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'''Rape pornography''' is a subgenre of ] involving the description or depiction of ]. Such pornography either involves simulated rape, wherein ] 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 ] cinema, including ], almost since its advent.<ref name=2013WhatCultureCommentary>{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Clare|title=10 Controversial Films With Scenes Of Explicit Sexual Violence|url=http://whatculture.com/film/10-controversial-films-scenes-explicit-sexual-violence.php/1|publisher=WhatCulture.com|access-date=30 April 2014|date=2013-11-15}}</ref> '''Rape pornography''' is a subgenre of ] involving the description or depiction of ]. Such pornography either involves simulated rape, wherein ] 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 ]s, almost since its advent.<ref name=2013WhatCultureCommentary>{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Clare|title=10 Controversial Films With Scenes Of Explicit Sexual Violence|url=http://whatculture.com/film/10-controversial-films-scenes-explicit-sexual-violence.php/1|website=]|access-date=April 30, 2014|date=November 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010253/http://whatculture.com/film/10-controversial-films-scenes-explicit-sexual-violence.php/1|archive-date=May 2, 2014}}</ref>


The legality of simulated rape pornography varies across legal jurisdictions. It is controversial because of the argument that it encourages people to commit rape. However, studies of the ] depicting sexual violence produce conflicting results.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html |title=Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan |publisher=University of Hawaii |work=Pacific Center for Sex and Society |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020622092109/http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html |archive-date=2002-06-22}}</ref> The creation of real rape pornography is a ] in ]. Real rape pornography, including ] in ], is created for profit and other reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/website-selling-real-rape-and-child-pornography-videos-shut-down-after-arrest-in-netherlands-us-justice-department-says/2020/03/12/5f9f02ce-6471-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html|title=Website selling 'real' rape and child pornography videos shut down after arrest in Netherlands, Justice Department says|date=March 12, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Rape pornography, as well as ] and other similar subgenres depicting violence, has been associated with ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hald|first1=Gert Martin|last2=Malamuth|first2=Neil M.|last3=Yuen|first3=Carlin|date=1 January 2010|title=Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: revisiting the relationship in nonexperimental studies|journal=Aggressive Behavior|volume=36|issue=1|pages=14–20|doi=10.1002/ab.20328|pmid=19862768|issn=1098-2337}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Willis|first=Ellen|title=Feminism, Moralism, and Pornography|journal=New York Law School Law Review|volume=38|pages=351|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/nyls38&div=26&id=&page=|access-date=8 May 2012|year=1993}}</ref><ref name="Odem">{{cite book|last1=Odem|first1=Mary E.|last2=Clay-Warner|first2=Jody|title=Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYj_woVgA3EC&pg=PA111|year=1998|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8420-2599-7|page=111}} The legality of simulated rape pornography varies across legal jurisdictions. It is controversial because of the argument that it encourages people to commit rape. However, studies of the ] depicting sexual violence produce conflicting results.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html |title=Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan |publisher=University of Hawaii |work=Pacific Center for Sex and Society |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020622092109/http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html |archive-date=2002-06-22}}</ref> The creation of real rape pornography is a ] in ]. Real rape pornography, including ] in ], is created for profit and other reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/website-selling-real-rape-and-child-pornography-videos-shut-down-after-arrest-in-netherlands-us-justice-department-says/2020/03/12/5f9f02ce-6471-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html|title=Website selling 'real' rape and child pornography videos shut down after arrest in Netherlands, Justice Department says|date=March 12, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Rape pornography, as well as ] and other similar subgenres depicting violence, has been associated with ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hald|first1=Gert Martin|last2=Malamuth|first2=Neil M.|last3=Yuen|first3=Carlin|date=1 January 2010|title=Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: revisiting the relationship in nonexperimental studies|journal=Aggressive Behavior|volume=36|issue=1|pages=14–20|doi=10.1002/ab.20328|pmid=19862768|issn=1098-2337}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Willis|first=Ellen|title=Feminism, Moralism, and Pornography|journal=New York Law School Law Review|volume=38|pages=351|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/nyls38&div=26&id=&page=|access-date=8 May 2012|year=1993}}</ref><ref name="Odem">{{cite book|last1=Odem|first1=Mary E.|last2=Clay-Warner|first2=Jody|title=Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYj_woVgA3EC&pg=PA111|year=1998|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8420-2599-7|page=111}}
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The possession of rape pornography is illegal in ], ]. The possession of rape pornography is illegal in ], ].


