Preventing & combating the devastating harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking & sexual slavery. Nonreligious, nonpartisan, pro free speech, pro safe, healthy, equality-based sex, love & relationships
We’d like to thank all good people who did everything they could in 2014 to help humanity — especially those who fought against the devastating harms of pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual slavery. We hope that more people will step up and do their part for this important cause this year.
The future of millions of lives of those who are being brutally exploited, abused and enslaved depends on what each and every person does or doesn’t do to help, and we are ALL equally responsible for helping as much as we can. It’s not up to “the government”, a few overworked volunteers, a handful of underfunded organizations, or “somebody else” to do the work to make things better. It’s up to ALL OF US. So we hope everyone will take heed of this and act accordingly.
In case you missed it, here is our year-ending newsletter, with lots of inspiring successes that our organization accomplished in 2014 in changing people’s lives and humanity for the better!
If you’d like to really step up to make a difference in 2015, mature, responsible and hard-working volunteers from North America with good English language skills are always needed!
ANNUAL REPORT AND CALL FOR YEAR-ENDING DONATIONS! 🙂 There’s still time to make an anti-porn contribution for 2014! It’s tax-deductible! ~ Doing so will help us do more much-needed and important work to reach and help humanity in 2015!
5) We facilitated Jessica Mendes speaking out about her harmful experiences doing porn by arranging two radio interviews for her, a video interview with The Mindful Habit, an interview for an upcoming book by UK feminist Kat Banyard, and a powerful speech at Arizona State University! (With over 265,000 views in just 7 months!) All are posted on her page at our website:
6) We got two articles by sex industry survivors Cameron Adams (Bay) and Alexandra M. published online at the online magazine Ravishly, and they were later also published at the Huffington Post:
8) We gained many new supporters and informed many people about the harms of pornography at our WordPress and Tumblr blogs, and our other social networking sites at Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Google+!
9) We got some great new volunteers, including awesome Taylor, who presented an excellent speech at NYU, and wrote a powerful essay about why he’s a man against pornography and prostitution!
11) We had almost 200,000 unique visitors spend time at our website this year, for a cumulative total of more than 500,000 people!
12) We got over 400,000 page views at our website this year, for a cumulative total of over 1.2 million!
13) Most importantly of all, we achieved many *concrete results*, such as: a) inspiring new activists to start speaking out, and b) reducing demand for sexual exploitation — by getting many men to truly understand the devastating harms of pornography and to stop using it.
Below are a just a few examples of our many results that we have achieved this year. NOTE: Quite a few of them come from our video of Jessica Mendes’ speech to ASU:
We find that sharing the stories of ex porn performers is one of the most powerful ways to create meaningful change, which is why we focus on a great deal on this.
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MEANINGFUL RESULTS FROM OUR ORGANIZATION’S WORK IN 2014:
“I just want to thank you for changing my life and the wrong perspective I had about porn.” – SF
“Jessica’s story was how I’ve managed to get off porn, and I’m so grateful.” – NT
“Wow… This is really shocking…. I honestly always looked at porn as normal, and that it was normal for every one to watch it. But what is actually behind the lines is really depressing and sick….” – ICE Trey
“This video with Jessica brought me some answers and makes me even more motivated to never watch any porn again (and it’s not easy as I started when I was 14 and I’m already 24.)” – David Barrau
“I usually watch porn and like it, but this video…. made me cry, and made me more human than I used to be. Because porn is something so aggressive… but women are not pieces of meat to eat, they are humans. (Women — I mean ALL OF THEM, including the pornstars).” – Tomás Jesús
“Jessica: Your voice is the cure for the cruel and destructive pornography that polluted my soul. Thank you so much for setting me free from it. :-)” – NLJ
“This was actually very enlightening. I like this video and agree. You guys have inspired me to stop watching the filth known as porn.” – Mark Sullivan
“The impact that your story is having on me, Jessica — and probably many visitors to AntiPornography.org — might seem a small thing, but because of it we learn to see women once again in all their true natural beauty as full humans, and not as slaves anymore.” – NLJ
“Well, I have to admit that I have watched porn for a long time and always told myself that “these people like what they do,” etc. However, that’s over. Videos like this educated me and now I know what is really going on in this “industry”. The abuse and the disrespect for human beings which is implicated in the process of making porn is horrific, and for anybody who has some empathy or ethics there can be only one answer: considering porn as a threat not only for women but for all people involved. So I decided that I will never watch porn again and I will tell all my friends what is happening there.” – Kl2002010
“Jessica: I’ve been addicted to porn since I was an 8th grader. To this day I’ve watched porn on a daily basis. So, for over a decade I’ve been mentally locked by the facade of porn. After I watched you address the students at ASU, I immediately deleted every trace of porn that I had. Listening to you speak nearly brought me to tears, and I’m not the guy to cry over anything. But seeing you change made me realize that I too can change. I’m glad I was able to see someone who was in the business get out, and have a voice. That is incredibly powerful!” – JW
“Thank you, thank you, thank you for validating my feelings about porn. My husband used to be into it and it almost ruined our marriage. I’m so sick of people thinking wives over-react to something that is “normal” for men. Porn is not erotica.Thanks again for educating people about this.” – Janet G.
