• Director(s)

    Benjamin Nolot

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    22/05/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    61m

Film

Buying Her

sexual violence references

BUYING HER is a short US documentary which explores the subject of sex trafficking through interviews with men who have a history of paying for sex.…

BUYING HER is a short US documentary which explores the subject of sex trafficking through interviews with men who have a history of paying for sex.

sexual violence and sexual threat
There are frequent references throughout the film to male clients subjecting sex workers, including trafficked women and girls, to rape, sexually abusive behaviour and physical violence. Accompanying reenactments show women, some of whom are visibly distressed, being grabbed by their throats or roughly pinned face-down onto beds. Male interviewees describe having rape fantasies, and one man recounts attacking and attempting to rape a woman as she walked to her car.
additional issues
There are frequent references to sex work and pornography, including interviews in which men speak about being exposed to pornography during childhood; the detail is not explicit, however. In other sequences, interviewees describe how pornography addiction lead them to view women as ‘less than human’, facilitating and encouraging their abusive behaviour. Bad language includes ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, ‘slut’, ‘hooker’, ‘crap’ and ‘piss’.

  • Director(s)

    Benjamin Nolot

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    22/05/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    61m

sexual violence references
Classified Date:
03/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Magic Lantern Pictures
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are frequent references throughout the film to male clients subjecting sex workers, including trafficked women and girls, to rape, sexually abusive behaviour and physical violence. Accompanying reenactments show women, some of whom are visibly distressed, being grabbed by their throats or roughly pinned face-down onto beds. Male interviewees describe having rape fantasies, and one man recounts attacking and attempting to rape a woman as she walked to her car.
additional issues
There are frequent references to sex work and pornography, including interviews in which men speak about being exposed to pornography during childhood; the detail is not explicit, however. In other sequences, interviewees describe how pornography addiction lead them to view women as ‘less than human’, facilitating and encouraging their abusive behaviour. Bad language includes ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, ‘slut’, ‘hooker’, ‘crap’ and ‘piss’.

  • Classified date

    03/04/2023

  • Language

    English