“His mother wants him to explore any and all questions about girls and sex. I don’t want him to see porn, especially as a source of info. What do I do?”

Most people would say half-jokingly to me that it must be fun to get paid for watching porn all day long. But if only they knew what it was really like.

The boy says he turned to prescription Viagra pills after friends told him he would be “bad in bed” when he lost his virginity with a new girlfriend.

“I started watching lesbian porn, which resulted in my boyfriend spreading rumors to other girls that I wanted to have a threesome with them.”

“Pornography. That word makes every ounce of my being shudder. I don’t really hate a lot of things, but this, this I hate.”

Don’t these stories say something about how porn can become a crutch for boredom or that consumers can’t leave it at home?

“This was the man that was supposed to protect me from predators, and from the world…yet instead, I felt I needed to protect myself from him.”

“We tried to be intimate but he could not achieve an erection. So he ran downstairs to watch porn while I lay there waiting for him.”

“There are much more meaningful and fun things I would like to do with my time. So have I found the relationship of my dreams? Of course not. But life is so different.”

“Behind each video, each image, a shattered, lost human being who needs our help, not our exploitation of them. I started to see everything now with a different perspective.”

See how Jessica’s career in porn led to her substance abuse, suicide attempts, negative attitudes about sex, and how it almost ruined her life.

“My girlfriend sent me nudes because I asked her to, and it made me feel like I had the right to get nudes from anyone at any time.”