In Scotland, the ''Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010'' criminalised possession of "extreme" pornography. This included depictions of rape, and "other non-consensual penetrative sexual activity, whether violent or otherwise", including those involving consenting adults and images that were faked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/24132838/4 |title=Revitalising Justice&nbsp;– Proposals To Modernise And Improve The Criminal Justice System |publisher=Scotland.gov.uk |date=2008-09-24 |access-date=2012-02-20}}</ref> The maximum penalty is an unlimited fine and 3 years imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Information on the new offence of Possession of Extreme Pornographic Images|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/925/0114212.pdf|publisher=The Scottish Government|date=1 Mar 2011|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> The law is not often used, and it resulted in only one prosecution during the first four years that it was in force.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dan Bunting|title=Criminal Justice and Courts Bill – new criminal offences|url=http://www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk/crime-justice-and-courts-bill-new-criminal-offences/|publisher=Halsbury's Law Exchange|date=22 April 2014}}</ref> In Scotland, the ''Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010'' criminalised possession of "extreme" pornography. This included depictions of rape, and "other non-consensual penetrative sexual activity, whether violent or otherwise", including those involving consenting adults and images that were faked.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/24132838/4 |title=Revitalising Justice&nbsp;– Proposals To Modernise And Improve The Criminal Justice System |publisher=Scotland.gov.uk |date=2008-09-24 |access-date=2012-02-20 |archive-date=2012-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211152855/http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/24132838/4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The maximum penalty is an unlimited fine and 3 years imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Information on the new offence of Possession of Extreme Pornographic Images|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/925/0114212.pdf|publisher=The Scottish Government|date=1 Mar 2011|access-date=18 December 2013|archive-date=9 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309082937/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/925/0114212.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The law is not often used, and it resulted in only one prosecution during the first four years that it was in force.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dan Bunting|title=Criminal Justice and Courts Bill – new criminal offences|url=http://www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk/crime-justice-and-courts-bill-new-criminal-offences/|publisher=Halsbury's Law Exchange|date=22 April 2014}}</ref>


