Pornography Addiction

Hope in Overcoming a Pornography Addiction

We live in a world with some frightening statistics on Pornography. It was addressed previously in this blog the dangers pornography viewing imposes on individuals, marriages, families, and our society. Lets focus on the organizations available to help us make a change! 

“56% of divorce cases involve one of the individuals having an addiction to pornographic websites and media (Manning, 2005). Pornography addiction leads to divorce for many reasons one being that it “damages the sexual performance of the viewers…Having spent so much time in unnatural sexual experiences with paper, celluloid and cyberspace, they seem to find it difficult to have sex with a real human being" (Gilkerson, 2013). 

Lets do what we can to educate ourselves, others, and empower our world to decrease this percentage of divorces caused from pornography and save families!

Anti- Pornography Organizations/ Policies

Read here about Google’s decision to somewhat control pornography on the web!

 http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/why-google%E2%80%99s-new-anti-porn-policy-such-big-deal

I was impressed to find a recent policy that was implemented by Google this past July. Google sent a letter to many of their advertisers informing them of their new policy to no longer accept AdWords advertisements containing explicit language or that link to porn sites. Though this did not put a stop to search engine’s ability to find and link people to adult websites, they still took the step to make a difference.

Morality in Media

The leading organization opposing pornography since 1962 is called Morality in Media. Two things this organization does that stands against pornography: 

1. “Currently, Morality In Media directs the War on Illegal Pornography Coalition, which his an effort with Congress to pressure the U.S. Department of Justice to enforce existing federal obscenity laws. 
2. Morality in Media also maintains a research website about the harms of pornography and regularly directs national awareness campaigns to help the public understand the consequences of pornography and find resources to aid in their struggles.”

This organization educates, informs, and takes action. Rather than being mainly family focused, this organization is focused on society as a whole. It is focused on types of people--individuals, children, marriage, and families. 

Visit this site here: http://moralityinmedia.org/

Share it with your family and friends to help educate yourself and others on the serious dangers of pornography. We can help others overcome their addictions to pornography…there is hope!

References

Gilkerson, L. (2013, February 19). Get the Latest Pornography Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.covenanteyes.com/2013/02/19/pornography-statistics/ Twohig, M. P., 

Crosby, J. M., & Cox, J. M. (2009). Viewing Internet Pornography: For Whom is it Problematic, How, and Why?. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 16(4), 253-266. doi:10.1080/10720160903300788