We have seen a huge increase in deprivation of liberty, physical injuries, torture, drugging, filming and sharing footage without consent.” With offenders not able to differentiate between fantasy and reality, believing women are ‘up for it’ 24/7, ascribing to the myth that ‘no means yes and yes means anal,’ oblivious to injuries caused and never ever considering consent. The biggest common denominator is consumption of porn by the offender.
“In the past few years we have had a huge increase in intimate partner rape of women from 14 to 80+. The director of a domestic violence centre on the Gold Coast wrote to Collective Shout about the increase in porn-related injuries to girls aged 14 and up, from acts including torture: Some girls suffer physical injury from porn-inspired sexual acts, including anal sex. Girls who don’t undergo porn-inspired waxing are often considered ugly, dirty or gross by boys, as well as by other girls. Requests for genital surgery have tripled in a little over a decade among young women aged 15-24. They know they can’t compete, but that doesn’t stop them from thinking that they have to. Girls describe being ranked at school on their bodies, and are sometimes compared to the bodies of porn stars. It teaches middle school boys that women and girls are there for his pleasure and that they are always up for sex. It is partially true what defenders of porn often say, porn does provide sex education-but not in the way they think. They are saying that boys act like they are entitled to girls’ bodies, like girls are only there to pleasure them. Girls describe being groped in the schoolyard and being routinely sexually harassed at school or on the school bus on the way home. Many of them have seen 50 Shades of Grey, and wonder if a boy wants to hit me, tie me up and stalk me, does that mean he loves me? Girls are tolerating demeaning and disrespectful behaviors, and thereby internalizing pornography’s messages about their submissive role. Seventh-grade girls are asking questions about bondage and S&M. Often times boys will use the revealing pics to humiliate girls publicly if there is a bad break up. Boys then typically use the images as a form of currency, to swap and share with their friends. The girl asks: “How do I say no without hurting his feelings?”Īs the Plan Australia/Our Watch report found, girls are tired of being pressured for images they don’t want to send, but they seem resigned to send them anyway because of how normal the practice has become. Receiving texts like “send me a picture of your tits” is an almost daily occurrence for many young girls. Seventh-grade girls are increasingly seeking help on what to do about requests for naked images. A 15-year-old girl said she didn’t enjoy sex at all, but that getting it out of the way quickly was the only way her boyfriend would stop pressuring her and watch a movie. ” A male high school student said to a girl: “If you I’ll give you a kiss.” Girls are expected to provide sex acts for tokens of affection and are coached through it by porn-taught boys. When asked, “How do you know a guy likes you?” an 8th-grade girl replied: “He still wants to talk to you after you. Growing up in today’s porn culture, girls quickly learn that they are service stations for male gratification and pleasure. Girls and young women are under a lot of pressure to give boys and men what they want, to become a real-life embodiment of what the boys have watched in porn, adopting exaggerated roles and behaviors and providing their bodies as mere sex aids. The main marker of a “good” sexual encounter is only if he enjoyed it. He seemed to enjoy it.” Many girls seem cut off from their own sense of pleasure or intimacy. I asked a 15-year-old about her first sexual experience. Some see sex only in terms of performance, where what counts most is the boy enjoying it. Girls tell of being expected to put up with things they don’t enjoy. Girls and young women describe boys pressuring them to provide acts inspired by the porn they consume routinely. If there are still any questions about whether porn has an impact on young people’s sexual attitudes and behaviors, perhaps it’s time to listen to young people themselves.
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