In England and Wales it took another five years before pornography which depicts rape (including simulations involving consenting adults) was made illegal in England and Wales, bringing the law into line with that of Scotland. ] had already criminalised possession of "extreme pornography" but it did not explicitly specify depictions of rape.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1242&id=1284332006 |title=Crackdown on violent porn |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=2006-08-31}}</ref> At that time it was thought that the sale of rape pornography might already be illegal in England and Wales as a result of the ], but the ruling in '']'' in January 2012 demonstrated that this was not the case. The introduction of a new law was first announced in 2013 by the UK ] ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076|publisher=BBC News|date=22 July 2013|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> In a speech to the ] he stated that pornography that depicts simulated rape "normalise(s) sexual violence against women", although the ] criminal policy unit had previously stated that "we have no evidence to show that the creation of staged rape images involves any harm to the participants or causes harm to society at large".<ref name=Jackman>{{cite web|title=Government to "get to grips" with Rape-Porn|url=http://mylesjackman.com/index.php/my-blog/102-government-to-get-to-grips-with-rape-porn|author=Myles Jackman|date=13 August 2013|publisher=Myles Jackman|access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> In England and Wales, it took another five years before pornography which depicts rape (including simulations involving consenting adults) was made illegal in England and Wales, bringing the law into line with that of Scotland. ] had already criminalised possession of "extreme pornography" but it did not explicitly specify depictions of rape.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1242&id=1284332006 |title=Crackdown on violent porn |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=2006-08-31}}</ref> At that time it was thought that the sale of rape pornography might already be illegal in England and Wales as a result of the ], but the ruling in '']'' in January 2012 demonstrated that this was not the case. The introduction of a new law was first announced in 2013 by the UK ] ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076|publisher=BBC News|date=22 July 2013|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> In a speech to the ] he stated that pornography that depicts simulated rape "normalise(s) sexual violence against women", although the ] criminal policy unit had previously stated that "we have no evidence to show that the creation of staged rape images involves any harm to the participants or causes harm to society at large".<ref name=Jackman>{{cite web|title=Government to "get to grips" with Rape-Porn|url=http://mylesjackman.com/index.php/my-blog/102-government-to-get-to-grips-with-rape-porn|author=Myles Jackman|date=13 August 2013|publisher=Myles Jackman|access-date=28 April 2015|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005708/http://mylesjackman.com/index.php/my-blog/102-government-to-get-to-grips-with-rape-porn|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In February 2015, Section 16 of the ] amended the ] to criminalise the possession of pornographic imagery depicting acts of rape. The law only applies to consensual, simulated, fantasy material. The possession of an image capturing an actual rape, for example ] footage, is not illegal; but a "make believe" image created by and for consenting adults is open to prosecution.<ref name=Jackman/> In January 2014 sexual freedom campaign groups criticised Section 16 as being poorly defined and liable to criminalise a wider range of material than originally suggested.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jerry Barnett|title=Letter to MPs on Criminalising "Rape Porn"|url=http://sexandcensorship.org/2014/02/rape-porn-letter-to-parliament/|publisher=Sex & Censorship|date=20 February 2014}}</ref> However, in April 2014 the ]'s presentation to ] suggested that the proposed legislation would not cover "clearly fictional depictions of rape and other sexual violence in which participants are clearly actors, acting to a script".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Yates|title=UK Censors Approve Unrealistic Rape Porn|url=http://sexandcensorship.org/2014/04/uk-censors-approve-unrealistic-rape-porn/|publisher=Sex and Censorship|date=4 April 2014}}</ref> In February 2015, Section 16 of the ] amended the ] to criminalise the possession of pornographic imagery depicting acts of rape. The law only applies to consensual, simulated, fantasy material. The possession of an image capturing an actual rape, for example ] footage, is not illegal; but a "make believe" image created by and for consenting adults is open to prosecution.<ref name=Jackman/> In January 2014 sexual freedom campaign groups criticised Section 16 as being poorly defined and liable to criminalise a wider range of material than originally suggested.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jerry Barnett|title=Letter to MPs on Criminalising "Rape Porn"|url=http://sexandcensorship.org/2014/02/rape-porn-letter-to-parliament/|publisher=Sex & Censorship|date=20 February 2014}}</ref> However, in April 2014 the ]'s presentation to ] suggested that the proposed legislation would not cover "clearly fictional depictions of rape and other sexual violence in which participants are clearly actors, acting to a script".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Yates|title=UK Censors Approve Unrealistic Rape Porn|url=http://sexandcensorship.org/2014/04/uk-censors-approve-unrealistic-rape-porn/|publisher=Sex and Censorship|date=4 April 2014}}</ref>
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Internet policing with respect to investigating actual crime has been made increasingly difficult by rape pornography websites operating anonymously, ignoring ] regulations and providing false information for the ] database.<ref name=washpost/> Internet policing with respect to investigating actual crime has been made increasingly difficult by rape pornography websites operating anonymously, ignoring ] regulations and providing false information for the ] database.<ref name=washpost/>


