How do you watch ethically responsible porn?

For many people, it's a taboo subject to talk about publicly, but I'm going to do it anyway: porn. And especially watching it. Do you do that? Totally fine. But make sure you watch it in a good way. Because yes, there is quite a difference in that — and there's a good chance you didn't know the ins and outs of it.

Because watching ethically responsible porn is possible, and it's actually quite strange that this is not the norm at the moment. For example, do you watch your porn via PornHub? Then you're actually not doing it quite right. Because even if you watch the usual stuff there, there is quite a lot of child pornography on that website. Currently, there is even a lawsuit going on about it, in which a woman has testified against the website. She tried to take a video of herself offline — in which she was seen as a 14-year-old — but received no response each time. PornHub denied any correspondence between them and the woman, but that was soon disproven because she could easily demonstrate that there had been.

Since then, PornHub has been under fire because it doesn't seem to change its practices to combat child pornography. Many users have therefore boycotted the site, but if you don't want to do that, there is a way to watch ethically responsible porn here too: only watch content from ‘verified users’, recognizable by the blue checkmark next to their username. This way, you can be sure that you are watching content that all parties have agreed to and that the user also receives a kickback from the views.

Another way to watch ethically responsible porn is to ensure that the line between creator and viewer is as short as possible. Many porn actors are on social media and promote channels where you can view their content (often for a fee); this way, you can be sure that it actually reaches them. This is of course only an option if you are willing to pay for it, otherwise the aforementioned option on PornHub is a good alternative, as it costs you nothing.

The most important thing is: do your own research. Yes, that also applies to something like watching porn. It is an industry where many actors are severely underpaid, receive little money for the content they create (and how often it is viewed), and on many porn sites, there are also very grim things to be found, which they have not always done enough to remove from the site.