There is a difference between seeing a person as wholly “bad” because of something they’ve done, and recognizing a behavior they’re engaging in as unhealthy and harmful.
“With my first relationship, and most relationships after, my primary focus was on having sex. Yet, I didn’t understand how to have real sex because of what I had seen in porn over the years.”
“I respect my body more, and I wear what I feel like wearing with confidence without feeling like I am on display. This is more liberating than any porn I have watched.”
What’s more helpful than getting sex advice from an industry that profits off of fake orgasms? Actually talking with your partner.
“I became hooked to porn as time progressed and the access became more easy. But a strange trend followed me as well: depression.”
It’s common for people to feel a whole range of negative emotions including rejection, loneliness, anger, and shame when they find out their partner watches porn when they were not aware.
Have you ever learned that your partner was watching porn, and immediately felt hurt by that? You’re not alone.
“I sat there before the shoot and freaked out. The producers could tell I was nervous and wanted to back out. Before I knew it, they got me drunk and I ended up going through with it.”
The 10-part docuseries alleges a culture of abuse and predatory behavior within the Playboy world—some of which could qualify as human trafficking.
There is a wealth of data showing that viewing porn is harmful to men in unique ways and that it’s damaging to efforts to achieve gender equality.
After examining popular porn videos, researchers concluded that porn does, in fact, objectify men, just in a different way than women.
Not only does porn rarely depict consent, but it often portrays a lack of consent as normal and desirable—often at women’s expense and dehumanization.
