By Vanessa Morse, CEO Growing up in Birmingham, I’ve celebrated more than a few birthdays in and around the city’s haunts. But none like this year’s. Earlier this month I marked the Big 4-2 back in Brum. But instead of…
By Jo Black, Head of Communications What’s your reaction when a friend gets a new job? Most people would congratulate them and ask questions about their new role, being enthusiastic for the new chapter they’re about to start. This is…
Statement from Vanessa Morse, CEO of CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation) and Lead of the #KeepKidsOffPorn Coalition on the delay to the Online Safety Bill “We – on behalf of children, parents, families, individuals and survivors across the…
Reports of this incident are shocking and come at a time when 56 MPs, including three Cabinet ministers, are facing allegations of sexual misconduct. Pornography is a proven driver of sex inequality in society and it is completely unacceptable that this act of…
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…
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 –…
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…
“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.…
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…
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…