Pornography fuels the global sex trade by driving demand into the mainstream of society. And since porn consumers do not and cannot distinguish between trafficked individuals and porn performers, they can often reinforce and drive the demand for exploitation through clicks and downloads without realizing it.
Or it can be a more direct reinforcement, like porn-obsessed consumers actually purchasing sex from trafficked individuals.
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In fact, some evidence suggests that this desensitization toward sexual violence through the consumption of porn can then manifest in more willingness to buy sex. And when more people are buying sex, that increases the demand for individuals being trafficked for sex.12
Researchers of those who struggle with unwanted porn habits have noted that an increasing tendency to act out sexually the behaviors viewed in the pornography includes frequenting massage parlors. In other words, the consumers looking at porn at home are often the same ones exploiting real people, ready with porn images in hand to show the person they’re exploiting what they want to do.
Extracted from FIGHT THE NEW DRUG.
