I guess everyone is aware of the ongoing war between Russian and Ukraine. However for this post I really don't want to discuss politics but what Pornhub is doing and highlight feminist issues in eastern europe.

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It starts with me reading that Pornhub has blocked russian users a couple of days ago, if they tried searching for Pornhub the only they would be met is the Ukrainian flag. Later this day was a comment left on the sub worldnews by a user on the news that Switzerland started blocked russian banks

" Hackers anonymous, Pornhub and now Switzerland, the power rangers I didn't know existed".

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I'm paraphrasing this and someone can definitely check me but it was in these lines. This comment was what prompted me to do a post. This was a smart STRATEGIC move by Pornhub. A lot of people know the name Putin but not who owns and cashes in on Pornhub, the site that helps sex traffic kids, show rape videos of kids and women and has normalized sexual abuse and torture of women. By deciding to block russian users they position themselves on the "good side". There are several flairs that they have that capitalize on easter european girls.

A history lesson.

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Fall of the Soviet Union[edit]

The fall of the Soviet Union has been identified as one of the main contributing factors in explaining the recent increase in human trafficking. It provided both human capital and new regional opportunities to fuel the expansion.[11] After this period, trafficking victims, primarily women, expanded to include more diverse forms, aided by the rise of organized crime, corruption, and the decline of borders.[12] Porous borders and close proximity to Western Europe have made it easier and cheaper to transport victims within the region and abroad.[11]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_Europe#Causes

https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+prostitute+90%27s+katja&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj-layKmKD2AhX0olwKHapuDQ8Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=russian+prostitute+90%27s+katja&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoHCCMQ7wMQJ1CQDVi9FWDbFmgAcAB4AIABeogBnASSAQM2LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=SpcbYv7IOPTF8gKq3bV4&bih=625&biw=1366#imgrc=B8SBToJ9GrwfSM

This image above has often been reposted as to symbolize the collapse of the soviet union. A young prostitute, Katja 18 years old. (Idk how to link without all the extra text). Think about it. A young russian prostitute, a symbol of decay.

I follow a known youtuber, Valeria Lipovetsky. She did a video with her mom that fled to Israel when the soviet union collapsed and one of the reasons was that she was scared for her daughter since kidnapping and trafficking girls was so big at the time.

I think porn capitalized on the influx of sex trafficked Easter European women first by making the category Eurobabes. Then movies came along that played one this stereotype. Has anyone watched American Pie? Remember Nadia? Why are all of Donald's Trumps wives eastern European? Coincidence?

Ukraine has before the war been a poor place with shady laws. I'm a Christian and several years back I used to follow the YouTube fundamentalists Bethany and her sister Kristen. I'm out of the cult but occasionally I pop up on fundiesnark and read up on them. Kristen couldn't have kids so she and her husband went to Ukraine to adopt 2 boys...it took them no more than 6 months. Adopting kids from Ukraine was before the war borderline criminal. Fundamentalist also change the kids original names and force them on their religion.

Ukraine also allows for surrogate mothership (https://qz.com/2133797/russias-invasion-is-damaging-ukraines-booming-surrogacy-industry/) now there are news stories of "poor" couples who can't get "their" babies.

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Surrogacy is fraught with ethical and moral considerations. It is a process that can exploit vulnerable women. It carries significant health and psychological risks.

The children of surrogacy arrangements are deliberately separated from the only mother they have ever known the moment they are born.

The international surrogacy market appears to have significant and growing overlap with human trafficking.

https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/how-surrogacy-harms-women-and-children

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This move by Pornhub is such a ugly but smart strategy. These POS are trying to strategically put themselves on the good guys side after decades of exploiting these girls. I hope to see one day blocked swift payments for them.