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Faith is Not a Strategy

This generation faces unprecedented exposure to pornography, impacting youth's perceptions of relationships and sexuality. Parents must engage in open dialogues about the dangers of porn, provide support, and educate children on navigating this digital landscape safely.

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Faith is Not a Strategy

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  1. Faith is Not a Strategy

  2. This is the first generation having to deal with the issue of pornography to this intensity and scale

  3. We need to understand the landscape our young people are living in

  4. Pornified ideology has been seamlessly absorbed into pop culture

  5. Pornography has been normalized and sanitized in the public eye, so it seems fun, edgy and cool

  6. Our culture has become so sexualized that we have become immune to the constant and toxic messages and images

  7. When we do notice, we can turn away or turn it off – our young people can’t

  8. They have been inundated with them since they were born

  9. And then there’s music

  10. Things have changed

  11. A new survey commissioned by Plan Australia and Our Watch gathered responses from 600 young women aged 15-19

  12. Girls and young women describe boys pressuring them to provide acts inspired by the porn they consume routinely

  13. When asked, “How do you know a guy likes you?,” an 8th grade girl replied: “He still wants to talk to you after you [give him oral sex].”

  14. A generation of young men being raised on porn that reduces women to body parts and playthings

  15. Young women being taught that they need to be hot and sexy to have value

  16. Porn has become sex education for a whole generation – including our children!

  17. What kids see on first exposure is hard porn

  18. rape

  19. 90% of it is violent and mysogynistic

  20. The norm is 3 on 1

  21. The world fills in the void that we leave by not talking to our kids

  22. There are no parents who want to talk to their kids about sex and porn:So we minimize the problem

  23. The internet has changed parenting

  24. Like any new generation of parents, it’s taking some time to understand how to adapt to the new realities

  25. We owe it to our kids to understand this issue and to support them if they need help

  26. We will have to get better at both listening and speaking

  27. We may have to deal with our fear and discomfort first!

  28. When it comes to listening, parents’ attitudes and reactions matter!

  29. It’s not okay to freak out!

  30. Faith is nota strategyand prayer and avoidance can no longer be our only defense

  31. We need to replace fear, shame and avoidance with knowledge and support

  32. We will need to have ongoing conversations, not just a one-time ‘talk’ with our kids about sexuality and pornography  

  33. Where do we begin?

  34. Preparing to Talk About Porn • Do our homework • Talk it through with our spouses • Pray about it • Remember that tone is everything • Really listen

  35. We’ve got some homework to do!

  36. Part of our homework is to learn how to explain the dangers of pornography simply and clearly

  37. It’s no longer enough to say that porn is bad - we need to explain why

  38. Why is Porn Bad? • Porn turns people into objects to buy and consume. • Porn reduces people to their parts which can be altered, “perfected” and pimped. • Porn teaches users to dehumanize others as they buy into its degrading objectification. • With each pornographic picture, porn denies the dignity, and many would say the divinity, of each human soul.

  39. “Watching pornography can lead you to believe that people are objects to use instead of real human beings with feelings. We know that everyone has feelings and wants to be treated with kindness, so that’s one more way pornography lies to people who look at it.” Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids

  40. We will need to figure out what to say in any and every situation that may come up

  41. We will need to immunize our younger kids against porn

  42. How do we Immunize kids against PournHow Do We Immunize Kids Against Porn? • The same way we protect them from other dangers • First we warn them that the danger exists • Then we teach them what to do if they confront that danger

  43. The Benefits of Early Warning • Our kids will suddenly have an ally (us!) • Our kids will feel comfortable coming and talking with us whenever they have questions.  • Their confidence will increase as we trust our kids with important information about internet safety and the dangers in their world. • Our children will have a plan. They’ll know exactly how to protect themselves in any exposure situation 

  44. If parents don't step up to the plate, teens are going to get information that's unedited, without context, and often incorrect— from wherever they can find it, and they will have no coping strategies

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