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90% of teens and 96% of young adults are either encouraging, accepting, or neutral when they talk about porn with their friends. 55% of adults 25 and older believe porn is wrong. Teens and young adults 13-24 believe not recycling is worse than viewing pornography. 43% of teens believe porn is bad for society, compared to 31% of young adults 18-24, 51% of millennials, 44% Gen Xers, and 59% of boomers.
1 in 5 youth pastors and 1 in 7 senior pastors use porn on a regular basis and are currently struggling. That is more than 50,000 US church leaders. 43% of senior and youth pastors say they have struggled with pornography in the past. 64% of christian men and 15% of christian women say they watch porn at least once a month. Only 7% of pastors report their church has a ministry program for those struggling with porn.
A 2018 study revealed that nearly 27% of teens receive sexts. Around 15% are sending them. 57% of teens search out porn at least monthly. 21 % of male students and 32% of female students fist viewed porn before their teenage years. The fist exposure to pornography among men is 12 years old, on average. 71% of teens hide online behavior from their parents. A 2016 study on Canadian adolescents showed that 45.3 % admitted to problems of erectile dysfunction.
Young women from college campuses share about the effect f pornography on their intimate lives speaking of the feeling that they can never measure up, that they can never ask for what they want; and that if they do not offer what porn offers, they cannot expect to hold a guy. The young men talk about what is like growing up learning about sex from porn, and how it is not helpful to them in trying to figure out how to be with a real woman... "For the first time in human history, the images' power and allure have supplanted that of real naked woman. Today, real naked women are just bad porn." - Naomi Wolf
Pornography damages the sexual performance of the viewers. They tend to have problems with premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction. Having spent so much time in unnatural sexual experiences with cyberspace they find it difficult to have sex with a real human being. According to Dr. MaryAnne Layden, pornography is raising the expectations and demand for types and amounts of sexual experiences; at the same time it is reducing their ability to experience sex.
68% of divorce cases involved one party meeting a new lover on the internet. 56% involved one party having "an obsessive interest in pornographic websites". 70% of wives of sex addicts could be diagnosed with PTSD.
Prolonged exposure to pornography leads to diminished trust between intimate couples, belief that promiscuity is a natural state, lack of attraction to family and child raising.
Sexual immorality is a sin. it is harmful for our bodies, our minds, our spirits, and our relationships with others. It is important to create a plan of actions when temptation comes into our minds. If we leave a lustful thought unravel, it will most definitely take over us. Be honest about your battle. When we tell people we trust of our struggles, it loses it's power. Have an accountability partner, memorize and quote scripture. Pin the problem immediately or it will take over and destroy your life.
