So here is something shocking that you normally won’t read on a website - especially on one for a podcast. The thing is - here at Use Your Words we are all males - and while we try to model our lives after the teachings in the Bible - believe it or not we fail sometimes. And we fail more then we would like at times - in all regards up to and including pornographic usage. Now don’t get me wrong - we are getting better at this week over week and continue to push each other to be better in all things and especially in regards to this. In this episode we delve into some of the statistics and information surrounding pornographic usage in the world, and we focus on parts of the conversation especially on the United States. Some of the items which are constantly shocking are the statistics about the sex trafficking from porn creation/usage, how it impacts the brain, as well as changes what a person likes in their sex life.
Some of the most disturbing facts from the website are as follows:
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It’s estimated that most teens are exposed to porn by the age of 13
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Another estimate indicates that between the ages of 14-18, 84.4% of teen boys and 57% of teen girls utilize pornography
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Porn users (approx 46.9% as of 2016) indicated in a survey that over time their porn habits changed such that the porn watched either disturbed or disgusted them.
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Of the 24.9 million forced laborers, it is estimated 4.8 million of these 24.9 million are trafficked for sex.
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Of the 4.8 million trafficked sex forced laborers, approximately 21% (or approximately 1,008,000) are kids (kids….let that sink in…)
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According to this article the average age of children that that were filed for pornography is 12.8 years old. 12.8 years old - kids should be kids - and this damages kids for life.
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The most vulnerable children for sex trafficking come from “poverty, racial minorities, those who have experienced abuse or trauma prior to being trafficked, and runaway, homeless, or LGBTQ youth” - Source
Those are damaging pieces of information, and the worst part about all of that is that is just the tip of the iceberg - the tip of a very deranged iceberg that is only getting more and more perverted as time goes on, unfortunately.
The interesting thing about talking about pornography usage is that people (especially guys) tend to think that the usage of pornography does not impact anyone else, including their significant other. The truth is, pornography usage impacts multiple aspects of our lives up to and including our relationships with those that we care about the most.
I’ll be honest - this conversation that me and Aaron had regarding all of this information - we teared up while recording the episode multiple times - because all of the information that we went over was heart breaking multiple times over. There is a reason that the website is called fight the new drug - people are addicted to porn more and more - and it changes us in ways we don’t understand at first. So if you want to learn more about how pornography changes us, check out the website where we pulled most of this information. Be aware, the information is updated on a regular basis - and typically for the worst unfortunately.
For some more information regarding all of these items, check out the website: https://fightthenewdrug.org/
