There is a growing and comprehensive attempt to normalize pedophilia in our culture. But it’s important to first define what pedophilia means, particularly because the word is used to mean different things to different people. At its most basic level, pedophilia refers to sexual attraction to children by an adult or older adolescent—not always the act of engaging in the sexual abuse of a child. However, sometimes the word is...
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“Some men who watch porn want to believe that all porn is consensual, but that is just a fantasy. In my experience, free will on a porn set is usually an illusion created so we will be blamed or so we will blame ourselves.” - Jewell, survivor who was trafficked in porn at 14 Trafficking isn't an anomaly in the porn industry, it’s widespread. It happens at the highest levels,...
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Strange as it may seem, advocating for the protection of children from being exposed to violent porn upsets certain people. Some respond as if they’re being personally attacked when we share statistics, stories, and information showing how dangerous porn can be to a developing mind. But this is to be expected in a porn-saturated society. Throughout our Protect Children Not Porn campaign, some have tried to downplay, ignore, or deny...
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We're just 7% away from meeting our year-end fundraising goal. Give now to fuel freedom in 2022! Give Now! In any war, there are moments of breakthrough whose significance is so great that the true impact won’t be known until time later reveals it. Through the Traffickinghub campaign, the fight to hold Pornhub accountable for profiting off sexual abuse and assault had many of those moments in 2020. In 2021,...
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Last year, Exodus Cry helped to shine a global spotlight on the world’s largest porn site for hosting and profiting from criminal pornography. The #Traffickinghub campaign exposed the mega porn site, Pornhub, for enabling, distributing and profiting from rape, child abuse, sex trafficking, and revenge porn. The campaign caught the attention of hundreds of media outlets and Pornhub quickly deleted 10 million videos, about 80% of their content. Major payment...
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In a recent interview that went viral this week, world renowned artist Billie Eilish dropped a bomb on porn’s public image, sharing that exposure to violent and abusive porn at just 11 years old “really destroyed my brain.” She said, “I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn.” Billie’s testimony powerfully aligns with our current campaign, Protect Children Not Porn, which is pushing for global awareness...
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As part of our Protect Children Not Porn campaign, we believe it’s important to highlight the mental, physical, relational and emotional impacts underage exposure to porn has on the lives of real people. Below is a story submitted to Exodus Cry by Troy*: Porn has literally stolen half my life. So, around 12 years old, when I was getting more and more into the internet, I remember that some pop-up...
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WATCH OUR FILM RAISED ON PORN NOW In July, London-based journalist Flora Gill, who has bylines in GQ, The Sunday Times and other outlets, tweeted: She later posted: Absolutely not getting swept up into another twitter cesspool so deleted tweet before it picks up steam! Obviously not an actual solution, but it is a real problem. Everyone take a deep breath— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) July 29, 2021 Unfortunately, this is...
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"We are in the midst of the single largest unregulated social experiment in human history.” -Dr. Michael Seto Millions of children are involuntarily taking part in a catastrophic social experiment. They’re being traumatized by a sea of violent, dehumanizing pornographic content because it’s freely accessible online at every turn. And Big Porn is profiting off every single click. For a child, the consequences of this are as serious as it...
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