Most Recent Posts in women and pornography
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Singleness and Longing: Why Porn Is Not the Cure
Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the…
Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the balloons, the teddy bears, the crummy candy in heart-shaped cardboard boxes—are already going up in the stores. Pretty strange, considering that as I’ve…
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4 Ways to Address Sexy Images on Facebook
If you’re anything like me or 48% of other Facebook users, one…
If you’re anything like me or 48% of other Facebook users, one of the first things you do when you wake up is check your news feed. Or maybe you’re one of the 28% who…
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My Daughter Has Been Looking at Porn: Advice to Christian Parents
If there ever was a time in our culture when porn was…
If there ever was a time in our culture when porn was an exclusively male habit, that time is long gone. About half of young adult women today believe viewing pornography is acceptable behavior. About one third…
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Secrets and Shame: Why we need to confess our porn struggles to others
“Everyone needs to write their stronghold down on a piece of paper…
“Everyone needs to write their stronghold down on a piece of paper and give it to your accountability partner.” My blood started to boil, and I set my jaw. Never before had I been more…
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5 Reasons Purity Rings and Pledges Don’t Work
It might have been the most traumatizing day of my dramatic 13-year-old…
It might have been the most traumatizing day of my dramatic 13-year-old existence. My mom took me to the mall, and, only after walking into the department store, announced that she planned on buying me…
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Nick and Carrie’s Story: The Insidious Nature of Porn
Nick’s Story: Why I am weak Loved ones always ignored my pornography…
Nick’s Story: Why I am weak Loved ones always ignored my pornography use until my wife finally confronted me, exposing it for what it was: an addiction. Lust is a crazy thing: the lies that…
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A Letter to Dad (From a Girl Who Got Trapped by Pornography)
I don’t blame him anymore; for a while, I did. He left,…
I don’t blame him anymore; for a while, I did. He left, so it was easy to pin everything on him. My anger, insecurity and porn addiction could be traced back to one man—the man…
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Girls Like Porn Too: A Timely Message for Parents
Do girls like porn? It was just another normal day, doing homework…
Do girls like porn? It was just another normal day, doing homework after school. While doing research, 13-year-old Jessica Harris was intrigued by a particular video she found online. The thumbnail image was dark and…
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Pope John Paul II on Pornography
The following is a guest post by Mark Houck, a regular author…
The following is a guest post by Mark Houck, a regular author at WhoDoesItHurt.com. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) says, “Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person” (n. 2332). If our sexuality…
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Oprah Winfrey and Prescription Porn
“237 Reasons to Have Sex” . . . This is the title of an episode that…
“237 Reasons to Have Sex” . . . This is the title of an episode that was aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show a couple weeks ago. This particular episode attempts to take an up-close and personal look at some of…