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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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From Sinking to Freedom: 10 Men Share Their Raw Stories Battling Porn Addiction

10 men share their experiences with porn addiction, revealing how it impacted their lives. Through support groups like Relay, they've found hope and healing, proving recovery is…

Fight the New DrugNovember 8, 2024

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5 Male Ex-Performers Share What It’s Really Like to Do Porn

The men in porn appear as though they are dominant and in control, but behind the scenes, they are often victims of the same harsh conditions and…

Fight the New DrugNovember 4, 2024

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10 Reasons Why You Should (Not) Be Cool With Your Partner Watching Porn

Society says it's fine for partners to watch porn, but research says otherwise. Learn the facts here about how porn can affect relationships.

Fight the New DrugNovember 2, 2024

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I’m Terrified to Tell My Partner I Still Struggle with Porn

"My wife would be extremely hurt by this, and the last thing I want to do is hurt her. I’ve never told her about the struggle, but…

Fight the New DrugOctober 31, 2024

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What Are the Risks of Choking a Partner During Sex?

The alarming trend of the normalization of strangulation during sexual intimacy is dangerous—and possibly fatal. A domestic violence expert explains why.

Fight the New DrugOctober 29, 2024

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The Pornography Addiction Trap

Jack’s journey into pornography began innocently at age nine but quickly escalated into an addiction. What started as curiosity turned into compulsive consumption, leaving him struggling with…

Fight the New DrugOctober 27, 2024

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Multiple Studies Confirm Connection Between Consuming Porn & Sexual Aggression

We fight because we can't ignore what research is telling us about how porn is harming relationships and fueling domestic violence.

Fight the New DrugOctober 25, 2024

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I Almost Did Porn Because I Thought It’d Be Easy Money

"This is what porn did for me. It reduced me to feeling ashamed of myself because I didn't have the 'confidence' to hurt or humiliate on men…

Fight the New DrugOctober 23, 2024

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Real Stories of Popular Porn Performers’ On-Set Sexual Assaults

Hear from popular performers who experienced sexual assault on porn sets to understand that exploitation is not rare in the porn industry.

Fight the New DrugOctober 21, 2024

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15 Ways Porn is Connected to Real Sexual Violence

Not all porn features violence, but even non-violent porn is associated with negative effects like increased sexual aggression.

Fight the New DrugOctober 17, 2024

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Porn Fueled Violence and Control in My Relationship—Here’s How It Finally Ended

"Toward the end of the relationship, when his obsession with porn seemed to be at an all-time high, he got more controlling and sexually assaulted me."

Fight the New DrugOctober 15, 2024

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How Porn Can Misrepresent and Fetishize LGBTQ+ Individuals and Relationships

It shouldn’t be societally normalized for any industry or medium to misrepresent, exploit, or fetishize LGBTQ+ folks and their relationships—yet the porn industry certainly does, and unfortunately…

Fight the New DrugOctober 13, 2024

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40% of Young Men Failed to Recognize Domestic Violence Behaviors in This Survey

About 42% of surveyed men aged 18 to 34 didn't consider “hitting, punching or restraining” another person to be “a type of domestic violence.”

Fight the New DrugOctober 11, 2024

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How Often is Sexting Happening in Schools?

Sexting is becoming more common among youth. In fact, 34% of 13-17-year-olds said they thought it was "normal" for kids to share their own nudes.

Fight the New DrugOctober 9, 2024

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Does Porn Normalize Sexual Violence in Teen Relationships?

Porn is often the primary provider of information about sex for many adolescents, but how is this exposure to sexual violence impacting teens?

Fight the New DrugOctober 7, 2024

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