WASHINGTON, D.C.—Morality in Media The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is having orgasms over the fact that Hilton Hotels & Resorts, the internationally known hotelier whose founder also gave the world Paris Hilton, has announced a policy change: They will no longer give guests the choice to watch X-rated fare on their in-room TV system.
In an emailed announcement to supporters, which begins with the phrase "Breaking news in the movement to end sexual exploitation," NCOSE trumpeted the concept that, "Thanks to thousands of complaints from customers, and our leadership, Hilton has decided to make their hotels a safe environment and to no longer profit from sexual exploitation."
Of course, pretty much anything remotely sexual that a woman (or, we suppose, a man) might do in the public media counts as "sexual exploitation," because the facts that adult performers are self-employed, usually have a choice of for whom and when they will work, and get paid far more than many of their skill sets would allow them to earn don't enter into the equation. If they have sex on camera, they're "exploited."
"We want to publicly thank Hilton for its decision to create a safe and positive environment for all of its customers," said Dawn Hawkins, disgruntled airplane passenger and executive director of NCOSE. "Hilton has taken a stand against sexual exploitation. Pornography not only contributes to the demand for sex trafficking, which is a serious concern in hotels, but it also contributes to child exploitation, sexual violence, and lifelong porn addictions. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation applauds Hilton Hotels for recognizing these harms, and is glad to announce that Hilton Hotels will be removed from the Dirty Dozen List."
Of course, it's unclear how porn "contributes to the demand for sex trafficking" since all porn created by mainstream adult studios uses willing, non-trafficked performers, doesn't contain any children, features no "sexual violence" such as rape scenes and little or no sex in BDSM productions. And since there's no such thing as "porn addiction" and therefore it doesn't contribute to that, it's hard to imagine what NCOSE has against porn—except that it depicts happy people having a good time screwing each other in usually fully lit rooms.
Also, it's interesting that there's no mention of this curtailment of service on the Hilton website, not even on the web page that opens upon clicking the button "Get the latest news about Hilton." Even the "Entertainment Fact Sheet" button doesn't mention it, though to be fair, its last update was in May of 2014. We're sure it'll be front-page on the site as soon as someone gets around to it. After all, consider what a selling point "we're offering NO PORN" has long been for chains like Omni and Marriott...
But won't Hilton be happy to be scratched off NCOSE's "Dirty Dozen List"—a list that includes CKE Restaurants (perhaps most famous for its Carl's Jr. Paris Hilton ad), the American Library Association, YouTube ... and even the U.S. Department of Justice!
Pictured: Paris Hilton about to enjoy a Carl's Jr. BBQ THickburger.
