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“Sex is ruled by a peculiar version of supply and demand—our desire for it can only be spoiled by promiscuity.” – Charles de Gaulle Why do guys like porn? There are many reasons why: some obvious, some not so obvious. For some people it is a tangled web of motivations.…
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How does porn impact the brain? Dr. William Struthers, Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, talks about this in his book, Wired For Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain. In the following video he dives into this topic in great detail, explaining why pornography is addictive from a…
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by Victory Is Possible Being 8 years old has an almost magical quality. You feel invincible. You have your whole life in front of you. No worries. Flying is as easy as stretching your arms and running. Remember climbing trees and playing kick the can and hide and go seek?…
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Pinterest is hot, pinned as one of the fastest-growing social networks ever. But the online pinboard has a dark side where people are showing off more than recipes and muscle cars. Created as a site to “organize and share what you love,” Pinterest has seen exponential growth since its start…
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Everyone’s heard of Internet filtering. For children using the Internet, filtering may be one of the best tools we have to protect their young minds from stumbling on questionable, objectionable, and pornographic content online. But even the best filters only address part of a widespread problem. Many children can easily learn…
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I am going on just shy of a year free from online pornography. I am in a healthy and happy relationship with the love of my life, and my relationship with my family has never been stronger. I have an accountability group of my peers from my university that lift…
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My husband has been free from pornography for over four years, but I’m still discovering things about why he turned to porn all those decades ago. The truth? The reasons aren’t porn-specific. Porn, in many ways, is just like any other “hole-filler” that we use when we can’t quite figure…
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It is not an issue of if your child will see pornography, but when. The stats are telling. More than a quarter of older teens today still bump into porn unintentionally online. More than half of boys and a third of girls see porn for the first time before the…
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Certain people have a tell-tale sign that makes it easy to recognize when they’re lying: their lips are moving. In other words, some folks lie continuously. If their mouth is open and producing sound, it is the sound of deception. They might lie to get out of trouble. They might lie…
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I was angry. Emotions swirled in my head—confusion, sadness, shame, betrayal—as my tears hit the pew. I had just come from my first confession including my struggle with masturbation. Years of an addiction I didn’t realize I had because of the lies I believed. Lies I told myself. That was…