“I would like you to know that I’ve been making a lot of progress enriching peoples lives with your organization’s message. And like I said before, Jessica Mendes’ story inspired me to undertake this task and it’s proving to be successful… Many people feel a change of heart and believe they’ve made errors in their ways. Her story as well as many others have had profound effects on them. Will keep you posted on more things happening. Peace be with you. Jessica’s message here in South Africa has touched many, and I will continue to do my part.” – Micalyn Moodley
“Well thanks for sharing this video. I’m not going to watch porn any more. I was going to, but after watching this video I changed my mind.” – jovany valencia
“This makes that 3rd month that I have gone without viewing pornography online, or through other means for more than a few accidental clicks. Thanks for the information on the website. Anti-pornography information has been very helpful to me!” – Mealane8
“Jessica Mendes’ videos have truly opened up my mind my eyes, and I’ve now not watched a single porn video in over 8 months, and am planning to stop permanently. Apart from that I’m trying my best to spread around to my porn addict friends about this website. BRAVO TO JESSICA MENDES, as she made an addict like me feel sick about the dark side of porn. Jessica is doing great efforts. I support her and AntiPornography.org all the way.” – 20 year old male
“Your website provided me with such helpful information and completely changed my perspective…. I just wanted to thank you for changing my perspective at a young age and spreading the word, which I find to be INCREDIBLY important.” – Kenton
“Thank you for all of the helpful information. I work with sexually abusive youth and your website has been a great resource.” – Tam
“BRAVO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS. EVERY ASPECT COVERED. (At AntiPornography.org’s website.) I have faith that as people open and purify their hearts they will see that in hurting others we are ultimately hurting ourselves and all. Great love to all of you working on this. I am confident you are SAVING LIVES.” – 27 year old female
“This was seriously such a fantastic opportunity for my class at ASU and we were SO grateful to have Jessica with us that day. It was amazing to hear her story, experiences, and wisdom. I think my class really learned a lot that day and hopefully they will look at the world differently now. I look forward to continuing my involvement with AntiPornography.org through volunteer work and inspiring others to do the same. This is an important cause and I am so glad to be involved with such a great organization!” – Emma-Li Thompson
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Well there you have it! Pretty inspiring stuff, isn’t it? 🙂 We’d like to accomplish a lot more great work like this to prevent and combat the harms of pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking in 2015, (remember: they are all connected!), but like all nonprofits we depend on the kind support and generosity of others to help us with this.
So we hope all of you who care will step up and make a much-needed donation to help us make the world a better and more porn-free world for everyone. Please remember that this is a TEAM EFFORT, and that we are ALL responsible for doing what we can to end the harms of all forms of sexual exploitation.
Many thanks to all who care enough to TAKE ACTION and give what you can. We really appreciate your support! 🙂
Here’s a short essay by our awesome new volunteer Taylor, on why he’s a man against pornography and prostitution! 🙂
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“Why would a man be against pornography and prostitution? Some may be opposed to pornography and prostitution from a religious perspective, viewing nudity as obscene or immoral. Other men might be against pornography and prostitution from the standpoint of someone struggling with addiction. After all, the instant gratification which they provide can be extremely addicting! It can definitely take control over some men’s lives.
But neither of these reasons explain why I am opposed to pornography and prostitution. I do not view nudity as inherently obscene, and as an atheist, I am not religiously averse to healthy premarital sex or healthy sex without the intention of procreation. Pornography and prostitution, however, are not healthy sex. And although I did use pornography prior to seriously considering the reasons why I shouldn’t, I was never an addict.
I am opposed to pornography and prostitution, not for religious or personal reasons, but because they are harmful to women and to society as a whole. The main reason for this is that they objectify women. We have all heard this term, but how many of us have really taken the time to think about what it means? Women are half of the population, and when men view women as commodities to be bought and sold (as is the case with pimps and pornography producers), or rented (as is the case with johns and pornography users), it serves only to divide.”
