How Pornography Harms
What Today’s Teens, Young Adults, Parents, and Pastors Need to Know
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Not long ago, the total depravity of pornography struck me in the face and shocked my conscience. While researching ways to prevent sexual violence on college campuses I was struck by how the pornography industry undermined my work without mercy. I wrote this book with the intent of shocking your conscience as well. I want you to know why viewing pornography should be avoided beyond many of the obvious reasons that may occur to you at the outset. I also want to motivate you to work to fight an industry that is bent on stealing the sex drive of every person they can, while they redirect it to be satisfied only through their products and services.
I want you to understand the very latest research, perspectives of people who study pornography, and the real life stories of those whose lives have been forever changed by the degeneracy of an industry that makes billions by hijacking the very part of a person God intended to bond them to a spouse – their sexuality. The intent of this book is not to primarily be a Christian self-help book for people addicted to pornography, though I do think people seeking such a book will get much from reading it. Rather, the intent is to describe to teens, young adults, parents, and pastors what the best research today shows about the harms of pornography so that you will have a thorough understanding of the intent and effect of today’s porn. You will read interviews from scholars, some Christian and some not, who have studied pornography for many years. You’ll read interviews from dozens of people, some Christian some not, whose lives have been changed forever because of the lies they were sold by the porn industry. As a Christian, I write from that worldview; I also hope that people, regardless of their religious perspective, will find much to learn in these pages.
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Pornography is menacing people, relationships, and society, and this book has the research and stories to prove it.
John D. Foubert, Ph.D., an interdisciplinary scholar who has studied sexual violence since 1993, shares the life stories of more than twenty people directly affected by pornography. He also interviews scholars and explains how pornography affects our brains.
In examining the many ways pornography is devouring the God-given sexual health of the Internet generation, he highlights its connection to sexual violence and how it ruins lives.
He also focuses on who makes pornography and their motives, recent trends in pornography, and how pornography is changing the way people have sex.
Perhaps most importantly, he explains what we can do to confront pornography in our own lives, the lives of our loved ones, and in society.
Whether you are a teen, young adult, a parent, pastor, scholar, or you are just curious about what pornography does to people, your conscience will be shocked and your points of view deeply challenged by what Foubert has uncovered about the reality of today’s pornography.
About the Author
John D. Foubert, Ph.D., is an interdisciplinary scholar who has studied sexual violence since 1993 and the harms of pornography since 2006. In his twenty-five-year career as a college administrator and professor, he has worked to end sexual violence on campuses and in the military nationwide. He has testified before Congress and has been called upon by The White House and The Pentagon for his scholarly expertise. He lives in Oklahoma City with his family.