porne means females slaves, eros means love -- so pornography, like rape, is about violence and domination, not sex. Millions of lives depend on our ability to separate pornography from erotica, and to disentangle violence from sexuality."

Gloria Steinem, 2006

For information about Gloria Steinem's important work of fighting against the harms of pornography, sex trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation and abuse, including videos and an audio interview, please see our page on Gloria Steinem. Click here.

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For more information on how pornography fuels prostitution and sex trafficking, please see our page on Pornography and Trafficking.  Click here.  Thank you!

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