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READ THE REST OF THIS THOUGHT-PROVOKING ESSAY AT THE LINK BELOW: (And please don’t forget to like, comment and share to spread the word and support Taylor’s volunteer work and the cause. Thanks! :-))
NOTE: Starting this week Taylor will be doing some guest tweeting about the harms of pornography for our @AntiPornography Twitter account. So we encourage you to follow us there to hear all of the other interesting and informative things that Taylor has to say about how pornography harms everyone! Thanks! 🙂
P.S. Apologies for the lack of posts for the last six weeks or so. We’ve been overwhelmed with work and unable to keep up with all of our social networks. We hope to get enough help soon to be able to do so!
~ PERSONAL HARM STORY BY SARAH T. – 19 years old ~
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
I grew up in a fairly big family in which I had three brothers and two sisters. I was the youngest of all of them. My family was fairly religious, and I always viewed my life as “perfect.” It wasn’t until I was in fourth grade (nine years old) that my life changed forever.
The youngest of my brothers, Ryan, who was sixteen at the time, invited me to a movie sleepover in the basement of our house. This was exciting for me because it wasn’t often that Ryan was this nice to me, or that I was able to stay up late in my own home. I gladly accepted, and we watched a couple of movies.
I was on one couch and Ryan was on the other. The couches were fairly close to each other — within arms’ reach. I remember Ryan kept leaning over and looking at me, and I never understood why — until the night was over. He had planned in his mind that this was the night he was going to sexually abuse me.
After the movie was over I started falling asleep. I looked over, and it appeared Ryan was asleep as well, but his hand was in an odd place and was resting on the couch I was laying on. After he thought I was asleep is when he started to perform the rest of what he had planned.
I was too scared to open my eyes. I truly wanted to believe that Ryan was sleeping, and that he believed I was someone else. I was afraid, and didn’t know what to do or believe.
The next day I didn’t quite understand everything that had happened to me. I had run to my room in the middle of the night and managed to fall asleep there. Right when I woke up I took out my journal and wrote down everything that had happened to me in detail. I read it over and cried. I couldn’t help but believe that it was my fault for everything that had happened.
Later in the day I had an urge to share this experience with someone. I gave the journal to my older sister Ashley, and I ran into the bathroom crying while she read it. I was so ashamed.
Ashley knocked on the door of the bathroom. I opened it and I saw that she too was crying. She then told me that she had been also once been sexually abused by Ryan. Ashley then blamed herself for not telling our parents, because she believed that if she had told them right away after she was sexually abused, then I wouldn’t have had to have go through it as well.
Here’s a great essay about how pornography contributes to violence against women and misogynist behavior and abuse.
Sexism and violence, prevalent parts of our society, have been leading factors in creating a male-dominated porn industry; it is designed to satisfy the desires of men who do not care for women. By encouraging violent behavior and sexual abuse in productions, this industry is sending a very negative message to society. Male behavior should, according to porn, be violent, dominant, aggressive, and tough; young males end up internalizing those standards for male behavior instead of developing on their own. The pornography industry promotes domestic abuse against women and creates twisted delusions of masculinity.
This essay was written by Emma-Li Thompson (@ehmmali), a supporter of AntiPornography.org who is a student at Arizona State University. It was Emma-Li who arranged for our volunteer Jessica Mendes to speak to her Women’s Studies class about Jessica’s harmful experiences doing porn. We recorded that very moving and informative speech in this video here:
We’re very glad Emma-Li reached out to us, and we’re thankful that she has been stepping up to do her part to take a firm stand against the harms of pornography and to educate others. Emma-Li will be doing some free-lance volunteering for our organization later this year, and we’re very happy about this. She is setting an excellent example to everyone of contributing to this cause in a much needed way, and we sincerely hope that others will follow her example. (It is necessary for more people to do their part to fight porn, or it will overtake our society even more than it already has!)
Thanks again for everything, awesomely anti-porn Emma-Li! 🙂
PLEASE WATCH our powerful new video of our volunteer, ex “porn star” Jessica, telling her shocking story of doing porn. She also exposes other porn industry abuses, such as rampant drug use, illegal exposure to STDs, and much more. NOTE: This is a speech to a college class that Jessica did last month.