From 2009 to 2020, the pornographic company ] created hundreds of pornographic videos in which the depicted women were manipulated, coerced, lied to, given marijuana or other drugs or physically forced to have sex, according to the accounts of victims and material from a lawsuit against the company.<ref name="NBC2019Feb7">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/uncovering-a-san-diego-porn-scheme/1589/|title=Uncovering A San Diego Porn Scheme: Deception, Humiliation Follow Online Ads|publisher=]|last1=Hargrove|first1=Dorian|last2=Payton|first2=Mari|last3=Jones|first3=Tom|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="SDR2017Jan4">{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/jan/04/cover-san-diegos-porn-studios/|title=San Diego's porn studios|work=]|last=Hargrove|first=Dorian|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Xbiz GDP">{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Gustavo|date=October 17, 2019|title=Here's What You Need to Know About the GirlsDoPorn Case|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/247515/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-girlsdoporn-case|website=]|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name="ArsOct19">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/girlsdoporn-on-trial-for-fraud-still-isnt-leveling-with-new-models/|title=GirlsDoPorn, on trial for fraud, still isn't leveling with new models|work=]|last=Lee|first=Timothy B.|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> Six people involved in the website were charged with ] by force, fraud and coercion in November 2019.<ref name="Xbiz GDP"/> Official videos from the company were viewed over a billion times, including a paid subscription service on its website, and an estimated 680 million views on the tube site ], where the official channel was among the site's top 20 most viewed. Pirated copies of the videos were also viewed hundreds of millions of times.<ref name="SDR2017Jan4"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12277739|title=Childhood friends from Christchurch Michael James Pratt and Matthew Isaac Wolfe face FBI sex trafficking charges over GirlsDoPorn website|work=]|last=Savage|first=Jared|date=October 19, 2019|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pornhub-girls-do-porn-federal-charges/|title=Pornhub pulls Girls Do Porn videos amid sex trafficking charges|work=]|last=Valens|first=Ana|date=October 15, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> According to a lawsuit, the videos could still be found on mainstream pornography websites up to at least December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzvxa/tube-sites-are-scrubbing-girls-do-porn-videos-after-pornhub-lawsuit|title=Tube Sites Are Scrubbing Girls Do Porn Videos After Pornhub Lawsuit|work=]|last1=Maiberg|first1=Emanuel|last2=Cole|first2=Samantha|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref> From 2009 to 2020, the pornographic company ] created hundreds of pornographic videos in which the women depicted were manipulated, coerced, lied to, given ] or other drugs or physically forced to have sex, according to the accounts of victims and material from a lawsuit against the company.<ref name="NBC2019Feb7">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/uncovering-a-san-diego-porn-scheme/1589/|title=Uncovering A San Diego Porn Scheme: Deception, Humiliation Follow Online Ads|publisher=]|last1=Hargrove|first1=Dorian|last2=Payton|first2=Mari|last3=Jones|first3=Tom|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="SDR2017Jan4">{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/jan/04/cover-san-diegos-porn-studios/|title=San Diego's porn studios|work=]|last=Hargrove|first=Dorian|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Xbiz GDP">{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Gustavo|date=October 17, 2019|title=Here's What You Need to Know About the GirlsDoPorn Case|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/247515/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-girlsdoporn-case|website=]|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name="ArsOct19">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/girlsdoporn-on-trial-for-fraud-still-isnt-leveling-with-new-models/|title=GirlsDoPorn, on trial for fraud, still isn't leveling with new models|work=]|last=Lee|first=Timothy B.|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> Six people involved in the website were charged with ] by force, fraud and coercion in November 2019.<ref name="Xbiz GDP"/> Official videos from the company were viewed over a billion times, including a paid subscription service on its website, and an estimated 680 million views on the tube site ], where the official channel was among the site's top 20 most viewed. Pirated copies of the videos were also viewed hundreds of millions of times.<ref name="SDR2017Jan4"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12277739|title=Childhood friends from Christchurch Michael James Pratt and Matthew Isaac Wolfe face FBI sex trafficking charges over GirlsDoPorn website|work=]|last=Savage|first=Jared|date=October 19, 2019|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pornhub-girls-do-porn-federal-charges/|title=Pornhub pulls Girls Do Porn videos amid sex trafficking charges|work=]|last=Valens|first=Ana|date=October 15, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> According to a lawsuit, the videos could still be found on mainstream pornography websites up to at least December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzvxa/tube-sites-are-scrubbing-girls-do-porn-videos-after-pornhub-lawsuit|title=Tube Sites Are Scrubbing Girls Do Porn Videos After Pornhub Lawsuit|work=]|last1=Maiberg|first1=Emanuel|last2=Cole|first2=Samantha|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref>


