Ending Sexploitation

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The Ending Sexploitation podcast decodes sexual harms and provides you with active solutions. We address the full spectrum of sexual exploitation, from sex trafficking to sexual violence, to rape culture, to pornography, and more. And better yet, we give you the tools to make a difference!

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Episodes

Should Prostitution be Considered a Job?

Popular media portrays those involved in prostitution as typically glamorized or empowered individuals. However, the research reveals that this is not the experience of the vast majority of those involved in the sex trade. Typically, positive portrayals of prostitution as voluntary work are coming from a place of privilege. The vast majority of prostituted people are not engaging in paid sex because it's fulfilling, or to fund their Ivy League education. The vast majority of prostituted people a...

Oct 14, 20160

Does Pornography Increase Sexual Violence?

Episode #4. Research is showing that pornography is linked to increases in sexual violence. Pornography shapes the user’s sexual template around themes of degradation, ambiguous consent, and violence. Cognitive Script Theory reveals that media provide a heuristic learning model outlining: 1) what should or should not be happening; 2) how people should or should not behave in response to what is or is not happening; 3) what the outcomes of a particular course of action should be. Pornography beco...

Oct 06, 20160

Does Facebook Facilitate Sex Trafficking?

This is episode #3 of the Sexploitation podcast, I’m here today with Dawn Hawkins from NCOSE, and today we’re talking about the question “Does Facebook Facilitate Sex Trafficking?” We think of sex trafficking as only occurring in dingy dungeons, but really so much of it has moved online – it’s a digital age – you no longer need to “know a guy” or go to the seedy side of town to have access to information about buying sex – now access to what was previously an underground business is just a few c...

Sep 23, 2016•15 min

Is Porn Really a Public Health Crisis?

This is episode #2 of the Sexploitation podcast, I’m here today with Dawn Hawkins from NCOSE, and today we’re talking about the question “Is Porn Really a Public Health Crisis?” This question has been everywhere lately. Utah passed a formal state resolution declaring pornography a public health crisis in the summer of 2016, then that fall the RNC added the same language to its official republican platform, and presidential nominee at the time of this recording wrote a letter to the organization ...

Sep 22, 20160

Introduction & What is Sexual Exploitation?

This is podcast episode #1, thank you so much for tuning in! Maybe you’re listening because you’re familiar with our organization, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, or maybe you just clicked on it because of the catchy name. Either way, I’m glad you’re here! Today I’m going to give you a quick tour of what we’re about and what you can expect to gain from this podcast. We’re gonna get you the information and practical tips you need to combat sexual exploitation. What is sexual exploitat...

Sep 16, 20160

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