What’s the Big Deal with Pornography?

2. What’s the Big Deal with Pornography? Sean McDowell

3. Pornography: Comes from the Greek pornographos: “writings about prostitutes”

4. “It’s all mainstream now.” Zach and Miri Make a Porno, 2008

5. Facts about Pornography: 42.7% of all Internet users view porn

6. Facts about Pornography: 42.7% of all Internet users view porn Every second 28,258 Internet users view porn

7. Facts about Pornography: 42.7% of all Internet users view porn Every second 28,258 Internet users view porn Worldwide porn revenue is over 100 billion

8. Facts about Pornography: 42.7% of all Internet users view porn Every second 28,258 Internet users view porn Worldwide porn revenue is over 100 billion Every day 2.5 billion pornographic emails are sent

9. Facts about Pornography: 42.7% of all Internet users view porn Every second 28,258 Internet users view porn Worldwide porn revenue is over 100 billion Every day 2.5 billion pornographic emails are sent 86% of men “interact” with porn monthly. Under half watch a porn video weekly.

10. 30% of porn is viewed by women

12. Stan Lee

13. “Several years ago, I would have considered myself complacent if not downright indifferent about the issue of pornography. Today, I feel a sense of urgency about this issue that often surprises me.” “The Impact of Pornography on Women” July, 2008

14. MYTH #1 “It doesn’t affect me”

15. “A single twenty-something graphic designer told me he would find himself in bars berating himself over the way he scanned potential dates… Pamela Paul

16. …I’d be saying, ‘No, her breasts are too small, she’s not worth it,’ then wonder, ‘Who have I become? Why am I judging women like this?” “From Pornography to Porno to Porn: How Porn Became the Norm” July, 2008 Pamela Paul

17. “The problem with soft-core pornography is that it’s voyeurism—it teaches men to view women as objects rather than to be in relationships with women as human beings.” “From Pornography to Porno to Porn: How Porn Became the Norm” July, 2008 Dr. Gary Brooks

19. “Demand for it [anal sex] is largely psychological and the result of a porn-inspired script about the anticipated pleasures of anal sex.” Oxford Press 2011, p. 94

20. The Script of Porn: Sex is best experienced outside of a loving relationship

21. The Script of Porn: All women want sex from men

22. The Script of Porn: 3. Women like all sexual acts men perform or demand

23. The Script of Porn: 4. Any woman who does not at first realize this can be persuaded with a little force

24. MYTH #2 “I’ll quit later”

25. “The human brain is, without question, the most complicated three-pound mass in the universe.” ~ Dr. Joe McIlhaney

27. The Brain: Not fully formed until 25-29 years of age

28. 1. Neurons

29. 1. Neurons 2. Support Cells

30. 1. Neurons 2. Support Cells 3. Synapses

31. “Neurons that fire together wire together”

35. “We can acquire sexual and romantic tastes and inclinations that get wired into our brains…

36. …and can have a powerful impact for the rest of our lives.”

37. Your brain becomes trained to sexually cue a computer.”

38. “Boys who look at pornography excessively become men who connect arousal purely with the physical, losing the ability to become attracted by the particular features of a given partner… Pamela Paul

39. …Instead, they recreate images from pornography in their brain while they’re with a real person.” “From Pornography to Porno to Porn: How Porn Became the Norm” July, 2008 Pamela Paul

40. 1. Neurons 2. Support Cells 3. Synapses 4. Neurochemicals

41. Dopamine The “reward” chemical that makes us feel good for taking risks

42. Oxytocin The “bonding” hormone that triggers feelings of trust

43. Genesis 2:24

44. Vasopressin “monogamy molecule” that causes bonding in males

45. Prairie Voles

46. Michael Leahy

47. MYTH #3 “I’m not hurting anyone”

48. “I have no idea who he is anymore”

49. “I feel like I have lived a lie the entire time…”

50. “I thought we had a good marriage…”