Japanese women were forced to be in pornographic videos in the 2010s.<ref>{{cite news|title='It was like rape': Women in Japan tricked into pornography|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-10/increasing-number-of-japanese-women-forced-into-pornography/8602288|access-date=10 June 2017|work=ABC News|date=10 June 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref> Japanese women were forced to be in pornographic videos in the 2010s.<ref>{{cite news|title='It was like rape': Women in Japan tricked into pornography|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-10/increasing-number-of-japanese-women-forced-into-pornography/8602288|access-date=10 June 2017|work=ABC News|date=10 June 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref>


Real rape videos of women and girls were filmed in the Doctor's Room and ]s in South Korea in late 2010s and early 2020s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/world/asia/south-korea-pornography-online.html|title=Suspect Held in South Korean Crackdown on Sexually Explicit Videos|author=Choe Sang-Hun|location=SEOUL, South Korea|date=March 25, 2020|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="bbc20200325">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52030219|date=25 March 2020|title=Cho Ju-bin: South Korea chatroom sex abuse suspect named after outcry|author=Laura Bicker|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/south-korea-identifies-suspected-leader-of-sexual-blackmail-ring-after-uproar/2020/03/25/f45f9df4-6e5f-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html|title=South Korea identifies suspected leader of sexual blackmail ring after uproar|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Min Joo Kim|date=March 25, 2020|location=Seoul}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2020/nwdesk/article/5674586_32524.html|title=Distributing pornography by telegram ... 'Dr. Bang' was caught|author=SHIN Sua (신수아) |date=Mar 20, 2020|work=MBC News|language=ko}}</ref> Real rape videos of women and girls were filmed in the Doctor's Room and ]s in South Korea in late 2010s and early 2020s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/world/asia/south-korea-pornography-online.html|title=Suspect Held in South Korean Crackdown on Sexually Explicit Videos|author=Choe Sang-Hun|location=SEOUL, South Korea|date=March 25, 2020|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="bbc20200325">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52030219|date=25 March 2020|title=Cho Ju-bin: South Korea chatroom sex abuse suspect named after outcry|author=Laura Bicker|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/south-korea-identifies-suspected-leader-of-sexual-blackmail-ring-after-uproar/2020/03/25/f45f9df4-6e5f-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html|title=South Korea identifies suspected leader of sexual blackmail ring after uproar|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Min Joo Kim|date=March 25, 2020|location=Seoul}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2020/nwdesk/article/5674586_32524.html|title=Distributing pornography by telegram ... 'Dr. Bang' was caught|author=SHIN Sua (신수아) |date=Mar 20, 2020|work=MBC News|language=ko}}</ref>


Videos showing real rape have been hosted on popular pornographic video sharing and pornography websites.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-51391981|title=I was raped at 14, and the video ended up on a porn site|date=10 February 2020|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52543508|title=Call for credit card freeze on porn sites|website=BBC News|date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> These websites have been criticized by ]ers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/09/pornhub-needs-to-change-or-shut-down|title=Pornhub needs to change – or shut down|date=March 9, 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/anti-porn-activists-come-after-montreal-based-pornhub|title=Anti-porn activists come after Montreal-based Pornhub|date=May 3, 2020|website=National Post}}</ref> Videos showing real rape have been hosted on popular pornographic video sharing and pornography websites.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-51391981|title=I was raped at 14, and the video ended up on a porn site|date=10 February 2020|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52543508|title=Call for credit card freeze on porn sites|website=BBC News|date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> These websites have been criticized by ]ers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/09/pornhub-needs-to-change-or-shut-down|title=Pornhub needs to change – or shut down|date=March 9, 2020|website=The Guardian|first=Kate|last=Isaacs|access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/anti-porn-activists-come-after-montreal-based-pornhub|title=Anti-porn activists come after Montreal-based Pornhub|date=May 3, 2020|website=National Post|last1=Dawson |first1=Tyler }}</ref>


