Essentially, the movie “365 Days” makes a fantasy out of the same situation Duffy survived: being kidnapped, raped, violated, and exploited.
The following post was originally published in Strength To Fight by Daniel Gilman. It has been edited for content & clarity. 3-minute read. In the following post,…
In one month during the shutdown peak, there were nearly 50,000 reports of people getting fraudulent sextortion email scams.
In a pornified world where sexual assault is portrayed as fantasy, this movie is nothing new. The only difference is you can find it featured on Netflix, instead of the front page of Pornhub.
Your decision to leave porn behind can inspire others to do the same. And as demand lessens, the industry weakens. Choosing to ditch porn is powerful.
“I was 16 when a secret online crush introduced me to the world of anime. As a sheltered daughter from a conservative home, I was instantly enamored.”
“After our first son was born, I found it in the search history again, I felt betrayed and sick to my stomach scrolling through descriptions of women that looked nothing like me.”
A study analyzing the comments of adolescent boys regularly consuming porn found many describing their habit to be like an addiction leading to withdrawal-like symptoms.
We believe it’s important for parents to talk with their kids about what porn is, and keep the conversation open, honest, and loving.
“I was probably 10 or 11 when I first saw porn. It was in the search history from one of my brothers on a shared computer.”
Even if these moms mean well with creating a few videos that are parent-approved, violence-free and exploitation-free porn is still not harm-free. Especially not for adolescents.
Women can be addicted to porn too. It’s not just a “male problem.” I was married and had children before I confided in my husband.
