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Teen addiction to pornography a growing problem
WDAM ^ | WDAM

Posted on 12/14/2013 12:39:01 PM PST by Morgana

The statistics are truly shocking. Children aged 12 to 17 are one of the largest consumer groups of online porn. Experts say this early exposure to sexually explicit video can hook kids on hardcore and often violent imagery.

Shelley Lubben is a former adult film actress turned anti-porn advocate. In 2008, she created the pink cross foundation which offers resources for teens struggling with porn addiction.

"We are raising a whole generation of porn addicts," says Shelley, "When you view pornography, it creates a chemical reaction in your brain, and for a youth who is in puberty, it's like a hundred times more stimulation."

Joseph Sciambra was first exposed to pornography when he was only 8 years old. And his fascination with porn turned into an obsession as a teenager.

"It's a difficult time in your life. You're feeling inadequate and lonely and depressed. And pornography really offers an escape," says Sciambra.

By the time he was 19, it was no longer enough to just watch porn, he had to be in it. So Scaimbra decided to become a porn star. He writes all about his experience in his book Swallowed by Satan.

Sciambra describes that, "Going into porn films was not a big leap for me because I had seen every sort of porn scenario."

(Excerpt) Read more at wdam.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: family; moralabsolutes; porn; pornography; teen; teens
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1 posted on 12/14/2013 12:39:01 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

heck - there is hard core porn on network TV nowadays...


2 posted on 12/14/2013 12:43:18 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana

pretty dang close to it


3 posted on 12/14/2013 12:43:32 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL; 2banana

The other day I saw that K mart commercial for joe boxer undies for men. You know the one where the men are... Well I had read the story here but not “seen” it. That is so lewd if you ask me. Does not make me ever want to buy joe boxer now or ever in the future.


4 posted on 12/14/2013 12:45:59 PM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
"When you view pornography, it creates a chemical reaction in your brain, and for a youth who is in puberty, it's like a hundred times more stimulation."

Right. Whenever I need the newest information on brain chemistry, an ex-porn star looking for a new way to make a buck is my first go-to source. /s

5 posted on 12/14/2013 12:49:46 PM PST by Moltke (Sapere aude!)
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To: Morgana

Imagine Helen Thomas nude. Better than shock therapy.


6 posted on 12/14/2013 12:52:41 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Morgana

Usually, I don’t mind ribald humor, but I have to admit that commercial was offensive to the max, especially so for a “Christmas” ad. I wouldn’t think it a bad idea to write to both K-Mart and the underwear company and let them know this was really crass.


7 posted on 12/14/2013 12:53:01 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Huskrrrr
Imagine Helen Thomas nude.

I did, and blew a brain artery. Thanks

I don't kind of get the whole "porn addiction" thing. Once you've seen half a dozen of them, it's the same stuff over and over again, with different faces (when you can see their faces).

8 posted on 12/14/2013 12:56:07 PM PST by Hardastarboard (The question of our age is whether a majority of Americans can and will vote us all into slavery.)
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To: Morgana

I am boycotting KMart because of that. I find it offensive and blasphemous.


9 posted on 12/14/2013 12:57:16 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Morgana

Clinton legacy.


10 posted on 12/14/2013 1:14:51 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Hardastarboard

Can you remember being, or were you ever, a teenage boy?


11 posted on 12/14/2013 1:18:33 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
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To: Morgana

There is a whole generation of teenage boys getting hooked on porn. It was a good thing that it was so much harder to see back in the old days. Sure almost everyone tried to see it and did to some degree, but that’s different than the ease to see it anytime you want on a daily basis.


12 posted on 12/14/2013 1:26:27 PM PST by skyman
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To: Morgana

And the porn makes them - apparently - impotent with normal women. Which really helps with the procreation of the western world.


13 posted on 12/14/2013 1:41:52 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Morgana

“When you view pornography, it creates a chemical reaction in your brain, and for a youth who is in puberty, it’s like a hundred times more stimulation.”

I think pretty much ANYTHING related to sex creates a chemical reaction in your brain that is like a hundred times more stimulation when you are a youth. I was a youth once. I remember what it was like.


14 posted on 12/14/2013 1:47:48 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Huskrrrr

“Imagine Helen Thomas nude. Better than shock therapy”

Think “Clockwork Orange”


15 posted on 12/14/2013 1:51:30 PM PST by longhorn too
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To: GeronL

“I am boycotting KMart because of that. I find it offensive and blasphemous.”

Well that will leave KMart with only one other customer!


16 posted on 12/14/2013 1:53:33 PM PST by longhorn too
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To: Huskrrrr

“Imagine Helen Thomas nude. Better than shock therapy.”

That might have unintended consequences...there’s only so much room in this world for contemplative monks...


17 posted on 12/14/2013 2:04:36 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: longhorn too

lol


18 posted on 12/14/2013 2:06:42 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: 2banana
heck - there is hard core porn on network TV nowadays...

That's a bit of a stretch. Granted, network tv now shows things that would have drawn outrage 50 years ago, but they're not showing stag films (yet).

19 posted on 12/14/2013 2:23:02 PM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Hardastarboard
8 I don't kind of get the whole "porn addiction" thing. Once you've seen half a dozen of them, it's the same stuff over and over again, with different faces (when you can see their faces).

I tend to agree with your point, but I also acknowledge that you must contain a degree of self-discipline. I have read way to many religious articles claiming that this is serious stuff which harms people in many ways.

20 posted on 12/14/2013 2:23:05 PM PST by MacNaughton
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