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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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Recent Articles

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What 25 Years in Schools Taught Me About Early Porn Exposure

When a respected educator was arrested for solicitation, it exposed a decades-long porn addiction that began in childhood—and a warning for today’s parents.

Fight the New DrugFebruary 13, 2026

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Can Porn Use Escalate to Illegal Content? What Research and Real Stories Show

Can pornography use escalate to illegal content? Research shows how escalation, desensitization, and risk can occur for some individuals. Explore what the science says — and one…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 3, 2026

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How It Feels To Be Pornified By Deepfake AI

AI is being used to undress countless women, men, and children. Survivors reveal their trauma, abuse, and what it's like to see yourself in deepfake porn.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 27, 2026

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“Tinder for Kids”? Why the Wizz App Is Raising Alarms About Child Safety

Why critics are calling Wizz the “Tinder for kids”, and how weak safeguards may put children at risk online.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 26, 2026

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Are There Videos of Trafficking Victims on Mainstream Porn Sites?

If someone is forced, manipulated into, or threatened into performing any sex act in exchange for money, safety, or to evade punishment, this is trafficking. And it…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 24, 2026

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Did You Know Men and Boys Can Be Victims of Sex Trafficking, Too?

Sex trafficking affects men and boys too. Learn how male victims are exploited, underreported, and often overlooked.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 20, 2026

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How OnlyFans Profits From Child Exploitation

A bombshell investigation into OnlyFans reveals the disturbing loopholes predators are using to buy & sell child abuse for profit.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 15, 2026

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I Walked Into a School to Give a Presentation —Then a Kid Asked Me to Sign His Jersey

A school presentation on porn turned into a moment I’ll never forget. A football jersey, a Sharpie, and a reminder of why this matters.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 14, 2026

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GK Barry Gets Real With Porn Performers in ‘Faking It’

Porn performers say it’s fake and often harmful. GK Barry uncovers the reality behind porn and why even insiders warn about its impact.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 12, 2026

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Grok Allows Sexual Abuse in “Mass Digital Undressing Spree”

Grok users sexualized real people’s photos without consent. What followed was a wave of AI-generated sexual images targeting women and children. This isn’t about innovation—it’s about how…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 6, 2026

How to quit watching porn

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How to Actually Quit Porn This Year

New year, same struggle? Science explains why quitting porn is difficult—and what can actually help people make real change this year.

Fight the New DrugJanuary 2, 2026

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What to Do When Your Child Sees Porn: Preparing Kids for Real-Life Situations

Porn exposure is now a common part of kids’ online lives. Discover practical, research-backed tips to help kids know what to say, what to do, and how…

Fight the New DrugDecember 27, 2025

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Why the Holidays Trigger Old Habits—and How to Stay Porn-Free This Season

Holidays feel off this year? You’re not imagining it. Learn why this season hits harder emotionally, and how to stay porn free.

Fight the New DrugDecember 22, 2025

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What Causes People to Choose to Go Into the Porn Industry?

The reality is, when it comes to the “decision” to enter the commercial sex industry, the issue of choice is not as simple as it might seem.

Fight the New DrugDecember 20, 2025

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The 2025 Pornhub Year in Review: The Trends Shaping Sexual Culture

Pornhub’s 2025 Year in Review paints a troubling picture of how porn is shaping sexual expectations, relationships, and even racial perceptions. Here’s what the data really means—and…

Fight the New DrugDecember 19, 2025

Must-Reads

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Why Today’s Internet Porn is Unlike Anything the World Has Ever Seen

Porn is incomparably more accessible and more extreme than anything available before the internet. A couple of ratty old centerfold magazines found in the park are nothing…

Fight the New DrugAugust 6, 2024

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How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 21, 2024

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How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

Ironically, despite porn’s promise of improving consumers’ sex lives, there is growing evidence that porn consumption is linked to sexual dysfunction and less sexual satisfaction.

Fight the New DrugMay 13, 2021

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How Porn Can Change the Brain

Because of neuroplasticity, our brains constantly change in healthy ways that help us learn and complete tasks more efficiently. Yet, supernormal stimuli such as porn can trigger…

Fight the New DrugAugust 30, 2024

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How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress

When a person is suffering from an addiction or compulsion, their stress response and their addiction can become intertwined in unhealthy ways, thus creating an unhealthy coping…

Fight the New DrugMay 26, 2024

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