On Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a $925 million initiative to help people flee abusive relationships after a recent uptick in violence against women in Australia. State, territory and federal leaders, who met for an urgent national cabinet meeting following nationwide rallies, also committed to implementing a series of interventions to address young people’s access to extreme online misogyny; which specifically cited ‘violent pornography’.
As a sex worker, the most concerning part of this conversation is the use of the sex industry as a political scapegoat for men’s violence.
Let’s be clear: the porn industry was never created to provide sex education to children. But let’s also be honest: if your child is actively seeking out pornography, or so-called ‘violent pornography’, perhaps there’s a gap in their learning about sex and sexuality that the education system or a guardian…
