Ginger Banks | |
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 Banks at the PornHub Awards in 2019 | |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actress, advocate |
Ginger Banks is an American webcam model, pornographic actress and sex worker advocate. [1] [2]
Ginger Banks | |
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| Banks at the PornHub Awards in 2019 | |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actress, advocate |
Ginger Banks is an American webcam model, pornographic actress and sex worker advocate. [1] [2]
Banks started webcamming in 2010 at the age of 19 while studying chemical engineering. Initially, Banks was ashamed to disclose her career and lied about her job; this contributed to her suffering from depression. [1] She eventually quit school not wanting to deal with the reactions of her peers after she became popular. [3] She became an advocate who speaks out about the damaging and discriminatory treatment that sex workers in the industry regularly face. [1]
In 2018, Banks alleged that John Stagliano, the owner of Evil Angel, had groped her without their consent while directing a scene. In June 2020, Banks filed a police report against Stagliano over the alleged groping. [4]
Banks was one of the targets of a harassment campaign against pornography performers by an Instagram user. Instagram had disabled her account in November 2018, and the user took credit for her deactivation through reporting her and others for violating its community guidelines. Her account was reactivated months later, and Banks admitted censoring her postings due to her wariness at being deactivated again. [5] She believes that removing sex workers from social media marginalizes them by removing their marketing channels. [6]
In June 2017, Banks posted a video on YouTube that compiled allegations of sexual assault against Ron Jeremy by members of the adult industry. While the allegations against Jeremy have stemmed back decades, her video and the attention prompted by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations spurred notice outside the industry. Banks was motivated to take a stand against Jeremy after speaking with dozens of women who alleged he had assaulted them at conventions and learning that others had known about and normalized these incidents with a, "Yeah, that's Ron." Jeremy argued that Banks' video compiled allegations that distorted the interactions with the women who had “buyer's remorse.” Jeremy was banned from several industry shows after Banks' social media campaign and the Free Speech Coalition, an industry trade group, rescinded its Positive Image Award that it had originally presented to him in 2009. [7] [8] [9] According to Banks, the allegations have raised conversations about consent in the adult industry and debunked the notion that sex workers cannot be victims of sexual assault. [10]
Banks made a video in 2018 urging Bernie Sanders to reevaluate his position after he had voted in support of the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA/FOSTA). She discussed the dangers that SESTA/FOSTA would create for the sex work industry and asked him to consider fighting for the rights of sex workers. [11]
Banks started a petition demanding that Mindgeek remove Porn Fidelity videos from its tube platforms after accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced against producer Ryan Madison by several performers. The Porn Fidelity and Teen Fidelity channels were removed from Pornhub, but their videos were still findable on Mindgeek sites. [12]
Banks and other sex workers spoke out against the intentions of TraffickingHub's campaign to shut Pornhub down. The campaign had accused Pornhub of exploiting and profiting from sex trafficking and other non-consensual content exploiting women and children. TraffickingHub's parent organization, Exodus Cry, opposes the decriminalization or legalization of sex work and seeks to abolish porn. Sex-work advocates accuse the group of peddling a narrative of sex workers as victims. Banks started a petition for Pornhub to improve its verification process so that content can't be uploaded without the creator's consent. [13]
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first notable attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In the 1997 landmark case Reno v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck the act's anti-indecency provisions.
John Stagliano, also known as Buttman, is an American entrepreneur, former pornographic film actor, producer and director who founded and owns the Evil Angel pornographic film studio.
Rape pornography is a subgenre of pornography involving the description or depiction of rape. Such pornography either involves simulated rape, wherein sexually consenting adults feign rape, or it involves actual rape. Victims of actual rape may be coerced to feign consent such that the pornography produced deceptively appears as simulated rape or non-rape pornography. The depiction of rape in non-pornographic media is not considered rape pornography. Simulated scenes of rape and other forms of sexual violence have appeared in mainstream cinema, including rape and revenge films, almost since its advent.
The casting couch is a euphemism for the practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment in the entertainment industry, primarily acting roles. The practice is illegal in the United States. Predominantly male casting directors and film producers use the casting couch to extract sex from aspiring actors in Hollywood, Bollywood, Broadway, and other segments of the industry. The term casting couch originally referred to physical couches in the casting office, but is now a metonym for the phenomenon as a whole. Depictions of casting couch sexual encounters have also become a genre of pornography.
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt is an American writer and former pornographic actor.
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Tracey Lynn Livermore, known professionally as Brandi Love, is an American pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of distinct pornographic subgenres and attempt to present a sexual fantasy; the actors selected for a particular role are primarily selected on their ability to create or fit that fantasy. Pornographic videos are characterized as either softcore, which does not contain depictions of sexual penetration or extreme fetishism, and hardcore, which can contain depictions of penetration or extreme fetishism, or both. The genres and sexual intensity of videos is mainly determined by demand. Depending on the genre of the film, the on-screen appearance, age, and physical features of the actors and their ability to create the sexual mood of the video is of critical importance. Most actors specialize in certain genres, such as straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, bondage, strap-on, anal, double penetration, semen swallowing, teenage, orgy, age roleplay, fauxcest, interracial or MILFs and more.
Bryan Matthew Sevilla, known professionally by the stage name James Deen, is an American pornographic actor and director.
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xHamster is a pornographic media and social networking site headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus. xHamster serves user-submitted pornographic videos, webcam models, pornographic photographs, and erotic literature and incorporates social networking features. xHamster was founded in 2007. With more than 10 million members, it is the fourth-most popular pornography website on the Internet after XVideos, XNXX and Pornhub. As of July 2020, xHamster was the 20th-most trafficked website in the world.
Pornhub is a Canadian-owned internet pornography video-sharing website, one of several such sites owned by adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo. As of December 2023, Pornhub is the 14th most visited website in the world and the 2nd most visited adult website, after XVideos.
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Sexual economics relates to how participants think, feel, behave and give feedback during sex or relevant sexual events. This theory states that the thinking, preferences and behavior of men and women follow the fundamental economic principles. It was proposed by psychologists Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs.
GirlsDoPorn was an American pornographic website active from 2009 until 2020. In October and November 2019, six people involved were charged on counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. In December 2019, two more individuals were charged with obstruction of sex trafficking enforcement. The website was removed in January 2020 after 22 victims won the civil case against the company. According to the United States Department of Justice, the website and its sister website GirlsDoToys generated over $17 million in revenue. Videos were featured on GirlsDoPorn.com as well as pornography aggregate websites such as Pornhub, where the channel reached the top 20 most viewed, with approximately 680 million views.
Exodus Cry is an American Christian non-profit advocacy organization seeking the abolition of the legal commercial sex industry, including pornography, strip clubs, and sex work, as well as illegal sex trafficking. It has been described by the New York Daily News, TheWrap, and others as anti-LGBT, with ties to the anti-abortion movement.
Liara Roux is an American author, sex worker, pornography director, internet personality and sex worker human rights activist.
Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC) is an American organized labor group for pornographic actors. Launched in 2014, shortly after the closure of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), the organization released a video called Porn 101 containing advice for new and established pornographic performers. APAC operates a mentor scheme and maintains resources for people starting pornographic acting, as well as hosting panels, releasing statements and lobbying.
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story is a 2023 Netflix documentary about Pornhub and its parent company Aylo. It presents interview footage from sex workers, ex-Pornhub employees, journalists, and anti-sex-trafficking figures. The documentary focuses on a 2020 scandal over Pornhub hosting non-consensual pornography, including of children, and how the aftermath affected pornographic performers.
