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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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Creating Porn Performers & Ruining Lives: Real Confessions of an Ex-Porn Producer

Note from writer: I must warn you that what I’m about to share with you is dark. If you are in need of a “pick-me-up,” this story…

Fight the New DrugApril 18, 2018

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Breaking News: Woman Awarded $6.45 Million in Revenge Porn Case

Cover image credit to Getty Images. According to a report by CNN Money, a federal district court in California last week entered a default judgment against a man…

Fight the New DrugApril 17, 2018

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Leah’s Story: From Revenge Porn Victim to Powerful Advocate

Using their experience to shed light on the frustrating path to justice for victims of revenge porn, Leah Juliett is taking a stand.

Fight the New DrugApril 17, 2018

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Webcam Scams: Inside the Dark World of Online Blackmail and Sextortion

This story was originally published on the BBC's website. It has been edited for length and content. Some may find the following material sexually graphic and/or triggering.…

Fight the New DrugApril 17, 2018

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Mental Health Hotline: After Multiple Deaths In The Porn Industry, One XXX Site Responds

The porn site ManyVids just launched a crisis intervention service in response to rising concerns about porn performers’ mental health. The free hotline was originally imagined to…

Fight the New DrugApril 16, 2018

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“I Am Jane Doe”: Heartbreaking Documentary Follows Teen Girls Trafficked Through Backpage

J.S. was an honor student who played the violin and ran on her high school’s track team. But in the spring of 2010, her free-spirited nature led…

Fight the New DrugApril 10, 2018

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“Sex Freak”: True Confessions From a Former Cam Girl

Nearly a decade ago, I was introduced to the porn industry through a friend. I was an incredibly young wife and mom, a bit of a rebel,…

Fight the New DrugApril 9, 2018

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How Fighting Porn Together As A Couple Can Strengthen The Relationship

Porn. It’s a potentially deadly word for relationships. For example, research has shown that after exposure to pornography, consumers have rated themselves as less in love with…

Fight the New DrugMarch 30, 2018

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Habit vs. Addiction: Why It’s Scientifically Possible For Anyone to Get Hooked To Porn

Is pornography addiction even a thing? There’s an ongoing debate right now in the media, and even in academic circles, over whether compulsive porn consumption is truly…

Fight the New DrugMarch 28, 2018

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Aussie Teen Porn Habits: Surprising Facts In This Study Show How Mainstream Violence Is

*READER DISCRETION ADVISED. Many May Find The Following Language Describing Porn To Be Graphic, Disturbing, And/Or Triggering.* A recent report in Australia on Aussie teen and young adult porn habits…

Fight the New DrugMarch 27, 2018

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Google Drive Is Allegedly Flagging and Deleting Porn Performers’ Explicit Content

Google has been flagging explicit content from porn performers in Google Drive, according to a new report by Motherboard. (Trigger warning: link contains pornographic terms.) For many…

Fight the New DrugMarch 22, 2018

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Researchers: This Brain Imaging Study Supports the Porn Addiction Model

The full study can be accessed here. Ventral striatum activity when watching preferred pornographic pictures is correlated with symptoms of internet porn addiction Authors: Matthias Brand, Jan Snagowski, Christian…

Fight the New DrugMarch 21, 2018

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How Hackers Steal Porn Consumers’ Private Info Every Day

As porn sites become more mainstream, it opens the door for more sensitive data to be hacked. Is it a matter of time before the next big…

Fight the New DrugMarch 20, 2018

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Police Arrest Man For Using Neighbor’s WiFi To Distribute Over 33,000 Child Porn Images

If the world needed another good reason to have password protected WiFi, then a recent case out of Camden County, New Jersey is sure to provide one.…

Fight the New DrugMarch 20, 2018

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10 Partners Use Anonymous App To Open Up About Their Boyfriend’s Porn Habit

Here’s an inconvenient truth: while porn is something individuals can choose to consume on their own, that habit doesn’t just affect them—it affects their partner too, and…

Fight the New DrugMarch 19, 2018

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