058 – PORN 101: The Problem
from Being A Better Man Hosted by Alf Herigstad
PORN 101: The Problem This is an episode I have been trying to prepare for for some time. A few weeks ago I got a suggestion from a listener who calls himself Dr. J. He suggested that I do an episode about pornography…in particular what has become the phenomena of pornography in our modern age and the ill effects it has on individuals, families and communities, and what might be done about it. I personally didn’t really know that much about it, so I had to do some research. Oh man…the more research I did the more I realized the magnitude and scope of the issue. I’ll tell you right now that it’s not something I will resolve in this episode. More likely this will be the first of several episodes about the topic because it has so many layers…and because it is something that directly affects the ability of men, to be better men, which is what this show is all about. So In this episode I’m going to share with you some of the things I have learned. Please note that I am not reporting this from any moral position. Your personal morality is between you and whatever belief system you subscribe to…I am reporting from a position of facts, statistics, and the evidence of cause and effect, and some of my own opinions as well. I’m providing this information to make you aware. Even if it doesn’t affect you personally it’s likely that someone you know struggles with this issue. Below are some of the statistics I mention in the episode, and a link to several websites that I got information from: The average age of first exposure to Porn is 11. (about the same time a lot of kids get cell phones) 12% of all internet websites are pornographic 25 % of all online search engine results are pornographic 35% of all internet downloads are pornographic 70% of men aged 18 to 24 visit a porn site at least once a month. 70% is a lot. The largest consumer group of internet porn is men between 35 and 49 so they would have been between 27 and 41 at the time of the Digital explosion. The most popular day of the week for watching porn is Sunday the most popular day of the year for watching porn is…believe it or not, Thanksgiving. That’s kind of weird. Those statistics are just from America. But America doesn’t even show up in the top 10 countries that watch Porn online. I was...
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This is an episode I have been trying to prepare for for some time. A few weeks ago I got a suggestion from a listener who calls himself Dr. J. He suggested that I do an episode about pornography…in particular what has become the phenomena of pornography in our modern age and the ill effects it has on individuals, families and communities, and what might be done about it. I personally didn’t really know that much about it, so I had to do some research. Oh man…the more research I did the more I realized the magnitude and scope of the issue. I’ll tell you right now that it’s not something I will resolve in this episode. More likely this will be the first of several episodes about the topic because it has so many layers…and because it is something that directly affects the ability of men, to be better men, which is what this show is all about. So In this episode I’m going to share with you some of the things I have learned. Please note that I am not reporting this from any moral position. Your personal morality is between you and whatever belief system you subscribe to…I am reporting from a position of facts, statistics, and the evidence of cause and effect, and some of my own opinions as well.
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