Rashida Jones is best known for being a comedic actress in shows like Parks and Rec and The Office, but what you might not know is that she’s also an advocate for openly speaking out against the personal cost of the porn industry and warning about how seductive and destructive it is, not to men, but to young women.
In fact, back in 2015, she helped release a documentary called “Hot Girls Wanted” that really highlights the cozy relationship porn has with mainstream culture and how it seeps into pop culture through various celebrities and artists. Vice spoke with her and said that porno is an acceptable adult-produced and consumed industry. But it was not easy to overlook the horrifying effects of its inclusion in mainstream culture.
For one, it convinces young women to accept sexual abuse while it tells them they’re empowered.
Jones tries her best to be viewed as a centrist during the interview, but at the very end gives it away that she’s having to try very hard to come off that way. It’s an interview worth watching.
Jones still speaks out about the issue even though it has been a year since then. In a recent interview with “Off Camera,” Jones was asked about her outspokenness about the porn industry again and said some poignant things about the porn industry that should be getting the attention of the entire country.
Jones had been interviewed by the interviewer about how she became involved in porn despite her stable upbringing with great parents and an excellent education. Jones spoke up and explained why girls even from stable homes are at risk.
“Because it’s not considered a step-down,” interjected Jones.
“When the most famous woman in the world started her career with an amateur porn tape — and we know who I’m talking about — it’s impossible to tell an 18-year-old girl that that is not a viable option. It’s impossible. You have no proof.”
Jones added that from the perspective of the young girl who sees this, porn is now considered “glamourous.”
“And by the way, just to mention, ironically, the only legal difference between porn and prostitution is a camera,” continued Jones. “And so a lot of these girls, they go on castings, and they go on jobs, and there’s a guy with a camera and he never turns it on..and think about how this country feels about prostitution.”
Jones stated that porn has a lot of draw on young girls and that even though they are legally 18 years old, these girls still have a lot of dumbness and make stupid choices that can cause them to be permanently hurt emotionally, physically and psychologically.
Jones’s exploration into the effect of young women on the porn industry is important as it’s often not talked about enough. Jones proved that it is possible to get in serious trouble for speaking out against hypersexualization. People with big platforms tend to avoid discussing it. Jones has been very courageous for speaking as many times as she did.
Jones appears to be focusing on young women more than is necessary. Jones often talks about professional shoots in “amateur porn” but increasingly, one doesn’t even have to fly to a location, get hair and makeup done, and then perform sexual acts in front of a camera crew.
RedState covered porn evolution before. Now a young woman doesn’t have to do all that to make money in the porn industry, she can just activate an app and use her phone’s camera.
Sites like “OnlyFans” have made it possible for girls to make pornography that they can make a good deal of money with from the comfort of their home. OnlyFans offers a subscription model where girls can pose, expose, get tips, and receive bundles.
OnlyFans boasts over 150 million registered users. Some of the most well-known users earn $1 million each month.
(Don’t Get Cocky: Those Celebrating the Porn Site Shutdown Should See a Bigger Issue)
It’s not just teen girls being seduced into using this platform for attention and money, it’s also being used by older women. Teachers, wives, physicians, etc. all have access to this platform which allows them to expose or sexualize strangers from their home.
Jones has it right. Jones is correct. There should be more open conversations about the dangers of porn and studies on its psychological and emotional effects.
Jones also needs a larger megaphone. While I’m more than thrilled that she’s doing this, it’s strange that people haven’t heard more about it or that interviews like this aren’t more widely circulated. It’s clear that there are people out there who don’t want her discussing this for various reasons, including some mainstream tastemakers who believe that an attack on the hypersexuality of our culture is somehow an attack on the empowerment of women.
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