Decriminalising prostitution harms women. We need the Nordic Model, now.
Now more than ever, it is the time to prevent women from entering prostitution - not make it easier, as some would argue.
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Challenging the porn industry effectively means we must tackle its normalisation in schools and universities
Much of the work we do here at CEASE focuses on the exploitation that goes on within the commercial sex trade, particularly on the violence and abuse that women and children are subjected to at the hands of exploiters. But…
The Gen Z pushback against porn shows that the industry’s stronghold on our culture is finally weakening
A recently-published article in The Guardian entitled “What has growing up watching porn done to my brain – and my sex life?” chronicled the experiences of author Annie Lord growing up in the 2000s, and the impact porn had –…
The non-consensual sharing of intimate images on Telegram is just the tip of the iceberg
A recently-published article on BBC News has shined a light on the growing and disturbing trend of women’s nude photographs being shared without consent on the instant messaging app Telegram. Whilst the sharing and disseminating of intimate images without the…
Evidence Provided by Vanessa Morse, CEO, to the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation Inquiry into Pornography
“Good afternoon. I am Vanessa Morse, CEO of CEASE, the Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation. CEASE is a national human rights campaigning charity with a particular focus on how the porn industry is driving sexual exploitation in many forms.…
CEASE Statement on UK Government introducing Age Verification
From Vanessa Morse, CEO: Today’s announcement by the Government that the forthcoming Online Safety Bill will require all online platforms hosting pornography to install age verification measures is both extremely welcome and long overdue. The pornography industry got away with giving…
Pornhub is pushing the idea that romance and porn are totally compatible. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Last month saw the release of Pornhub’s “Year In Review”, where statistics highlighting the viewing habits of the industry Goliath’s users are released to the world. Their annual insights Report shows what “categories” of exploitative and abusive porn have been…
Billie Eilish should be commended for speaking out against the abusive porn industry
Grammy-award winning artist Billie Eilish recently revealed that the impact of porn use in her younger years left her feeling as if it had “destroyed her brain”. On The Howard Stern Show – a show, it must be said, that…
Statement from CEASE in response to the Report of the pre-legislative scrutiny Joint Committee for the Online Safety Bill
I am greatly encouraged to see so many reforms recommended by the Committee at the end of their pre-legislative scrutiny process, particularly in relation to commercial pornography. Where the draft Online Safety Bill lets the porn industry lurk in the…
The University of Durham’s “Sex Work Training” is the wrong way to tackle sexual exploitation, and highlights just how normalised the sex trade has become
The University of Durham is now offering “training for students involved in the Adult Sex Industry”. Similarly, a so-called “Sex Work Toolkit” was put together by the University of Leicester a few months ago and went viral on Twitter, with thousands…