An anti-pornography group probably thinks that adult website Pornhub is a wolf in sheep's clothing with its offer of a $25,000 college scholarship.
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCSE) apparently believes the offer is just Pornhub's way of enticing young women who cannot afford to go to college to submit sexually explicit videos as part of the application requirements. Pornhub, however, has stated that it would not require the applicants and the scholar to be chosen to shed their clothes since the offer is part of the company's Pornhub Cares campaign.
NCSE Executive Director Dawn Hawkins points out, "A lot of younger people don't realize the consequences and harm of pornography," quotes Fortune. She adds, "These videos follow them the rest of their lives and affect their jobs and relationship in the future."
Hawkins rues, "It's really unfortunate we're forcing our kids to sell their bodies to get an education."
There may be some truth in Hawkins's complaint amid anecdotes and reports of students - both male and female - engaging in the sex trade to fund their college tuition.
But Corey Price, Pornhub vice president, stresses, "You don't have to film a porn to be a winner." Pornhub, which has 78.9 online video views a year, explains that its website works hard to help millions of people feel happy daily by showing adult videos of people having sex.
The scholarship is its way of helping students who have the goal of making others happy, which the applicant must prove in a five-minute video it must submit as part of their application.
Price points out, "We will not seriously consider anyone if they include explicit material in the video ... We are not looking for that whatsoever. I want to make that abundantly clear," quotes CNBC.