Title: 10 Surprising Facts about Human Trafficking in the U.S.
Headings: 9 Surprising Facts about Human Trafficking in the U.S.
9 Surprising Facts about Human Trafficking in the U.S.
9 quick stats about sex trafficking today
Click here to read the full list of trafficking stats on BusinessInsider.com.
If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
Porn is part of trafficking, too
How porn affects the supply and demand for exploitation
Click here to read more about how some mainstream porn is the recorded evidence of sex trafficking.
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Content: Because of the variety of circumstances in which sex trafficking occurs, there are many contributing causes subject to differences in cultures, economies, political influences, and legislation to name a few. For example, Europe has seen a rise in the sex trafficking of refugees whereas the child sex slavery industry has grown in the Philippines. Issues of poverty and power are commonly intertwined in sex trafficking— not to mention porn. Many porn consumers don’t know that more and more research points to porn as a fueling factor to the existing issue of human trafficking. How porn affects the supply and demand for exploitation
Porn directly influences the supply and demand for sex trafficking. Studies have shown that exposure to porn can make a person less compassionate toward victims of sexual violence and exploitation, and consuming porn can increase a consumer’s desire to seek out and perform their fantasies by purchasing sex. Building on the consumer’s desire to act out what they’ve seen is the “training manual” connection, in which sex buyers have the person they’re purchasing sex from watch a video in preparation for a reenactment to fulfill porn-inspired fantasies. Ultimately a porn director’s fantasy becomes the reality of someone selling sex. Of course, not only does porn influence the demand and behavior of sex trafficking and the purchase of commercial sex, the sad truth is that sometimes porn is a record that sex trafficking took place. Click here to read more about how some mainstream porn is the recorded evidence of sex trafficking.