In 2003, the Internet had already become a fundamental part of many people’s lives. The network was taking advantage of the improvement in technologies and above all, in the greater speed and load capacity of the connections. If before we had to use slow 56 kbps modems to access web pages, the arrival of fiber was a huge qualitative leap. And it is that now we could not only load simple pages, but also share images, larger files and even videos. It’s not that twenty years ago connections were already like lightning, but at least we could access much larger documents, and that made it easier for the Internet to unfold in all its splendor. YouTube was still a couple of years away, but the forums were already full of videos that users wanted to share. And of course, porn was one of the most repeated topics in those Internet forums. In fact, experts always say that if it weren’t for pornography, the network would not have risen so fast in these two decades.
Sharing these types of files led users to need faster and more efficient connections. And that the quality of the videos was not FullHD either, far from it. We were satisfied with what we had because we were happy like that. The porn industry, in fact, understood that there was great business in going digital, and it didn’t take long for it to start uploading videos on its own to the network. But the porn videos that marked that era were not produced by Vivid or Playboy. They were the leaks of sexual videos of many celebrities, who now saw how their most intimate relationships were available to everyone on the network. First it was Pamela Anderson, with her famous video with Tommy Lee, and later others such as Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton. It was an overwhelming furor. , because everyone wanted to see those celebrities having sex, but these leaks came to affect their protagonists in a very direct way…
Before the appearance of her sex tape, Paris Hilton was not so well known worldwide. She was simply a posh girl who lived on the money of her father, one of the magnates of the Hilton hotel complexes. Paris had had a comfortable life and as a good celebritie, she enjoyed buying clothes and going to events. The leak of her sex tape with Rick Salomon was a flagrant violation of her privacy, but that didn’t seem to matter to society at the time.
They had found a vein by seeing that decorous girl having sex, something totally natural on the other hand. Being able to see that wild side of celebrities who are always perfect is something that fascinates the general public. That is why the leaked videos are so successful, even if they pose problems for those affected.
The case of Paris Hilton exploded in 2003 and was, of course, quite an event. Many then began to consider, for the first time, the real power that the Internet had. We’re talking about a celebritie who wasn’t even an actress or singer, just a girl who went to events and tried to get her clothing brands off the ground. Her popularity was limited, but after the video, she became one of the most sought-after women in the industry. She acknowledges that this affected her a lot and to this day she continues with post-traumatic stress disorder due to what she experienced. However, it’s clear that his career took off from that moment, and in a way, that video helped make him who he is today. It is a double reading that can cause problems, of course.
Pamela Anderson had to suffer the same thing a few years before. She was already a well-known actress, and that video was like a miracle fallen from heaven for her fans. She had already appeared naked on covers and magazines, but this was another level. Anderson had to suffer furious attacks and all kinds of insults and ridicule for those images. She felt helpless, and she regrets that in those days there was not a culture that was more protective of women than there is today. Those videos, however, continue to leak today, despite everything. The Fappening case, which occurred a few years ago with photos of many famous people posted on the cloud, made us understand that we have not learned much about this topic.
Things have been changing, yes, in the way in which women feel empowered when it comes to showing their sexuality in public. And we are not talking about pornstars, who today have become content creators and even influencers, and are already used to this type of gaze on them. There are also actresses, models and even singers who have not been shy about using all their sexuality, to show themselves as they are and, incidentally, get a little more attention from the public. Because let’s be honest: sex sells, and on many occasions it has been used to hook us to a product that really has nothing to do with sexuality or morbidity.
The case of Bella Thorne may be paradigmatic in this sense. The actress began her career as a Disney Girl, but soon decided to become an icon for men and women, taking advantage of her exuberant physique. Thorne doesn’t just appear provocative in Instagram photos or in her own video clips. He decided to open an Onlyfans account to upload some more spicy content, and he earned a million dollars in one day. Likewise, the girl openly shows her interest in porn, even filming, as a director, several explicit scenes. In the case of Cameron Díaz, a well-known actress, her time in erotic cinema was fleeting. Before rising to fame, she shot a film with a sadomasochistic atmosphere, in which she appeared naked but did not have explicit relationships. Those videos came to light shortly after he became known as a Hollywood star, but they didn’t affect his career too much.
Kim Kardashian, Montana Fishbourne, Belinda, Adele, Jennifer Lawrence… Many women have been affected by these leaks, and the truth is that their videos have been a resounding success online, but They are still an intrusion into your privacy.
The debate is open, and many defend that part of the responsibility lies with themselves, by recording themselves in those scenes. Paris Hilton remembers that she was drunk and was coerced into filming her famous sex tape, so this motivation sounds more like an excuse. What seems evident is that once the video is uploaded to the network it is very difficult to make it disappear, and it is something that these girls must learn to live with.