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The Social Costs ofPornography Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D.
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Drawn from Synthesis Paper The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family, and Community
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Mind, Heart, Soul and Body
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Enjoyment of the Sexual
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Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage Source NSFG 1995
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Age of First Intercourse Versus Number of Sexual Partners Source: NSFG 1995
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The More Sexual Partners the More Likely to Abort Source NSFG 1995 8 12 18 19 25 31 34 39 43 52 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0123456-1011-1516-2021+ NUMBER OF NON MARITAL SEXUAL PARTNERS IN LIFETIME Percent who have abortions later
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Non-Marital Sexual Partners and Out-of-Wedlock Births Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 1.71% 16.29% 32.89% 40.02% 44.02% 42.66% 49.45% 49.99% 47.55% 55.21% 49.89% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Virgin at Time of First Marriage Had Pre- Marital Sex with First Husband 123456-10.11-15.16-2021+ Number of Lifetime Voluntary Non-Marital Sexual Partners Percent of Sexually Active Women Aged 15-44 with Children
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Non-Marital Sexual Partners And Single Motherhood Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 7.09% 30.21% 36.48% 38.81% 44.16% 53.07% 48.13% 47.03% 50.30% 56.98% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 0123456-1011-1516-2021+ Number of Lifetime Non-Marital Sexual Partners Percent of Sexually Active women Aged 15-44 with Children
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Society’s Foundational Relationship
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Belonging: Male + Female Family Child / Adult FatherMother Society At Large
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5 Stages of Pornography Viewing Addiction Escalation Desensitization Acting Out
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Neuro-Substrates in the Brain (all learning)
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1 st Stage: Viewing Males: 6 times more likely to view And to spend more time
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2 nd Addiction Habituation Boredom Dissatisfaction
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3 rd Escalation Intensity Diversity Now habituated to what before was regarded as abnormal
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4 th Desensitization
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Desensitization Cont’d Repeating the cycle of – Viewing – Addiction – Escalation – Desensitization Leading gradually to a pan- sexuality
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5 th Stage Acting Out Addictions to -- Cybersex Online Strip Bars Prostitution With others.. Pan Sexuality Perversions possible
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Individual Effects - for All Depersonalization Objectification Mental Health Effects
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* 17 percent of women struggle with pornography addiction. * One in three visitors to pornography sites were women. * 30 percent of Internet pornography consumers are women. Women and Pornography
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Woman as Depersonalized Object
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Degradation of Women
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Effects on the Individual
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Meaning of the sexual – Faithful – Intimacy – Companionship / friendship – Happiness – Family Good of the child Happiness / Heaven
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Distortion of Reality
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Eros and Thanatos
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Lust - Anger
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Effects on Marriage Meaning of the sexual – Faithful – Intimacy – Companionship / friendship – Happiness – Family Good of the child Happiness / Heaven
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Loss of interest (2/3) 2/3 of couples with a pornography addiction
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Infidelity
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Effects on Marriage Love spouse less Spouse is less attractive / inadequate 1/3 couples are sexually involved; 2/3 not Distress/ wounds / trauma of spouse/ Rx Users: importance of sexual relations without involvement See marriage as confining Fidelity not important Increased infidelity (68% of divorces involve ~) 3.7 times more use of prostitutes
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Cybersex and Marriage Online Infidelity (about 80% for both) Distress/ wounds of wives / husbands Seen by spouse as being unfaithful Leads to face to face (about 80% for both) Distaste for spouse 48% lose their spouse 58% considerable financial loss 1/3 lose their jobs
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Different Ratings of Infidelities Men for the physical sexual arousal Women for the relational engagement Men more upset by physical infidelity Women more upset by emotional infidelity
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Other Effects Depression / Loneliness 60 % of divorces Poverty Culture of rejection (Thanatos) Public good of children Marriage becomes meaningless
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Childhood Initiation “Basically-- Porn is Everywhere” Melinda Horvarth at al (2013) UK Gov. Report
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Effects on Children Reality distortion of the sexual Discovery of parental “stash” Stress in the home Less face to face time with parents Separation, divorce 60% of divorces Rejection Culture of rejection Public good of children massively weakened
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Adolescent Initiation
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Effects on Adolescents Task of discovering sexuality is distorted Increased uncertainties about sexuality Lower self esteem Favorable attitudes towards pornography Increased levels of intercourse Increased non-romantic involvement Increased teen pregnancy (doubles with greater sexual content on TV viewing) HOOK UP CULTURE
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Effects on Women As users Isolation / Alienation / Marriage loss Cybersex exploitation Depression As victims Depression/ Trauma Loss of marital intimacy Loss of marriage Divorce Poverty Effect on children affects mother
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Effects on Community 2007: 36% males and 25% of females not ashamed of viewing porn Increasingly see pornography as harmless Degradation of culture Degradation of women Sex trafficking Effect on Foundational Virtue of Chastity
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SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES CRIME PROPERTY VALUES EROS + THANATOS
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Media Desensitization PG-13
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Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage Source NSFG 1995
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Enjoyment of the Sexual
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3.93 Million Children 3.17 Million Children 0.75 Million Children Unmarried Parents Same Parents If Married Source R Rector (Heritage Fdn) : Analysis of CPS 2001 Children in Poverty In Poverty Out of Poverty
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Retreat from Marriage: Black Men (25-54) by Education Level
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Free To Choose-- Not Free to Choose The Consequences
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What to do?
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What to Do? “The problem with pornography is not that it reveals too much of a woman but too little.” John Paul II
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What to Do? Healthy Social Life Friends - Service
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What to Do? Dr. Kevin Majers Exercise!
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What to Do?
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Read “The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community” MARRI.US http://marri.us/pornography
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“The problem with pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.” Bl. John Paul II
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