Porn Site xHamster Is Shaming Users For “Rape” Searches

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In response to media coverage of the recent, high-profile Stanford University sexual assault case, porn giant xHamster is taking on rape fantasies. When a user searches for the term “rape” on the site, they are greeted with a pop-up window reading, “If you are searching for this category, probably it’s time you consulted with a professional psychologist.” It then links to a free online therapy website.

Tube sites like xHamster often feature videos depicting actors simulating rough, coerced or non-consensual sex. These videos might include the word “rape,” “forced,” “taken,” or “tricked”—but they are not videos of actual sexual assault. Instead, they are videos that cater to the fantasy of rape, with consenting actors performing a scripted scene.

Now, xHamster is scolding those who seek out these so-called “rape” videos. The wildly popular tube site is calling this “the Brock Turner rule,” in reference to the assailant in the Stanford case, who was found assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. Turner was convicted of sexual assault earlier this year and sentenced to just six months in jail, which has resulted in widespread outrage and a petition to have the judge in the case removed from the bench.

“We are shocked and appalled by the miscarriage of justice that transpired in the Brock Turner trial,” said xHamster spokesman Alex Hawkins in a press release. “xHamster, while an advocate for free speech, does not condone any type of non consensual sex that further propagates rape culture.”[/quote]
I don't think this is going to work out well for them, specially since the study linked in the article shows that lots of women fantasize about rape.

There's even more data to back that up:

- [url]http://www.pornhub.com/insights/women-gender-demographics-searches[/url]

- [url]http://www.pornhub.com/insights/what-women-want[/url]

- [url]http://www.pornhub.com/insights/50-shades-bdsm-searches[/url]

So they'd be shaming... a fuckton of horny women who look up "ebony" and "gangbang".

[Keyblockor1]

It's a fetish.

99.9% of the people looking up weird shit on the internet to jack off to never have the urge to copy it in real life i'd say.

It's extremely fucking stupid for them to shame their viewership like this and will only fuck them over in both the short-term and long-term.

[Mr. Scorpio]

There's a big difference between fetish rape and actual rape, in the same way that there's a big difference between action movie violence and real life murder.

Shaming people for their fetishes is stupid.

[Shitty Bill]

Yeah, you take that moral stand! Not like you've provided and profited from these types of videos for years and years.

[Hollywood SN]

Ew, did they use the term "rape culture" unironically.

[redBadger]

Who uses xhamster when pornhub is literally....

Well shit what's the difference.

[arlygoodbrownie]

[QUOTE=redBadger;50495033]Who uses xhamster when pornhub is literally....

Well shit what's the difference.[/QUOTE]

Idk, I seem to find some videos easier on one site than I do the other. Or I'd stumble upon this one video I really like on xhamster that I don't know how to find otherwise.

[Thlis]

[quote]ube sites like xHamster often feature videos depicting actors simulating rough, coerced or non-consensual sex. These videos might include the word “rape,” “forced,” “taken,” or “tricked”—but they are not videos of actual sexual assault. [B]Instead, they are videos that cater to the fantasy of rape, with consenting actors performing a scripted scene.
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It's almost like this is the most important part of the entire situation.

But yeah, call men and women visiting your site mentally ill. That sure will make people want to keep visiting your site.

[FunnyStarRunner]

[QUOTE=redBadger;50495033]Who uses xhamster when pornhub is literally....

Well shit what's the difference.[/QUOTE]

PornHub likes taking it one step further by doing things like the Wankband, e-sports sponsorships, and BangFit.

[wauterboi]

[QUOTE=AaronM202;50495028]Ew, did they use the term "rape culture" unironically.[/QUOTE]
How is it ironic? Did a quick Google search and it seems like the concept makes sense - there's legitimately people who think they are owed sex, for instance, or think that the woman wants it, and all kinds of stuff.

For people who don't like feminists blacklisting words, some people maintain their own blacklists too. Rape culture seems to be on yours.

[Thlis]

Apparently Xhamster is also blocking North Carolina users in protest.

So yeah, whoever is running that site is a complete mental invalid.

[alxnotorious]

xHamster is full of shitty pop up ads. It's awful.

[Netsui]

we'll shame you but still will provide such content for revenue dolla dolla make you holla

[Daniel Smith]

i tried it, this is what came up

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W43BRas.png[/IMG]

[RaikohZX]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;50495165]i tried it, this is what came up

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W43BRas.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Hoo boy. Porn sites aren't exactly the place a person would expect something like this, no matter the fetish, so this is probably not going to go over well.

[Zephyrs]

Wasn't xhamster's slogan "no bullshit, just porn"?

[FunnyStarRunner]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;50495165]i tried it, this is what came up

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W43BRas.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

If I wanted to feel shameful looking at porn, then I want to feel ashamed myself without a website's help.

[Gufu]

Why would you even go to XHamster for any fetish searches, anyway?

[Laika]

well i guess im not gonna go to xhamster anymore then if theyre gonna pull shit like this

[Daniel Smith]

[QUOTE=gufu;50495199]Why would you even go to XHamster for any fetish searches, anyway?[/QUOTE]

most porn sites have a fetish section

[Rusty100]

there are plenty of men and women who are into being dominated who want to live out the thrill of a rape scenario but without being in any real danger. roleplay between two consenting adults, yeah let's shame that.

[Thlis]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;50495165]i tried it, this is what came up

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W43BRas.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

This really pisses me off.

On sites I frequent it has been made pretty abundantly clear that there are a number of women that enjoy dom/sub/rough fantasies.

For Xhamster to say with a straight fucking face "probably it's time you consulted with a professional psychologist" when half the time their front page will have 'Dad fucks "step-daughter"' or something of that nature.

[Pretiacruento]

I give them about a week before they backpedal and take it off, before their site traffic tanks to funnyjunk.com's levels of irrelevance.

[Jaguar]

That's one way to kill your userbase

[Pretiacruento]

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;50495320]That's one way to kill your userbase[/QUOTE]

It's amusing actually, this would be the first time a porn site actively does something that not only contradicts their core business model, but also could backfire spectacularly on them.

[Tudd Fudders]

Beeg.com and pron.tv for me.

Although prom has a shit ton of ads you gotta navigate... Full videos for days)

[Pretiacruento]

Can't try it now 'cause I'm at work - what happens if you look up Sasha Grey or Belladonna? Do you get the same error message? :v:

[Take_Opal]

Rape fetish porn is still fantasizing about rape... I can't see how anyone can try to argue that appealing to rape fetishes doesn't perpetrate rape as something to romanticize or fantasize about.

[Daniel Smith]

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;50495413]Rape fetish porn is still fantasizing about rape... I can't see how anyone can try to argue that appealing to rape fetishes doesn't perpetrate rape as something to romanticize or fantasize about.[/QUOTE]

Didn't someone confess about not being able to sleep unless they imagine rape fantasies and got perma'd for it?

[wauterboi]

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;50495413]Rape fetish porn is still fantasizing about rape... I can't see how anyone can try to argue that appealing to rape fetishes doesn't perpetrate rape as something to romanticize or fantasize about.[/QUOTE]
There's a lot of people that watch porn to explicitly enjoy things that aren't reasonable to do in real life. It's much like how people play GTA and absolutely massacre people - it doesn't mean that they want to go out and kill people even though they are well within their power to do it. It's the same logic - people who watch rape scenarios don't necessarily want to go out and rape people, they just want to experience the scenario within the safety of fiction.