Social Costs of Pornography: Statement of Principles, DVD available from Witherspoon Institute Consultation
The Witherspoon Institute’s 2008 Consultation on the Social Costs of Pornography “assembled leading experts in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, neurophysiology, philosophy, sociology, law, and political theory to present a rigorously argued overview of the problem of pornography in our society and to make recommendations. The primary purpose of the meeting was to examine the real nature of pornography in its moral and social consequences.”
Internet porn is “sexual revolution times 1,000,” ex-official says
Salt Lake Tribune: “About 1,000 Utahns were told to join the ‘war on pornography’ Saturday at a conference aimed at teaching them how to protect themselves and their children against it or how to get help if they are addicted. ‘Internet pornography is the sexual revolution times 1,000,’ said Patrick Trueman, former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Criminal Division under President Reagan and President George H.W. Bush.” | Pornography Harms
Pamela Paul: The cost of growing up on porn
Pamela Paul, author of Porn Generation, writing at the Washington Post: “An entire generation is being kept in the dark about pornography’s effects because previous generations can’t grapple with the new reality. Whether by approaching me (at the risk of peer scorn) after I’ve spoken at a university or via anonymous e-mails, young people continue to pass along an unpopular message: Growing up on porn is terrible. One 17-year-old who had given up his habit told me that reading about porn addicts ‘was like reading a horrifying old diary, symptoms, downward spirals, guilt, hypocrisy, lack of control, and the constant question of to what degree fantasy is really so different from reality. I felt like a criminal, or at the very least, a person who would objectively disgust me.’”
Porn addiction destroys relationships, lives
San Francisco Chronicle: “Millions of Americans struggle with porn addiction for years in secret, without getting caught, and continue their behavior even after it begins to have negative consequences in their life. For some individuals, images are enough, and they remain locked in the fantasy world of pornography. For others, Internet porn is a gateway to compulsive and risky sexual behavior with others.”
Pornography harms website launched
ChristianNewsWire: “Now a website has been launched to provide ready access to credible, peer-reviewed research documenting that harm. ‘Pornography Harms, is a one-stop location for sound research, news articles and opinion pieces demonstrating the harm from pornography,’ said Patrick Trueman, creator of the site. The site will be of great help to researchers at all academic levels and the press and concerned public.”
Pornography and the Male Brain: What’s Really Going On?
Rev. Albert Mohler of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has posted this broadcast with Dr. William M. Struthers, a Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College and author of the book: Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain. The program summary . . .
MIM paper shows that online exposure to adult pornography adversely affects children’s sexual behavior and attitudes
Morality in Media has published a 10-page paper reporting evidence that exposure to hardcore adult pornography on the Internet can adversely affect children’s sexual behavior and attitudes about sex . . .
The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community
Marriage and Religion Research Institute: Pornography generates numerous negative outcomes for individuals and families, according to a comprehensive overview of pornography research by Dr. Patrick Fagan of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute at the Family Research Council.
Idaho: Citizens for Decency plans lecture on pornography and the brain
“A local anti-pornography group wants to help people avoid pornography addiction and recover if they are already involved with it. The nonprofit Citizens for Decency group has planned a three city series of events on Saturday that features Dr. Donald L. Hilton Jr., who will make a presentation called “Visual Addiction: Pornography and the Brain.’”
MIM Report Shows How the Explosion of Hardcore Adult Pornography on the Internet and Elsewhere is Contributing to the Sexual Exploitation of Children
“Morality in Media has compiled information from hundreds of news articles and from court cases, social science studies, books, Congressional testimony, and other sources that show how the explosion of hardcore adult pornography on the Internet and elsewhere is contributing to the sexual exploitation of children. The works cited in the report were published from 1980 to the present.”
