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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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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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How Porn Can Harm Sexual Function in Consumers

This guest piece by Gary Wilson explores the different ways that porn can become a huge problem for consumers and stunt their sexual satisfaction.

Fight the New DrugDecember 16, 2021

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Pornhub’s 2021 Annual Report Reveals This Year’s Most-Watched Porn Categories

To understand just how popular and normalized porn is, one needs to look no further than the metrics Pornhub records and publishes at the end of each…

Fight the New DrugDecember 15, 2021

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Watch the Moment This Taxi Driver Saved a Woman from Sex Trafficking (Video)

In preparation to be exploited, the pregnant woman was forced to wear lingerie and pose for pictures that were then shared with porn sites.

Fight the New DrugDecember 15, 2021

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UPS Trains Over 130,000 Delivery Drivers to Spot Signs of Human Trafficking

UPS trains its delivery drivers to detect signs of trafficking, equipping a total of more than 130,000 drivers and supervisors nationwide to report exploitation.

Fight the New DrugDecember 10, 2021

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“In this Industry, You’re No Longer Human”: Study Reveals Many Performers’ Exploitation in Porn

According to this qualitative study interviewing women in the porn industry, many report that financial vulnerability, poor mental health, prior sexual abuse, and exploitation are common experiences…

Fight the New DrugDecember 8, 2021

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Man in Japan Uses Deepfakes Technology to De-pixelate Pornographic Content

The country witnessed the first criminal case involving the use of deepfake technology. The crime? Using deepfake tech to de-pixelate porn.

Fight the New DrugNovember 23, 2021

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Instead of Watching Porn, Do 1 of These 5 Things

We simply believe everyone deserves better than porn, and your hours are worth spending with meaning and purpose that lasts.

Fight the New DrugNovember 23, 2021

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