Lecture 12 discussed pornography as a form of prostitution and intertwined it with human trafficking, asking us whether pornography is a choice or is it force? Unfortunately, with the increasing cases of human trafficking, the line between freedom of choice andcoersion is blurred. The story told to us in the lecture about the 19 year-old girl from Nigeria is one of many ordinary examples in today's society. Many of these women who are being trafficked to industrial countries are promised education or a career but are actually fooled into prostitution. Upon arrival into the industrial countries, these women are beaten, raped, and have their passports taken away. Their families are threatened if these women attempt to run away. The women who are victims of human trafficking are clearly prostitutes not by choice. These women do not even get paid for having sex. The money they are promised to make actually go to pay the so called travel and document expenses. As human trafficking increases, the feminist concept of pornography encourages violence against women must increase as well. Interesting enough, in my social psychology book, I've read that not all pornography encourages aggression against women. Non-violent pornography elicits a pleasant emotional response and low levels of sexual arousal. Pornography and violence are only associated when men who have been predisposed to sexually offend- thus, sexually abused, most likely during their childhood. This has been also pointed out in the lecture.  Only then are these men most likely to be affected by pornographic exposure. Violent pornography on the other hand is associated with aggressive thoughts. However, according to social psychologists,Paik and Comstock, violent pornography only affect heteresexual relationships.

The pornography actors we witness on our televisions today who make $600-$3,000 per scene did not choose this career by choice because if they had other options, they would've chosen another field. It is most likely that these porno stars come from low-class, poor families where they were not able to receive adequate education. In the Talent, part II lecture, some of the women reveal the reasons behind joining the industry: economic survival and insecurity. Many of these porn stars work in the industry because they were never able to go to college and this is an "easy" way to make money and an opportunity to pay for school and go to college. However, one of the things these porn stars make a mistake in is that after being porn stars, it will be more difficult to get a good job. Thus, whether these actors are trafficked or are so called volunteers, they are in the industry by either physical force (trafficking) or circumstantial force.