Due to our sexualized culture, it’s easy to think that arguments for healthy intimacy and against pornography are only made by religious organizations. For instance, when talking about the sex addiction movement, psychologist Dr. David Ley says: “Most of the leaders of the sex addiction movement are themselves recovering supposed…
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Porn Should Not Be an Easy Punchline
I love science fiction. Modern science fiction writers and shows have a way of holding a mirror to society to reflect areas of concern. But the seriousness of pornography has seemed to elude this genre, as well as most other popular shows and movies. Porn is seen as “just one…
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3 Ways Porn Hijacks Your Brain
Scrolling through the images at the bottom of the news site, Jack lingers on one of them. He lingers a little too long. Jack doesn’t know it yet, but a hijacking is in progress. You’ve seen the action movies where the hijackers board the plane like any other passenger. They look…
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Science and Porn: What Are You Risking If They’re Wrong?
Most of us have convictions. I’m not talking about the kind handed down from judges and juries, but a fixed, or at least firm, belief in what is right and wrong, okay and not okay. We use these convictions to help us navigate decisions, figure how to spend our time,…
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Should porn be used to spice up the bedroom?
Ready or not, pornography is a stronghold in the bedrooms of people who have sex. While some people believe that pornography will spice up the bedroom, the reality is that the increasing impact of pornography is anything but sexy.¹ How porn is rewriting the sexual script of digital natives I…
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Are you over-spiritualizing your porn struggle?
Have you ever thought that you may be over-spiritualizing, or possibly under-spiritualizing, your struggle with pornography? The content you read here may include religious language from other denominations. Please don’t let this distract from the overall message. Covenant Eyes frequently writes from a Christian perspective (both Catholic and Protestant), but we work…
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Why I Disagree with Pamela Anderson
There’s an intriguing phenomenon in Hollywood right now: celebrities speaking out against pornography. Actor and comedian Russell Brand posted a video to his Facebook page in early 2015, citing science research and personal experiences as reasons he believes porn alters ideas about sex and love. Next came Terry Crews who…
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Elizabeth Smart and the Hell of Pornography
Maybe you’ve seen the video by now. On August 19, 2016, Fight the New Drug released an exclusive interview with Elizabeth Smart, now 28, with new details about the horrors of her 2002 kidnapping. On the night of June 5, 2002, Elizabeth, then age 14, was sleeping next to her…
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The Dark Side of the Brain
Every Christmas, Andrea and I have the same discussion about where to place the Star Wars ornaments on the Christmas tree. I have a decent-sized collection, and early in our marriage, I even had a separate, small, artificial tree I used just for the Star Wars collection. My mother-in-law worked…
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Changing Porn Culture Begins With Me
Assuming that you are convicted by the mounting statistical evidence and stories of heartbreak involving pornography, then you now play a part in making a difference. This is what is called “the burden of knowledge”—in knowing, I am now responsible to act. It’s easy to sit back and criticize governments…