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15 Research-Packed Articles Illustrating Porn’s Harms

Why Porn Can Be Difficult To Quit

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How Porn Can Negatively Impact Love And Intimacy

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How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

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How Porn Can Become An Escalating Behavior

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How Porn Can Hurt A Consumer’s Partner

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How The Porn Industry Profits From Nonconsensual Content And Abuse

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How Porn Can Change The Brain

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How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

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How Porn Can Promote Sexual Violence

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How Porn Can Affect The Brain Like A Drug

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How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

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Why Today’s Internet Porn Is Unlike Anything The World Has Ever Seen

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How Porn Can Contribute To An Unhealthy Cycle Of Stress

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How Porn Can Impact Mental Health And Fuel Loneliness

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How Porn Can Distort Consumers’ Understanding Of Healthy Sex

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Companies Cashing In On Porn: The 2016 ‘Dirty Dozen’ List

At the beginning of the year, our good friends over at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) officially announced their 2016 'Dirty Dozen List', a who's who…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 3, 2022

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Probability of Divorce Doubles For Couples Who Start Consuming Porn, Study Finds

"Researchers found that the probability of divorce roughly doubled for married Americans who began pornography use between survey waves, and that this relationship held for both women and…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 2, 2022

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Apple Accidentally Releases Hardcore Porn GIFs In iOS 10 iMessage

While the whole world is buzzing about the new release of Apple's iPhone 7 this September 2016, and all of its incredible features, the new operating system…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 2, 2022

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What Mainstream Porn and the Brock Turner Rape Case Have In Common

The following article was originally posted on Verily by Mary Rose Somarriba. It has been edited for content and clarity. By now, you've heard of the Stanford rape…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Leading Virtual Reality Company Announces Firm Stance Against VR Porn

It's 2016 and VR porn (virtual reality porn) is unfortunately on the rise. A groundbreaking virtual reality company is speaking out against pornography and publicly declaring their…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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238 Child Sex Predators Arrested After Two-Month Operation

During April and May of 2016, the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force launched "Operation Broken Heart III," with the mission of cracking down on child…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Brett’s Story: How Porn Has Affected My Life & Why This Is The Year I’ll Break Free

Photos by Daisy T. Photography. Reposted from Brett's blog with permission. January 1st, 2017. For a couple of years now I have wanted to write about my…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Pokémon GO Is Officially More Popular Than Internet Porn

If you've been outside in 2016, chances are you've seen large numbers of people staring at their phones while walking and swiping upward violently. These people congregate…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Backpage.com CEO Arrested On Felony Pimping Charges

Cover image: © Elaine Thompson/File It's 2016 and Backpage.com, the classified ads website that has been on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation's 'Dirty Dozen List' for the…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Major Porn Site Hacked: 800,000 User Names And Emails Publicly Released

Porn site hacked! The names of nearly 800,000 registered users of porn site Brazzers were exposed in a data breach in September of 2016. The account details…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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VIDEO: TEDx Talk – The Porn Paradox

The conversation about the harms of porn continues on the TEDx stage, shining a bright light on this important topic in our society.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Hall of Fame Porn Star Choked and Stomped on Porn Set

Hall of Fame porn star Cchoked and stomped on set. There are countless stories of former porn stars speaking out against the porn industry years after leaving…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Hot Girls Wanted: Netflix’s Raw Amateur Porn Documentary

Image credit to Netflix/HotGirlsWanted. 4-minute read. FTND Note: Hot Girls Wanted contains mature subject matter and nudity. We most definitely recommend viewer discretion, especially for those who…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 1, 2022

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Real Porn Performers Share What the Industry is Really Like

“The director himself put his hands on me and was choking me. Never in a million years did I think would allow it.”

Fight the New DrugDecember 20, 2021

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How to Identify Sex Trafficking Victims and Stop Contributing to Sexual Exploitation

How to identify victims and the next steps to take when they’re found is important for every person to know, because trafficking can happen anywhere.

Fight the New DrugDecember 20, 2021

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