Photos by Daisy T. Photography. Reposted from Brett’s blog with permission. January 1st, 2017. For a couple of years now I have wanted to write about my…
“I reached out to a friend and I spilled my heart to her. Literally as the words ‘I have a problem with porn’ left my mouth it was as if a physical weight was lifted from me.”
“I was threatened by agents that attempted to rape me. I was taken advantage of from men offering me scenes after I had sex with them—only to never get the contract.”
When Deanna Lynn turned 18, her friends and the pimp they introduced her to would sell her to other couples “to help [the couples] connect.” This was her introduction to the commercial sex industry.
As an organization, we have never intended the phrase “Porn Kills Love” to be shaming. Helping people recognize that porn is harmful isn’t about shaming them, it’s about inviting them to truly consider how porn impacts their life.
“Now, I can tell you that no matter what you’ve gone through, you can always pick up the pieces and grow into a stronger and better person for it.”
A guy I barely knew came up to me out of nowhere. Right off the bat asked me, “How about you? Do you struggle with porn?” He was wearing this flashy red…
“Tony was exposed to porn for the first time when he was eight years old. He had been viewing porn for eleven years by the time we had met.”
“Since him, I have found it so easy to put away the porn. I am in my first relationship where I have been able to say ‘I love you’ without secrets.”
“I became so involved and obsessed with this business that it was taking over every part of my life. I discovered that I was developing the ‘fetish.'”
Brooke, a sex trafficking survivor, is now helping to draft a Texas law mandating hotels to train workers to spot the telltale signs of human trafficking.
“I talked to my friends about having open conversations about porn on campus. The girls were more open to the idea, the guys made comments like, ‘Porn is to be watched not to be talked about.'”
