Pornography is addictive. "The brain processes all images ... as real. These images trigger a chemical secretion of the body's sex hormones while shutting down the left hemisphere's cognition, logic and speech. Erotic images physically restructure, imprint and physically damage the human brain (especially the undeveloped juvenile brain)." (John L. Harmer, president of Lighted Candle Society).
An addict said, “In my eyes cocaine doesn’t hold a candle to this. I have done both. … Quitting even the hardest drugs was nothing compared to [trying to quit pornography].”
According to Charles Keating of Citizens for Decency Through Law, 77 percent of child molesters of boys and 87 percent of child molesters of girls admitted imitating the sexual behavior they had seen modeled in pornography.
Dr. Dolf Zimmerman and Dr. Jennings Bryant showed that continued exposure to pornography led to negative beliefs about sexuality and women and a more accepting attitude towards rape.
The Society of Divorce Lawyers reports that pornography addiction has replaced financial problems as the number one cause of divorce in
For children, the effects reported by Dr. Jill Manning confirm that the harm to mental filters is one of seven primary negative effects of children exposed to pornography. The other six are: Emotional trauma, Having sex earlier, Desiring and pursuing sex apart from emotional attachments, Antagonism toward being married or having a family, Higher risk for sexual compulsions and addictions, and Believing that deviant sex practices are normal and common.
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