Pornography distorts the boundary between ‘sex’ and ‘sexual violence’, says Women's Aid

CEO of Women's Aid, Sarah Benson, said: 'Women contacting Women’s Aid for support have identified their partner’s use of pornography as a component of the sexual coercion and abuse they are enduring.' File picture: Gary Ashe/SHARPPIX

Pornography depicting high levels of sexual and physical aggression against women is now mainstream and freely available to everyone, including children, with a few clicks online, Women’s Aid has warned.

This sexually violent content often features the strangling of women during sex, verbally degrading them and spitting in their faces, along with “countless other acts of callousness and cruelty”.