10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the Porn Industry Article
In reality, porn doesn’t add any lasting health or positivity to consumers’ lives, relationships, or the world. If you’re yet to be convinced, consider these points before consuming.
In reality, porn doesn’t add any lasting health or positivity to consumers’ lives, relationships, or the world. If you’re yet to be convinced, consider these points before consuming.
Over 2 years ago I found a video of myself on a free porn site. It was the first video I had ever been in, and I was only a few months away from turning 18.
Each fact below summarizes relevant research on a specific topic surrounding the effects of watching porn. Consider before consuming.
The desire for instant gratification no matter the cost, and no matter the hurtfulness of the reinforced behavior, hurts more than just the consumer.
Porn can negatively affect your brain, body, and quality of life. Quitting porn can help interrupt an unhealthy cycle of mental health issues, for one, and for another, it can improve relationships.
“I Googled what I should do as the girlfriend of someone struggling with porn. Everything I read said since we were not married, I should just break up with him. This just wasn’t good enough for me.”
Porn isn’t produced with accurate information about sex in mind, it’s created to entertain and manifest fantasies—no matter how violent or violating.
There is plenty of room for change in the porn industry, but even if extensive improvements did take place, research still shows the harms of porn itself and its deep connection to sex trafficking.
If you’re someone who isn’t ready or willing to date someone who has struggled, that’s okay. Here at Fight the New Drug, we believe fighting against shame is part of the fight against porn.
More nude images won’t remove the motivations of perpetrators of image-based sexual abuse who upload and share nonconsensual sexual images.
Many people don’t understand how porn fuels child sexual abuse. We’ve broken down six connections between porn and child sexual abuse.
What’s consumed in porn is often processed as reality—seared into memory as an unforgettable picture of what sex is and should be at its ideal. But what if those images, although perfectly crafted and powerfully convincing, aren’t an accurate or healthy depiction of reality at all?