Please like and share, and leave encouraging positive feedback for Jessica here or on the video at YouTube. Thanks for your support! 🙂
VISIT JESSICA’S PAGE at our website to read her story written in her own words, watch more videos, listen to radio interviews, and to support her volunteer efforts with us:
Fighting the horrific harms of pornography effectively requires a huge TEAM EFFORT. Will you help us help others? ~~~ Please watch our new video & then help in whatever way you’re able to! Thanks! ~ 🙂
Pornography fuels sexual abuse, child abuse, addiction, infidelity, divorce, prostitution, sex trafficking, slavery, and many other very harmful social problems. We’re doing our best to do *our* part to prevent and combat these harms, but this cause will only succeed if MANY MORE PEOPLE like YOU step up and do YOUR PART, and help by contributing your time, energy and much needed funds. We are ALL equally responsible for doing everything we can. We hope you will do YOUR part to help.
Please make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION to support our efforts to fight porn harms, and to help survivors exit the sex industry and speak out! Thanks! 🙂 http://antipornography.org/donate.html
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR ANTI-PORN YOUTUBE CHANNELS! Many more videos will be uploaded soon! 🙂 (Including many with survivors sharing their experiences in the sex industry!)
IMPORTANT NOTE: We know our website isn’t slick or fancy, and that despite it having a great deal of informative content, it has LOTS of room for improvement.
So… If anyone would like to see our site upgraded, or would just like to contribute to keeping our website going, please feel free to make a tax deductible donation to help out at the page below:
If you missed Monday’s powerful radio interview of ex porn performer “Jessie Rogers” (Jessica Mendes), here’s the podcast below! ~~~ Our wonderful volunteer Jessica does a GREAT job of sharing her story and exposing the true harms and abuses of the toxic porn industry. Listen and find out for yourself!
Many thanks to David Swanson of SwanSong Radio who hosted this very helpful interview! Thanks also to all radio stations that have aired it (such as CJSF), and those will be airing it next week!
Please support David’s work with SwanSong Radio and CJSF at the below social networking sites. Thanks! 🙂
2) Jessica Mendes (Formerly known as ex-porn performer “Jessie Rogers.” Now a volunteer for AntiPornography.org.)
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Watch and help me interview Ex-Porn Star ‘Jessie Rogers’ – We talk about her experience in the porn industry — the industry you support when watching porn.
Anti-Porn Film and Slideshow. Plus Stop Porn Culture Info
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** A GROUND-BREAKING documentary about pornography is available! **
Visit the site HERE for
"The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships."
See clips: I.e. Noam Chomsky on "choice" in porn.
See the whole film HEREright now at Media Education Foundation.
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*** The AMAZING and very eye-openingStop Porn Culturevideo slideshow "Who Wants to Be a Porn Star?" is available on the Internet! It exposes the true harsh reality of the porn industry and analyzes it with many profound and disturbing insights. To watch it right now click HERE.
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** STOP PORN CULTURE Info **
-- NEW SLIDESHOW: "It's Easy Out Here For A Pimp: How a Porn Culture Grooms Kids for Sexual Exploitation." Available for download from Stop Porn Culture website.
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This blog was created so that people who wish to do something about the harms of pornography will have resources available to help them and will know that they are not alone. This blog is pro-woman, non -partisan, non-religious, (but supportive of constructive, non-discriminatory, and pro-woman efforts of people of faith), and is a project of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization AntiPornography.org. We support, encourage, and welcome constructive anti-pornography activism on the part of everyone, even if we are less than 100% in agreement with someone's views or approach.
You have the power to choose how to make a difference in your own unique way, and to do your part to make the world a better place for everyone. We hope that you have found some information and inspiration here that will help you do so.
Thank you for visiting. May you have much success in your activism, and congratulations on choosing to be part of the solution to a better world for everyone.
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This blog was created so that people who wish to do something about the harms of pornography will have resources available to help them and will know that they are not alone. This blog is pro-woman, non -partisan, non-religious, (but supportive of constructive, non-discriminatory, and pro-woman efforts of people of faith), and is a project of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization AntiPornography.org. We support, encourage, and welcome constructive anti-pornography activism on the part of everyone, even if we are less than 100% in agreement with someone's views or approach.
You have the power to choose how to make a difference in your own unique way, and to do your part to make the world a better place for everyone. We hope that you have found some information and inspiration here that will help you do so.
Thank you for visiting. May you have much success in your activism, and congratulations on choosing to be part of the solution to a better world for everyone.
AntiPornography.org
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Note: Donations to support further activism are gratefully accepted. (CC or PayPal.)
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