Essay Fragment for Human Rights by Oana Maroti
I was attempting to prepare a presentation on the situation regarding the pornographic industry in Barcelona—an industry that has grown stronger than ever since the pandemic, forcing mothers into prostitution.
Individuals are targeted and ostracized from society, leaving them with no choice but to become pornographic actors.
When I tried to translate the text from Spanish into English, the translation tool revealed a form of discrimination: it prevented the text from reflecting reality and, instead, blamed the victim. According to the artificial intelligence—in various "imperialist" languages—those who work in the pornographic industry are "sinners" rather than victims of human trafficking, which is what they actually are. The AI presents a reality that shields the predator. Why?
While wealthy women gather at parties centered on deep-throat oral sex, and affluent men enjoy participating in gang rapes of a woman—or a man—who is unconscious or passed out, even recording the "event," the people being sexually exploited are individuals paid a pittance, often living on the streets. They lack any form of medical or psychological support; their work is socially stigmatized, whereas those with the money to purchase sexual pleasure are accepted by society.
It is horrific to treat impoverished people as commodities and abuse them, while simultaneously applauding the predators simply because they have the money to afford such abuse...
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Según la inteligencia artificial —en diversos idiomas «imperialistas»—, quienes trabajan en la industria pornográfica son «pecadores», y no víctimas de trata de personas, que es lo que son en realidad. La IA presenta una realidad que protege al depredador. ¿Por qué?
