Behind the Manosphere: Exploitation Disguised as Empowerment
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What happens when we rely on the wrong metrics to judge something’s safety?
By Naomi Miles, Founder and acting CEO of CEASE The law around sex is largely black and white: either something is criminal or it is deemed consensual. Yet a great deal of harm sits outside those categories, which means we…
On Grooming GangsÂ
By Naomi Miles, Founder and Chair of CEASE The gangs that groomed and sexually abused over 4,000 vulnerable girls are a national scandal and a deep source of public shame. It is almost unbearable to hear not only what these…
Statement on the regulation of strangulation in pornography Â
On 18 June 2025 in a debate of the Crime and Policing Bill in the House of Commons, Labour MP, Jess Asato, delivered a speech calling for urgent action to regulate violent online pornography, including a ban on sexual strangulation,…
STATEMENT: urgent legal reform needed to end sexual exploitation
Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs for CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation) said: “We welcome the investigation by Sky News and UK Feminista that has found evidence of exploitation and criminal activity on UK pimping websites.…
So I Checked.
By Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs I wish my job didn’t exist. I wish there was no need for CEASE and other organisations like us campaigning to end sexual exploitation. But we are still needed and my…
The dark truth behind the annual Pornhub trends
By Dalitso Koroma, Policy Officer for CEASE Did you know the most searched porn term of 2024 was inspired by TikTok?     What was once a platform for dance challenges and lip-synch videos is now shaping how people view sex.    According…
End of an era Â
By Tilda Nilsson, Programmes and Administrative Officer Personally, I think the concept of eras has been watered down somewhat lately, but there is no denying that my time with CEASE has coincided with significant developments in fighting sexual exploitation. I…
The Notable Absence in Adolescence Â
By Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs Much has been said and written about the Netflix series Adolescence; discussion abounds. But regardless of what people think about it – whether as a show that sparked a much-needed national…
CEASE is six!
By Naomi Miles, Founder and Chair of CEASE CEASE is six! Each year that passes, so much happens in this space. The need to take radical, decisive action has never been so urgent. There has been a lot of positive…