90% of videos published on pornographic sites contain physical and sexual violence

“ The violence is real. It’s not cinema. » On Wednesday 27 September, the Superior Council for Equality will have to present a report to Bérangère Couillard, minister responsible for equality between women and men, titled “Porn crime. Let’s put an end to the impunity of the pornography industry ».

A 230-page document, previewed by FranceInfo, The world AND Le Figarowhose conclusions are chilling: “ 90% of pornographic content contains physical or verbal violence and is therefore criminally reprehensible “. There is nothing imaginary in this violence, says the HCE.

Women, main victims

Over several months, the body examined tens of thousands of videos hosted by four mainstream pornographic platforms (Pornhub, XVideos, Xnxx, Xhamster). Some of these industry giants have up to 14 million visitors per month.

Conclusion: in nine out of ten cases these videos essentially contain acts of physical, verbal and sexual violence “criminally reprehensible “. Some scenes are even connected “of the legal definition of acts of torture and barbarism “, warns the report, underlining that the vast majority of victims are women.

Added to these are 1.3 million child pornography videos: “These videos trivialize and eroticize incest and child criminality », insists the HCE.

In conclusion of its report, the HCE therefore proposes 10 lines of action to the government, including “ the attribution of an administrative police role to Pharos, the Ministry of the Interior’s platform, to request the removal or blocking of any scene that harms the integrity of the person » or the possibility of “ Arcom blocks pornographic sites that do not implement age checks » and the factory “ the right to withdraw sexual content from any person filmed who requests ite”, lists FranceInfo.

Questioned by our colleagues at WorldHCE President Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette said she hoped, thanks to this report, ” break down this wall of indifference ” Who “has accompanied the increase in violence in porn”, For “get out of denial”.