Sex-work is not empowering it is derogatory. Displaying yourself like a piece of meat for random men to jerk off to is not "empowering". I find it funny how some women like to portray doing porn as as a way of going against "patriarchy" when the reality is the complete opposite. Portraying yourself as nothing more then sexual objects for men further amplifies the sexualisation of women in wider society. There is nothing empowering about people being able to see the most vulnerable, private and intimate parts of you for the price of a burger.

Women are pursuing these roles because they are either being forced both directly and indirectly ( e.g. have a dire financial need, trafficked, groomed e.c.t ) or brainwashed (by people on social media giving a false idea about the earnings that come with sex work). For example, the Average OnlyFans creator earns $150-180 monthly; the top 1% earn 33% of total revenue yet so many women go into only fans believing earning thousands is the norm. Dont bother talking about individuals you may know who are happy with their decision, the exceptions do not change the reality for the majority.

Furthermore, porn content caters so heavily toward pedos/disgusting concepts (with teen, incest, "innocent school girl" being some of the most popular categories) . And other women are being affected by it, for e.g. Mia Khalifa indirectly has caused the fetishization of brown girls/muslims. The amount of times I've been told I "look" like her or have her smile even though we barely have any resemblance (I'm literally light skinned). And please don't waste your time by saying "uh A-a-actually I know someone who is happy-🤓" Sure there are always going to be exceptions, I'm talking about this on a much larger scale/ the majority.

Some of the most popular pornstars talk about how much they regret going into the industry for e.g. Mia Khalida, Lana Rhodes and these are women who earnt millions. I tried to find statistics on how many porn stars regret doing porn and to my surprise I struggled to find them, not because they don't regret it but because publishing such statistics is harmful to this billion dollar industry. The average career in porn is around 6-18 months which says enough about how eager people are to leave.

Now more then ever porn is being advertised to younger, impressionable girls through social media like tiktok, instagram ect, girls who aren't aware of the reality of the industry. And before anyone goes on about how "only fans" not being harmful, yes I agree its not as bad as normal porn, but that doesn't change how damaging it can be. Once you upload such pictures or videos on the internet they will never ever be gone. Also I want to clarify now a lot of peoples onlyfans is just bikini pictures I am not referring to those girls I am talking about the girls who are recording proper porn.

Porn benefits absolutely nobody, its also terrible for consumers (and don't bother with some bs about healthy porn consumption because the reality is porn is incredibly addictive and its very difficult to not become addicted, especially since a lot of porn is consumed by lonely young men). The number of teenagers and children watching porn has increased dramatically thanks to the internet. One report cites the average age of first exposure to pornography is 11 years old. Another report says it’s 13.37 years. 97% of girls and 100% of boys have viewed porn by the age of 15. The largest demographic consuming porn is kids 12–17. (https://medium.com/sexography/make-sure-your-kids-are-watching-porn-with-a-healthy-and-critical-eye-f981d9e155)

Porn needs to stop being glamorised by women and encouraged by men.

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