{"id":97566,"date":"2021-10-28T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T04:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=97566"},"modified":"2021-10-27T19:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:23:31","slug":"heres-how-colleges-can-help-fight-sex-trafficking-and-porn-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/heres-how-colleges-can-help-fight-sex-trafficking-and-porn-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how colleges can fight sex trafficking and porn usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

OPINION: Reducing the demand for pornography could help<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

University officials have the ability to significantly reduce sex trafficking in a variety of ways, including combatting porn usage and educating female students on the dangers of the misleadingly-titled \u201csex work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Female students have turned to platforms like OnlyFans, where many users post pornographic images in exchange for money. (The College Fix<\/em> is not linking to articles about this because the content contains pornographic material).<\/p>\n

Government-imposed lockdowns shut off many jobs college students would typically take, and school imposed lockdowns sent them home or kept them trapped in their dorms.<\/p>\n

OnlyFans has been linked<\/a> to sexual exploitation and there is a clear connection between porn and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

One step colleges can take is to educate students, especially males, on how they could be incentivizing<\/a> sex trafficking by using platforms such as OnlyFans or other pornographic websites.<\/p>\n

Documentaries and courses should be required by incoming freshman to be educated on the truth of pornography and sex trafficking. Benedictine College<\/a> in Kansas has a successful anti-porn program. While it\u2019s a Catholic university, there\u2019s no reason most of the materials could not be adapted for a secular setting.<\/p>\n

MORE<\/strong>: Pornography and the war on human dignity<\/a><\/p>\n

If people understand they are complicit in human trafficking by buying sex or watching porn, we can bring an end to sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

Mental health experts canalso be put in place to be a guide for confused, anxious or stressed students who watch porn. Colleges can provide counselors for male and female students struggling with porn addiction. Since men are the primary consumers<\/a> of pornography, there can be specific counseling initiatives to help them.<\/p>\n

Universities can also provide education for what sex trafficking is. Many have a view that human trafficking is like what happens in movies like Taken<\/em>. Although the movie can describe some cases of sex trafficking, it isn\u2019t perfectly representative of what most victims endure.<\/p>\n

There are already courses and videos available that colleges can incorporate into freshmen orientation and student organization training. Professors could also use the content in their classes.<\/p>\n

Organizations have courses or documentaries that can be shown to incoming freshmen at a university. OnWatch Training<\/a> has a free program consisting of short videos about sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

Polaris Project, an anti-human trafficking organization, has a free training<\/a> to become certified in knowledge about human trafficking.<\/p>\n

One organization that brings awareness to sex trafficking in pornography, Fight The New Drug, has a documentary titled Brain, Heart, World<\/em><\/a> which explains the effects pornography has on an individual. They also provide articles to educate on the horrors of pornography.<\/p>\n

A similar organization called Exodus Cry recently came out with a documentary titled Raised on Porn<\/em><\/a> teaches the audience how pornography usage from childhood can impact a person.<\/p>\n

Punishment for buying sex should be considered<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There must be accountability for students to understand that if you buy sex or participate in industries like porn, you are potentially participating in human trafficking, and that has consequences.<\/p>\n

Colleges must take action against students who buy sex.<\/p>\n

It is reasonable to punish students who are caught buying sex from a prostitute — students can be punished for underage drinking, cheating on tests, and lately, not wearing a mask<\/a>. The physical and societal damage is higher from prostitution than an improperly worn mask.<\/p>\n

Paying a fine or suspension could be adequate.<\/p>\n

Students, just like any other person, should take the responsibility that if they bought sex, they are potentially guilty of human trafficking.<\/p>\n

ALERT<\/strong>: Check out the cancel culture database<\/a><\/p>\n

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