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Victims of ] have been forced into live streaming rape pornography,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/philippine-children-exploited-in-billiondollar-webcam-paedophilia-industry-20140708-zszsd.html|title=Philippine children exploited in billion-dollar webcam paedophilia industry|date=July 8, 2014|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ijm-seeks-to-end-cybersex-trafficking-of-children-and-restartfreedom-this-cyber-monday-and-giving-tuesday-300368744.html|title=IJM Seeks to End Cybersex Trafficking of Children and #RestartFreedom this Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday|date=November 28, 2016|website=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ijmuk.org/our-work/cybersex-trafficking|title=Cybersex Trafficking|date=2020|website=IJM}}</ref> which can be recorded and later sold. They are raped by traffickers in front of a webcam or forced to perform sex acts on themselves or other victims. The traffickers film and broadcast the sex crimes in real time. Victims are frequently forced to watch the paying consumers on shared screens and follow their orders. It occurs in locations, commonly referred to as ‘cybersex dens,’ that can be in homes, hotels, offices, internet cafes, and other businesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/philippines-cybersex-trafficking/index.html|title=Cyber-sex trafficking: A 21st century scourge|date=July 18, 2013|website=CNN}}</ref> Victims of cybersex trafficking have been forced into live streaming rape pornography,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/philippine-children-exploited-in-billiondollar-webcam-paedophilia-industry-20140708-zszsd.html|title=Philippine children exploited in billion-dollar webcam paedophilia industry|date=July 8, 2014|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ijm-seeks-to-end-cybersex-trafficking-of-children-and-restartfreedom-this-cyber-monday-and-giving-tuesday-300368744.html|title=IJM Seeks to End Cybersex Trafficking of Children and #RestartFreedom this Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday|date=November 28, 2016|website=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ijmuk.org/our-work/cybersex-trafficking|title=Cybersex Trafficking|date=2020|website=IJM}}</ref> which can be recorded and later sold. They are raped by traffickers in front of a webcam or forced to perform sex acts on themselves or other victims. The traffickers film and broadcast the sex crimes in real time. Victims are frequently forced to watch the paying consumers on shared screens and follow their orders. It occurs in locations, commonly referred to as ‘cybersex dens,’ that can be in homes, hotels, offices, internet cafes, and other businesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/philippines-cybersex-trafficking/index.html|title=Cyber-sex trafficking: A 21st century scourge|date=July 18, 2013|website=CNN}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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*{{cite journal |last1=Diamond|first1=Milton|last2=Uchiyama|first2=Ayako|name-list-style=amp |date=1999|title=Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan |journal=International Journal of Law and Psychiatry|volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=1–22|doi=10.1016/s0160-2527(98)00035-1|pmid=10086287|ref=none}} . *{{cite journal |last1=Diamond|first1=Milton|last2=Uchiyama|first2=Ayako|name-list-style=amp |date=1999|title=Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan |journal=International Journal of Law and Psychiatry|volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=1–22|doi=10.1016/s0160-2527(98)00035-1|pmid=10086287|ref=none}} .
*{{Cite journal | last1 = Makin | first1 = David A. | last2 = Morczek | first2 = Amber L. | title = The dark side of internet searches: a macro level assessment of rape culture | journal = International Journal of Cyber Criminology | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 1&ndash;23| date = June 2015}} . *{{Cite journal | last1 = Makin | first1 = David A. | last2 = Morczek | first2 = Amber L. | title = The dark side of internet searches: a macro level assessment of rape culture | journal = International Journal of Cyber Criminology | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 1&ndash;23| date = June 2015}} .
*{{cite journal |last1=Makin|first1=David A.|last2=Morczek|first2=Amber L.|name-list-style=amp |date=February 2015 |title=X Views and Counting: Interest in Rape-Oriented Pornography as Gendered MicroaggressionJournal of Interpersonal Violence |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=244–257|ref=none}} . *{{cite journal |last1=Makin|first1=David A.|last2=Morczek|first2=Amber L.|name-list-style=amp |date=February 2015 |title=X Views and Counting: Interest in Rape-Oriented Pornography as Gendered Microaggression|journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=244–257|ref=none}} .
*{{cite book |last1= Malamuth |first1=Neal M.|title=Pornography and Sexual Aggression|publisher=Elsevier Science |date=2014|isbn=9781483295794|ref=none}} *{{cite book |last1= Malamuth |first1=Neal M.|title=Pornography and Sexual Aggression|publisher=Elsevier Science |date=2014|isbn=9781483295794|ref=none}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Mowlabocus|first1=Sharif|last2=Wood|first2=Rachel|name-list-style=amp |date=September 2015 |title=Introduction: audiences and consumers of porn|journal=Porn Studies |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=118–122|doi=10.1080/23268743.2015.1056465|ref=none|doi-access=free}} . *{{cite journal |last1=Mowlabocus|first1=Sharif|last2=Wood|first2=Rachel|name-list-style=amp |date=September 2015 |title=Introduction: audiences and consumers of porn|journal=Porn Studies |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=118–122|doi=10.1080/23268743.2015.1056465|ref=none|doi-access=free}} .
*{{cite journal |last1=Palermo|first1=Alisia M.|last2=Dadgardoust|first2=Laleh|name-list-style=amp |date=May 2019 |title=Examining the role of pornography and rape supportive cognitions in lone and multiple perpetrator rape proclivity|journal=Journal of Sexual Aggression |volume=31 |issue=12 |pages=2131–2155|ref=none}} . *{{cite journal |last1=Palermo|first1=Alisia M.|last2=Dadgardoust|first2=Laleh|name-list-style=amp |date=May 2019 |title=Examining the role of pornography and rape supportive cognitions in lone and multiple perpetrator rape proclivity|journal=Journal of Sexual Aggression |volume=31 |issue=12 |pages=2131–2155|ref=none}} .
*{{cite book |last1= Purcell |first1=Natalie|title=Pornography and Violence|publisher= Routledge |date=2012|isbn=9781136274473|ref=none}} *{{cite book |last1= Purcell |first1=Natalie|title=Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary: The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography|publisher= Routledge |date=2012|isbn=9780415523127|ref=none}}


