By Kieran Guilbert
LONDON, Dec 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain s International Slavery Museum is facing a backlash over a dehumanising exhibition on human trafficking in the porn industry, which features an image of a naked woman with tape over her mouth and abusive comments plastered on her body.
The museum in England s northern city of Liverpool has come under fire for partnering with a U.S.-based lobby group, Exodus Cry, which seeks to stop pornography and shut down commercial sex work and has been criticised for stigmatising sex workers.
A tweet by the museum announcing the exhibition this week attracted dozens of critical responses, including from anti-trafficking activists and academics who said the artworks were trauma porn and damaging, sensationalist and dehumanising .
Friday, 18 Dec 2020 01:47 PM MYT
Britain s International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. Picture courtesy of visitliverpool.com
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LONDON, Dec 18 Britain s International Slavery Museum is facing a backlash over a “dehumanising” exhibition on human trafficking in the porn industry, which features an image of a naked woman with tape over her mouth and abusive comments plastered on her body.
The museum in England s northern city of Liverpool has come under fire for partnering with a US-based lobby group, Exodus Cry, which seeks to stop pornography and shut down commercial sex work and has been criticised for stigmatising sex workers.
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Britain s International Slavery Museum has pulled an exhibition on human trafficking in the porn industry after a backlash over the dehumanizing artwork and the involvement of a US lobby group criticized for its hardline stance on the sex industry.
The museum in Liverpool, northern England, came under fire this week for partnering with Exodus Cry, which seeks to stop pornography and commercial sex work and has been denounced by activists for stigmatizing sex workers and trafficking victims.
A tweet by the museum announcing the exhibition on Wednesday attracted dozens of critical responses, including from anti-trafficking campaigners and academics who said the artworks were trauma porn and damaging, sensationalist and dehumanizing .
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Britain s International Slavery Museum is facing a backlash over a dehumanizing exhibition on human trafficking in the porn industry, which features an image of a naked woman with tape over her mouth and abusive comments plastered on her body.
The museum in England s northern city of Liverpool has come under fire for partnering with a US-based lobby group, Exodus Cry, which seeks to stop pornography and shut down commercial sex work and has been criticized for stigmatizing sex workers.
A tweet by the museum announcing the exhibition this week attracted dozens of critical responses, including from anti-trafficking activists and academics who said the artworks were trauma porn and damaging, sensationalist and dehumanizing .