Ideas that originated in slavery continue to be explicitly depicted in porn. Dr. Carolyn West uncovers the porn industry’s racist portrayals of Black people.
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.
“Last week, I celebrated my 500th day free from porn. Even though I have been in recovery for two years, it took most of the first year of working through my baggage and getting the tools I needed to find freedom.”
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.
Pornography often becomes the coping tool of choice not out of weakness or depravity, but because it works… at least for a moment. But what feels like water turns out to be gasoline. Instead of easing the fire, it intensifies the blaze.
But I was so tired of being ashamed, and I was so tired of it sucking up my life and compromising my relationships that I finally forced myself to admit it to another person.
As our collective society aims to fight against women’s victimization, it also defends an industry that victimizes women on an unimaginable scale.
“He makes zero attempts to initiate sex and even calls it a ‘chore,’ saying that he gets to ‘enjoy himself instead of having to focus on satisfying someone else’ because it ‘gets old.”
As the amount of pornography produced increases and becomes more normalized, the intensity of the degradation it portrays does, too.
Financial sextortion is the fastest-growing cybercrime against youth in the U.S., and predators are specifically targeting teen boys. Learn how this blackmail scam works, how it’s tied to online culture, and how to protect yourself and others.
Consider the possibility that someone overcoming a struggle with porn can dedicate themselves to fulfilling relationships because of this difficulty, not just in spite of it.
Porn can physically change the brain by rewiring neural pathways, much like addictive substances…But the good news? The brain’s ability to rewire itself works both ways—recovery is possible.
