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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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Deepfake Porn Videos of Celebrities are Just Another Form of Sexual Exploitation

Studies find that 99% of deepfake porn videos are of celebrities, like Kristen Bell, who have been featured in content they didn't consented to.

Fight the New DrugApril 19, 2022

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Porn Fuels Cycles of Loneliness in Consumers, Study Shows

Those who viewed porn were more likely to experience loneliness, and those who were experiencing loneliness were more likely to view porn.

Fight the New DrugApril 19, 2022

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“My Uncle Is One Of My Fans”: Real Horror Stories from OnlyFans Creators

These are just a few of the less-than-ideal situations that have happened on OnlyFans, either with creators or their subscribers.

Fight the New DrugApril 15, 2022

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Porn Can Hurt the Quality of Your Relationships

How does watching porn fit in with our biological instinct to connect with others? The fact is—not so well.

Fight the New DrugApril 14, 2022

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Study Suggests that Porn is Influencing Women to be More Submissive During Sex

According to their findings, researchers suggest that porn can directly affect women's real-life sexual behaviors, showing that porn-consuming women tend to take on sexual scripts of submissiveness.

Fight the New DrugApril 14, 2022

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Norwegian Police Investigation Found Seattle-Based Porn Sites that Profit from Child Sex Abuse Livestreams

An ongoing investigation has led Norwegian police to a Seattle-based conglomerate that profits from livestreamed sexual abuse of children—and could likely be storing a large number of…

Fight the New DrugApril 14, 2022

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In Order to Fight Child Sex Abuse, We Need to Stop Fetishizing It

While the sexualization of youth goes beyond porn, porn today plays a huge role in spreading it. In porn, the fetishization of the underage is blatant.

Fight the New DrugApril 14, 2022

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Homepages of 3 Popular Porn Sites Heavily Feature Sexual Violence, Study Finds

This largest study of online porn to date raises questions about the extent of sexually violent, nonconsensual, and even criminal material freely available on mainstream porn websites.

Fight the New DrugApril 13, 2022

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Study Reveals Image-Based Abuse Victims Suffer Similar Trauma as Sexual Assault Victims

Findings of this study reveal striking similarities between the mental health effects of sexual assault and revenge porn for survivors.

Fight the New DrugApril 13, 2022

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One of the Most Popular Porn Sites Uses More than 6 Million kWh to Power Streaming Services

Researchers who study the environmental impacts of the internet agree that streaming is generally energy efficient. But no one expected the world to watch so much porn.

Fight the New DrugApril 12, 2022

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5 Things Porn Labels as “Fetishes” That Are Actually Normal

Body types, body hair, relationship types—some of the most normal things about people are disproportionately represented and packaged as “fetish” genres in porn.

Fight the New DrugApril 12, 2022

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Why Many Porn Consumers Watch Porn that Previously Disgusted Them

Did you know that porn consumption can escalate every bit as much as substance abuse or any other addictive behavior?

Fight the New DrugApril 7, 2022

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Why Are Women Watching More Violent Porn Than Ever?

More and more women are seeking out the more extreme versions of porn, and that porn is blatantly violent towards women. But why?

Fight the New DrugApril 7, 2022

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1 in 16 U.S. Women Reported Being Raped During Their First Sexual Encounter in This Study

According to a 2019 study, more than 3.3 million American women ages 18 to 44 were raped the first time they had a sexual encounter.

Fight the New DrugApril 7, 2022

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Can Porn Worsen the Issue of Child-Perpetrated Sexual Assault?

The study participants also highlighted the need to improve education about sex as a way to promote respectful sexual relationships.

Fight the New DrugApril 6, 2022

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