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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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Instagram Has a “No Nudity” Policy, So Why is There So Much Porn on the App?

Basic hashtags such as #sexy, many times containing pornography, collectively have millions of posts, none of which are filtered for young users.

Fight the New DrugNovember 23, 2020

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Telegram Deepfake Bot Creates Nonconsensual Nude Images of 680,000 Women, Some of Them Underage

An estimated 608,000 women and girls were "stripped" through the app this summer, a serious example of digital sexual exploitation.

Fight the New DrugNovember 21, 2020

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Ditching Porn for Girls Never Worked—I Had to Stop Watching It for Myself

"She was very hurt, but also appreciative that I told her. She told me she was glad that she didn't have to find out herself and catch…

Fight the New DrugNovember 17, 2020

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Nearly 90,000 Alleged Sex Abuse Claims Filed Against Boy Scouts

This issue is another sobering reminder that men and boys are sexually abused, too. Tragically, trafficking, exploitation, sexual assault, and rape can and do happen to anyone—regardless of…

Fight the New DrugNovember 16, 2020

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Children Committed Nearly 20% of Reported Sex Crimes in Ireland in 2019, But Why?

Children under 18 years old were confirmed or suspect perpetrators in almost 20% of all sexual crimes reported by complainants in 2019. Why?

Fight the New DrugNovember 11, 2020

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An Official Letter from the President & Co-Founder of Fight the New Drug

Much like tobacco's TRUTH campaign, our mission is to reach as many people as possible in society to change the everyday conversation about pornography.

Fight the New DrugNovember 6, 2020

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Why the Fight Against Porn Matters, No Matter Who You Vote For

We think it’s a huge relief that someone doesn’t have to have a specific set of beliefs or political persuasion to be against exploitation.

Fight the New DrugNovember 3, 2020

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Thailand Blocks Access to Pornhub Because the Site “Encourages Young People Toward Improper Behavior”

Thailand reportedly restricted access to Pornhub today for violating the country’s Computer Crime Act, according to a report by the "Thai Examiner."

Fight the New DrugNovember 2, 2020

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Peer-Reviewed Study Reveals Compulsive Porn Use Mirrors Addictive Behavior

This research supports the idea that porn compulsion is linked to increased attention to and reaction to addiction cues, as well as increased levels of craving.

Fight the New DrugOctober 29, 2020

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Over Half of this Study’s Youth Participants Didn’t Understand What Consent Is

A study out of Ireland this year highlighted a scary reality: if you take two young people, aged 10-25, odds are one of the two won’t understand…

Fight the New DrugOctober 15, 2020

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TikTok Videos of Underage Teens are Reportedly Being Stolen and Uploaded to Pornhub

It was only a matter of time—many teens' TikTok videos of dancing and lip-syncing have reportedly ended up nonconsensually on Pornhub. 😳

Fight the New DrugOctober 15, 2020

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Longitudinal Study Links Porn Use to Sexual Aggression and Victimization

The full study can be accessed here. Predictors of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration among Polish university students: A longitudinal study Authors: Paulina Tomaszewska & Barbara Krahé…

Fight the New DrugOctober 13, 2020

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I Struggle to Think I’m Enough for My Boyfriend When He Watches Porn

I can't enjoy sex with him anymore because I'm too self conscious to the point it's painful for me. I over-think about it, and how I look…

Fight the New DrugOctober 13, 2020

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These are the Hidden Technological Risks Consumers Take by Clicking Porn

If hearing the personal impacts of porn doesn't inspire you to ditch it forever, maybe the technological effects might make you think.

Fight the New DrugOctober 12, 2020

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Report: 93% of Popular Porn Sites Leak User Data to Google and Facebook

According to one researcher, “Google refuses to host porn, but has no limits on observing the porn consumption of users, often without their knowledge.”

Fight the New DrugOctober 12, 2020

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