Porn Is a Public Health Crisis

What it is

This piece deliberately sets the moral question aside and argues the public health case instead, which is what makes it usable in a school board meeting, a policy discussion or a conversation with someone who does not share your faith. The evidence it marshals: pornographic sites receiving billions of monthly visits; studies linking consumption to increased likelihood of sexual aggression; content analysis finding physical aggression in 88% of analysed scenes and verbal aggression in 49%; average first exposure around age 11, with 79% of teens using pornography as sex education; documented effects on self-esteem and relationship satisfaction among partners; and performer health data showing 28% with sexually transmitted infections. Around 2,500 words, free, originally a Washington Post contributor piece. As with any advocacy summary, follow the individual citations before quoting a figure in public.

What it may help with

• I want to understand the science
• I want to fight exploitation and trafficking
• I want to protect my kids

How to access it

Web article, roughly 2,500 words None

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