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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 legality of simulated rape pornography varies across legal jurisdictions. It is controversial because of the argument that it encourages people to commit rape. However, studies of the effects of pornography depicting sexual violence produce conflicting results. The creation of real rape pornography is a sex crime in countries where rape is illegal. Real rape pornography, including statutory rape in child pornography, is created for profit and other reasons. Rape pornography, as well as revenge porn and other similar subgenres depicting violence, has been associated with rape culture.

Legality

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United Kingdom

The possession of rape pornography is illegal in Scotland, England and Wales.

In Scotland, the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 criminalised possession of "extreme" pornography. This included depictions of rape, and "other non-consensual penetrative sexual activity, whether violent or otherwise", including those involving consenting adults and images that were faked. The maximum penalty is an unlimited fine and 3 years imprisonment. The law is not often used, and it resulted in only one prosecution during the first four years that it was in force.

In England and Wales, it took another five years before pornography which depicts rape (including simulations involving consenting adults) was made illegal in England and Wales, bringing the law into line with that of Scotland. Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 had already criminalised possession of "extreme pornography" but it did not explicitly specify depictions of rape. At that time it was thought that the sale of rape pornography might already be illegal in England and Wales as a result of the Obscene Publications Act 1959, but the ruling in R v Peacock in January 2012 demonstrated that this was not the case. The introduction of a new law was first announced in 2013 by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron. In a speech to the NSPCC he stated that pornography that depicts simulated rape "normalise(s) sexual violence against women", although the Ministry of Justice criminal policy unit had previously stated that "we have no evidence to show that the creation of staged rape images involves any harm to the participants or causes harm to society at large".

In February 2015, Section 16 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 amended the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 to criminalise the possession of pornographic imagery depicting acts of rape. The law only applies to consensual, simulated, fantasy material. The possession of an image capturing an actual rape, for example CCTV footage, is not illegal; but a "make believe" image created by and for consenting adults is open to prosecution. In January 2014 sexual freedom campaign groups criticised Section 16 as being poorly defined and liable to criminalise a wider range of material than originally suggested. However, in April 2014 the BBFC's presentation to Parliament suggested that the proposed legislation would not cover "clearly fictional depictions of rape and other sexual violence in which participants are clearly actors, acting to a script".

