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How Watching Porn When You’re Single Can Hurt Your Future Relationships

Here are a few ways porn hurts consumers regardless of relationship status and why you might want to think twice before turning to porn to fill an…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 28, 2025

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Did You Know Men and Boys Can Be Victims of Sex Trafficking, Too?

The perception of what trafficking victims look like can often jump to mind: young, foreign, female. There are many victims of trafficking like her, but she's not…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 27, 2025

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What Would it Take to Stop Human Sex Trafficking Forever?

Complex social issues like sex trafficking need multi-faceted solutions that include protection, prosecution, and prevention. Can we solve it?

Fight the New DrugJanuary 23, 2025

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How to Report Human Trafficking When You See Something Suspicious

If something seems off, it’s a good idea to report it. And remember, these signs can appear anywhere in any context, whether it’s someone you just met…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 19, 2025

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Are There Videos of Trafficking Victims on Mainstream Porn Sites?

If someone is forced, manipulated into, or threatened into performing any sex act in exchange for money, safety, or to evade punishment, this is trafficking. And it…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 11, 2025

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9 Popular Conspiracy Theories About Sex Trafficking, Debunked

The issue of sex trafficking is not a myth, but there are myths about sex trafficking. If you want to get involved in helping to rescue victims,…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 3, 2025

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What Causes People to Choose to Go Into the Porn Industry?

The reality is, when it comes to the “decision” to enter the commercial sex industry, the issue of choice is not as simple as it might seem.

Fight the New DrugDecember 16, 2024

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20 Stats About the Porn Industry and its Underage Consumers

It's no secret that porn has become mainstream entertainment in our society. But just how popular is it? And who, exactly, is watching?

Fight the New DrugDecember 6, 2024

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10 Negative Effects of Porn on Your Brain, Body, Relationships, and Society

Can porn negatively impact you or have negative side effects on your sexual and mental health, and the health of our society? The short answer is yes,…

Fight the New DrugNovember 28, 2024

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By the Numbers: Is the Porn Industry Connected to Sex Trafficking?

We’re not claiming all porn is nonconsensual. Some is and some isn’t, and when you watch it there’s no way to know which is which.

Fight the New DrugNovember 24, 2024

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50 Good Reasons to Stop Watching Porn

Many people don't realize how much porn is affecting them until they quit watching it. Here are 50 good reasons to ditch it today.

Fight the New DrugNovember 16, 2024

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10 Reasons Why You Should (Not) Be Cool With Your Partner Watching Porn

Society says it's fine for partners to watch porn, but research says otherwise. Learn the facts here about how porn can affect relationships.

Fight the New DrugNovember 2, 2024

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How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress

When a person is suffering from an addiction or compulsion, their stress response and their addiction can become intertwined in unhealthy ways, thus creating an unhealthy coping…

Fight the New DrugMay 26, 2024

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How Porn Can Promote Sexual Violence

As few as 1 in 3 and as many as 9 in 10 porn videos depict sexual violence or aggression. That's especially concerning, considering that research indicates…

Fight the New DrugAugust 12, 2024

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How Porn Can Change the Brain

Because of neuroplasticity, our brains constantly change in healthy ways that help us learn and complete tasks more efficiently. Yet, supernormal stimuli such as porn can trigger…

Fight the New DrugAugust 30, 2024

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How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 21, 2024

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How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

Research indicates that consuming porn can normalize sexual objectification, which can have profound consequences in the ways porn consumers view and treat others.

Fight the New DrugAugust 2, 2024

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Why Porn Can Be Difficult to Quit

When it comes to the topic of porn, one of the most common questions is whether or not it can actually be addictive. According to many addiction…

Fight the New DrugMay 14, 2024

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How the Porn Industry Profits From Nonconsensual Content and Abuse

In the porn industry, there is virtually no way to guarantee that any piece of pornographic content is truly consensual, ethical, or even legal.

Fight the New DrugAugust 24, 2024

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How Porn Can Impact Mental Health and Fuel Loneliness

Many porn consumers use porn as a self-soothing technique when they’re feeling lonely or depressed, but research suggests that porn may actually fuel mental health issues, rather…

Fight the New DrugAugust 20, 2024

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How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

Ironically, despite porn’s promise of improving consumers’ sex lives, there is growing evidence that porn consumption is linked to sexual dysfunction and less sexual satisfaction.

Fight the New DrugMay 13, 2021

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How Porn Can Negatively Impact Love and Intimacy

Countless studies consistently show that porn consumers tend to struggle in their relationships. From poorer relationship quality to an increased likelihood of cheating, research suggests that porn…

Fight the New DrugMay 14, 2021

Articles in Sex Trafficking

How Watching Porn When You’re Single Can Hurt Your Future Relationships

Did You Know Men and Boys Can Be Victims of Sex Trafficking, Too?

What Would it Take to Stop Human Sex Trafficking Forever?

How to Report Human Trafficking When You See Something Suspicious

Are There Videos of Trafficking Victims on Mainstream Porn Sites?

9 Popular Conspiracy Theories About Sex Trafficking, Debunked

What Causes People to Choose to Go Into the Porn Industry?

20 Stats About the Porn Industry and its Underage Consumers

10 Negative Effects of Porn on Your Brain, Body, Relationships, and Society

By the Numbers: Is the Porn Industry Connected to Sex Trafficking?

50 Good Reasons to Stop Watching Porn

10 Reasons Why You Should (Not) Be Cool With Your Partner Watching Porn

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How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress

How Porn Can Promote Sexual Violence

How Porn Can Change the Brain

How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

Why Porn Can Be Difficult to Quit

How the Porn Industry Profits From Nonconsensual Content and Abuse

How Porn Can Impact Mental Health and Fuel Loneliness

How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

How Porn Can Negatively Impact Love and Intimacy

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