Research: 1 min. read
Our vision at Proven is to see a revival of sexual integrity throughout the entire Bride of Christ. Everything we do works toward that end. Many (if not all) of our blog articles include research that shows why the need for such a revival is so immanent.
If you want to know the research about porn, we’ve put together an introductory list of articles and resources that will deepen your understanding of the reality and harmful effects of pornography. Check them out, and we hope that this information will continue to foster a deeper passion and ability to live a life of sexual integrity.
Porn and your Brain: Porn Functioning Similarly to a Drug
- https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600144/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050060/
- https://truthaboutporn.org/media/dr-simone-kuhn/
- https://jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1874574&utm_source=Silverchair+Information+Systems&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JAMAPsychiatry%3AOnlineFirst05%2F28%2F2014#Discussion
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-porn-affects-the-brain-like-a-drug/
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/study-shows-brain-structure-changes-porn-consumers/
- https://www.integrativelifecenter.com/wellness-blog/pornography-addiction-rises-during-covid-19/
- Book Resource: Your Brain on Porn
- https://www.amazon.com/Your-Brain-Porn-Pornography-Addiction-ebook/dp/B00N2AH8NW
Porn and Mental Health
- https://ifstudies.org/blog/is-pornography-use-increasing-loneliness-particularly-for-young-people
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/why-porn-leaves-consumers-lonely/
- https://www.provenmen.org/loneliness-and-pornography/
- https://www.provenmen.org/mental-health-depression-suicide-pornography-2/
Porn Fuels Sex-Trafficking and Abuse
- https://truthaboutporn.org/media/dr-karen-countryman-roswurm-lmsw-ph-d/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/sunday/pornhub-rape-trafficking.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20201210&instance_id=24891&nl=the-morning®i_id=128221651&segment_id=46542&te=1&user_id=87d8ca46e35949efd172ae8d92684192
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-porn-fuels-sex-trafficking/#c23
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/by-the-numbers-porn-sex-trafficking-connected/
- https://www.rescuefreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/slave-and-the-porn-star.pdf
- Foubert, John D. (2017). The public health harms of pornography: The brain, erectile dysfunction, and sexual violence.Dignity: A Journal of Sexual Exploitation and Violence. Vol. 2, Issue 3, Article 6. DOI:10.23860/dignity.2017.02.03.06. Available at http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol2/iss3/06
Porn and Relationships
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inside-porn-addiction/201112/is-porn-really-destroying-500000-marriages-annually
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/huge-study-men-watch-porn-unhappier-in-relationship/
- https://www.gottman.com/blog/an-open-letter-on-porn/
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-porn-hurts-a-consumers-partner/
Physical Effects: Porn Induced Dysfunction(s)
- https://time.com/4277510/porn-and-the-threat-to-virility/
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/your-brain-on-porn-gary-wilsons-porn-fighting-ba-website-working/
Public Recognition of the Porn Issue: 16 States declared pornography a public health crisis
What happens when you try to find men who have never seen pornography?
Detailed Statistics of People’s Pornography Use
And there you have it! This is everything you need if you want to dive deeper into how porn impacts your brain, the neuroscience of pornography, pornography and mental health, how porn fuels sex trafficking and abuse, porn and relationships, porn induced dysfunctions, porn as a public health crisis, the porn pandemic, and pornography statistics.
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Shane James O’Neill is the Editorial Director for Proven Men Ministries. He is currently working on a graduate degree in apologetics at Liberty University’s Rawling School of Divinity.