Like so many others, we are very glad to see the outcome of the #HarveyWeinstein trial this past week. He has done immeasurable harm with his sexual exploitation, abuse and rape of so many women, using his position of power for his own self-gratification. #HarveyWeinsteinGuilty
While most are disgusted with the extent of #HarveyWeinstein’s offending, the same can’t be said for the sick minds at #Pornhub His crimes are treated as masturbation fodder in re-enactments for men’s entertainment. His victims are named (we cut from pic) #ShutDownPornHub
Meanwhile, popular culture treats #Pornhub as a big joke. Men’s demand for the bodies of women and underage girls, objectified, used, abused, humiliated, bruised, restrained, abducted, choked, raped, tortured, trafficked, subject to misogynistic & racial abuse treated as a joke.
When will #MeToo reach the sex trade? When is it #TimesUp for #Pornhub & mega-pimp owners #MindGeek? Larry Nassar’s victims face same re-enactments as #Weinstein. Nassar abused more than 150 gymnasts during his career, now the worst moments of their lives are men’s entertainment.
While pop culture looks at #Pornhub and laughs, mainstream news looks at Pornhub and promotes their publicity stunts while uncritically referencing it as an authoritative source on “sexuality,” we see what it really is - a stockpile of evidence for crimes against women and girls.
Australian experts, academics, women’s safety organisations, child safeguarding agencies and prominent Australians have called on the Fed Gov to reverse its recent decision against implementing an age verification system to help protect children from exposure to p*rn 1/
In their letter to Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, the 43 signatories urge the Government to roll out a pilot program as soon as possible. 2/
Signatories include Robert Fitzgerald AM, Commissioner and Member of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, well-known authors and anti-violence campaigners Jess Hill, Chanel Contos and Grace Tame, 3/
Why was a criminal enterprise allowed to provide advice to @eSafetyOffice on keeping kids safe online, ‘healthy sexual relationships’ and ‘consent’? 1/
Mindgeek is the parent company of global porn dispenser Pornhub. It has been exposed for monetising sexual crime - enabling, distributing and profiting from child abuse, rape, sex trafficking and image-based abuse 2/
After being called before the Canadian Parliaments ethics committee, Pornhub removed 10m videos, credit card companies and other businesses cut ties, a number of execs resigned, social media platforms shut down its accounts and 3/
"Visual terror": Sheila Jeffreys on what the everyday sexualised, objectifying and porn-themed advertising portrayals of women mean for women 🧵
"Sexual harassment in the form of sexualised outdoor advertising and graffiti serves to mark the built environment as male and limits women’s rights to equal citizenship."
"Men’s sexual violence in all these forms ensures women’s awareness of their second-class status and constructs the way in which women interact with the world."
Warning to parents: @Spotify is serving up porn to your kids.
Supporters contacted us with concerns about pornographic content on Spotify. We’ve done our own digging and this is what we’ve found… 🧵
@Spotify Despite @Spotify’s rules stating they “don’t allow sexually explicit content”, simply entering ‘porn’ or ‘sex’ into the search bar revealed titles 'Massive Boyfriend Pushes His Bon*r Inside You’, ‘Me getting Fu*k*d and creampied’ and ‘A hot night with a black brother big cock’
In 2017, @WestfieldAU told us they "heard" our objections to sex shop #HoneyBirdette's floor-to-ceiling, objectifying, porn themed Santa ads displayed in their family malls.
*Content warning* Men who choke female partners during sex have little understanding of risks, study finds 🧵
Sexual choking (or strangulation, as it is more appropriately described) can cause serious, long-term damage and even death even weeks or months later.
Individuals who have been strangled can suffer strokes, depression, memory loss, seizures, motor and speech disorders and paralysis – and strangulation does not have to be prolonged or forceful to do serious damage.