Germany

In Germany, the distribution of pornography featuring real or faked rape is illegal.

United States

There are few practical legal restrictions on rape pornography in the United States. Law enforcement agencies concentrate on examples where they believe a crime has been committed in the production. "Fantasy" rape pornography depicting rape simulations involving consenting adults are not a priority for the police.

In response to the verdict of the People v. Turner sexual assault case, xHamster instituted a "Brock Turner rule", which banned videos involving rape, including those involving sex with an unconscious partner or hypnosis.

Real rape cases

Non-internet

American porn actress Linda Lovelace wrote in her autobiography, Ordeal, that she was coerced and raped in pornographic films in the 1970s.

Internet

Main article: Internet pornography

Internet policing with respect to investigating actual crime has been made increasingly difficult by rape pornography websites operating anonymously, ignoring ICANN regulations and providing false information for the Whois database.

From 2009 to 2020, the pornographic company GirlsDoPorn created hundreds of pornographic videos in which the women depicted were manipulated, coerced, lied to, given marijuana or other drugs or physically forced to have sex, according to the accounts of victims and material from a lawsuit against the company. Six people involved in the website were charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion in November 2019. Official videos from the company were viewed over a billion times, including a paid subscription service on its website, and an estimated 680 million views on the tube site Pornhub, where the official channel was among the site's top 20 most viewed. Pirated copies of the videos were also viewed hundreds of millions of times. According to a lawsuit, the videos could still be found on mainstream pornography websites up to at least December 2020.

Japanese women were forced to be in pornographic videos in the 2010s.

Real rape videos of women and girls were filmed in the Doctor's Room and Nth Room cases in South Korea in late 2010s and early 2020s.

Videos showing real rape have been hosted on popular pornographic video sharing and pornography websites. These websites have been criticized by petitioners.

Cybersex trafficking

Main article: Cybersex trafficking

Victims of cybersex trafficking have been forced into live streaming rape pornography, which can be recorded and later sold. They are raped by traffickers in front of a webcam or forced to perform sex acts on themselves or other victims. The traffickers film and broadcast the sex crimes in real time. Victims are frequently forced to watch the paying consumers on shared screens and follow their orders. It occurs in locations, commonly referred to as ‘cybersex dens,’ that can be in homes, hotels, offices, internet cafes, and other businesses.

References

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Further reading

  • Bridges, Ana J. (October 2019). "Chapter 7: Pornography and Sexual Assault". In O'Donohue, Yvonne; William T., Paul A. (eds.). Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention. Routledge. pp. 129–149. ISBN 978-3030236441.
  • Diamond, Milton (October 2009). "Pornography, public acceptance and sex related crime: A review". International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 32 (5): 304–314. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.06.004. PMID 19665229. Abstract.
  • Diamond, Milton & Uchiyama, Ayako (1999). "Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan". International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 22 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1016/s0160-2527(98)00035-1. PMID 10086287. Abstract.
  • Makin, David A.; Morczek, Amber L. (June 2015). "The dark side of internet searches: a macro level assessment of rape culture". International Journal of Cyber Criminology. 9 (1): 1–23. Abstract.
  • Makin, David A. & Morczek, Amber L. (February 2015). "X Views and Counting: Interest in Rape-Oriented Pornography as Gendered Microaggression". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 25 (3): 244–257. Abstract.
  • Malamuth, Neal M. (2014). Pornography and Sexual Aggression. Elsevier Science. ISBN 9781483295794.
  • Mowlabocus, Sharif & Wood, Rachel (September 2015). "Introduction: audiences and consumers of porn". Porn Studies. 2 (3): 118–122. doi:10.1080/23268743.2015.1056465. Abstract.
  • Palermo, Alisia M. & Dadgardoust, Laleh (May 2019). "Examining the role of pornography and rape supportive cognitions in lone and multiple perpetrator rape proclivity". Journal of Sexual Aggression. 31 (12): 2131–2155. Abstract.
  • Purcell, Natalie (2012). Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary: The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography. Routledge. ISBN 9780415523127.
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