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Talking Body Image: From Down Under
In my last post, I described how I was given an opportunity…
In my last post, I described how I was given an opportunity to talk to a group of counselors and pastors in Auckland, New Zealand this past November. The title of my talk (and the…
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3 Lessons Movies Teach Us About Accountability
If I fall, I fall alone, but two can help to bear…
If I fall, I fall alone, but two can help to bear the load A threefold chord is hard to break All I have I give to you if you will share your sorrows too…
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3-Decade-Old Porn Experiment Reveals Why We’re All Messed Up
One of the big problems with doing research about the effect of…
One of the big problems with doing research about the effect of video pornography on people is it’s hard to find a control group. Not too long ago a researcher from the University of Montreal…
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Porn and Sexual Violence: 7 Important Facts
Does watching porn correlate with sexual violence? Yes, it does. Does it…
Does watching porn correlate with sexual violence? Yes, it does. Does it cause sexual violence? That depends. Decades of research testify to the close connection between pornography and sexual violence. And though the porn defenders…
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Online Directory of Sexual Purity Communities
My own recovery from pornography and sexual addiction has been a continual…
My own recovery from pornography and sexual addiction has been a continual unfolding of new lessons. There was the intense counseling for several years, the support groups, the authors I learned from, the seminars I…
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Why Playboy Is Saying Goodbye to Nude Photos (and why I have mixed feeling about that)
Playboy magazine’s editorial team has just announced they will no longer be…
Playboy magazine’s editorial team has just announced they will no longer be featuring nudity. I know what you’re thinking: “Um, what’s a magazine?” Playboy just had its 62nd birthday this month. On October 1, 1953,…
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Big Fat Lie: Porn Empowers Women
Some believe pornography can actually be empowering for women. For instance, Betty Dodson…
Some believe pornography can actually be empowering for women. For instance, Betty Dodson has been an outspoken feminist leader since the 1970s. While she doesn’t think porn offers the best in sexual education and she would…
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Porn Use as Grounds for Divorce: How My Opinion Changed
“I am hurting so much over this…If I believed in divorce I…
“I am hurting so much over this…If I believed in divorce I would already have done it, and I am beginning to maybe believe divorce is ok. After all, this seems like a type of…
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3 Ugly Facts About the Porn Industry
Why do women get into the porn industry? Dr. Sharon Mitchell co-founded…
Why do women get into the porn industry? Dr. Sharon Mitchell co-founded the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, also called AIM. For about 20 years she was a porn actress and director herself, and after…
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4 Reasons Modesty Empowers Women (And Porn Does Not)
The wall was plastered with images of scantily clad women. With this…
The wall was plastered with images of scantily clad women. With this as the backdrop, he stood up and said, “When you feel comfortable in your own skin, come back and see me.” Extending his…