By age 14 most boys have already seen and used porn—but today’s pornography isn’t just nude or explicit photos. Soft porn barely exists on the Internet today; most kids are finding violent and deviant pornography, including bondage and bestiality.
Film produced by Family Watch International through their project The Porn Pandemic.
Pornography now is so widespread in the United States that it deserves to be addressed seriously as a major public health crisis, a panel of activists said yesterday.
On the eve of a two-day conference on sexual exploitation, they suggested that porn be tackled in the same manner as teenage smoking or drunk driving.
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Porn addiction, especially among young adults, is behind the growing sexual crimes against women and children, leaving families and societies devastated, a new documentary released by US-based non-profit Family Watch International (FWI) has emphasized.
Continued research into pornography show its ill effects on women and all of society, according to speakers May 16 at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation 2014 Summit in Vienna, a Washington suburb.
The Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation held its first summit at the Tyson’s Corner Marriot not far from the nation’s capital. The multi-day event that began Friday morning and will conclude Saturday brings together researchers, scholars, and activists dedicated to combating pornography.
Hardcore pornography is now so ubiquitous it is becoming a major risk to public health, campaigners and scientists believe. Porn is now so readily available that it is damaging young people’s relationships, leading to an increase in sexual violence, and could even be damaging parts of the brain.
The amount of porn young teenagers are accessing is causing so much damage to their psychological growth it must be seen as a major public health crisis.
The eye-catching claim was made as part of a high-profile US sexual exploitation conference yesterday — and has been backed by a leading Irish rape prevention group, which insisted the issue is increasingly contributing to attacks on women.
There is so much pornography available in various forms in the United States that analysts fear Americans will become desensitized to it, said Donny Pauling, anti-porn activist and former porn producer.
Pornography is the most downloaded content on the Internet, and few are talking about how destructive and addictive smut can be for men, women and children.
Experts say viewing porn can damage relationships, lead to crime and even, increase the demand for the sex trafficking of children and adults. WUSA9’s Andrea McCarren had a candid conversation with a former porn producer, who is now filled with regret for the damage he has done to hundreds of women.
Advocacy groups are gathering this weekend in the nation’s capital for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit, a meeting aimed to raise awareness of the dangers of pornography.
At a news conference Thursday, some of the lead speakers said that if Americans realized how harmful porn can be, they’d begin to reject it.
