Patrick F Fagan PhD Drawn from Synthesis Paper The Effects of Pornography on Individuals Marriage Family and Community Mind Heart Soul and Body Enjoyment of the Sexual Enjoyment of the Sexual ID: 630517
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The Social Costs of PornographyPatrick F. Fagan, Ph.D.Slide2
Drawn from Synthesis PaperThe Effects of Pornography onIndividuals, Marriage, Family, andCommunitySlide3
Mind, Heart, Soul and BodySlide4Slide5Slide6Slide7
Enjoyment of the SexualSlide8
Enjoyment of the SexualSlide9
Enjoyment of the SexualSlide10
Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners
Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage
Source NSFG 1995Slide11
Age of First Intercourse
Versus Number of Sexual PartnersSource: NSFG 1995Slide12Slide13
The More Sexual Partners the More Likely to Abort
Source NSFG 1995
8
12
18
19
25
31
34
39
43
52
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
1
2
3
4
5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21+
NUMBER OF NON MARITAL SEXUAL PARTNERS IN LIFETIME
Percent who have abortions laterSlide14
Non-Marital Sexual Partners and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995
1.71%
16.29%
32.89%
40.02%
44.02%
42.66%
49.45%
49.99%
47.55%
55.21%
49.89%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Virgin at
Time of
First
Marriage
Had Pre-
Marital Sex
with First
Husband
1
2
3
4
5
6-10.
11-15.
16-20
21+
Number of Lifetime Voluntary Non-Marital Sexual Partners
Percent of Sexually Active Women Aged 15-44 with ChildrenSlide15
Non-Marital Sexual Partners And Single Motherhood
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995
7.09%
30.21%
36.48%
38.81%
44.16%
53.07%
48.13%
47.03%
50.30%
56.98%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
0
1
2
3
4
5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21+
Number of Lifetime Non-Marital Sexual Partners
Percent of Sexually Active women Aged 15-44 with ChildrenSlide16Slide17
Society’s Foundational RelationshipSlide18
Belonging: Male + Female
Family
Child / Adult
Father
Mother
Society At LargeSlide19
5 Stages of PornographyViewingAddictionEscalationDesensitizationActing OutSlide20
Neuro-Substrates in the Brain(all learning)Slide21
1st Stage: ViewingMales: 6 times more likely to viewAnd to spend more timeSlide22
2nd AddictionHabituationBoredomDissatisfactionSlide23
3rd EscalationIntensityDiversityNow habituated to what before was regarded as abnormalSlide24
4th DesensitizationSlide25
Desensitization Cont’dRepeating the cycle of ViewingAddictionEscalationDesensitizationLeading gradually to a pan-sexualitySlide26
5th Stage Acting OutAddictions to --Cybersex OnlineStrip BarsProstitutionWith others.. Pan SexualityPerversions possibleSlide27
Individual Effects - for AllDepersonalizationObjectificationMental Health EffectsSlide28
* 17 percent of women struggle with pornography addiction.* One in three visitors to pornography sites were women. * 30 percent of Internet pornography consumers are women. Women and Pornography Slide29
Woman as DepersonalizedObject Slide30
Degradation of WomenSlide31
Effects on the IndividualSlide32
Effects on the IndividualMeaning of the sexualFaithfulIntimacyCompanionship / friendshipHappinessFamily Good of the childHappiness / HeavenSlide33
Distortion of RealitySlide34
Eros and ThanatosSlide35
Lust - AngerSlide36
Effects on MarriageMeaning of the sexualFaithfulIntimacyCompanionship / friendshipHappinessFamily Good of the childHappiness / HeavenSlide37
Loss of interest (2/3)
2/3
of couples with
a pornography
addictionSlide38
InfidelitySlide39
Effects on MarriageLove spouse lessSpouse is less attractive / inadequate1/3 couples are sexually involved; 2/3 not Distress/ wounds / trauma of spouse/ RxUsers: importance of sexual relations without involvementSee marriage as confining Fidelity not importantIncreased infidelity (68% of divorces involve ~)3.7 times more use of prostitutesSlide40
Cybersex and MarriageOnline Infidelity (about 80% for both)Distress/ wounds of wives / husbandsSeen by spouse as being unfaithfulLeads to face to face (about 80% for both)Distaste for spouse48% lose their spouse58% considerable financial loss1/3 lose their jobsSlide41
Different Ratings of InfidelitiesMen for the physical sexual arousalWomen for the relational engagementMen more upset by physical infidelityWomen more upset by emotional infidelitySlide42
Other EffectsDepression / Loneliness60 % of divorcesPoverty
Culture of rejection (Thanatos)Public good of children
Marriage becomes meaninglessSlide43
Childhood Initiation
“Basically--
Porn is
Everywhere”
Melinda Horvarth at al (2013) UK Gov. ReportSlide44
Effects on ChildrenReality distortion of the sexualDiscovery of parental “stash”Stress in the homeLess face to face time with parentsSeparation, divorce
60% of divorcesRejectionCulture of rejectionPublic good of children massively weakenedSlide45
Adolescent Initiation Slide46
Effects on AdolescentsTask of discovering sexuality is distortedIncreased uncertainties about sexualityLower self esteemFavorable attitudes towards pornography
Increased levels of intercourseIncreased non-romantic involvementIncreased teen pregnancy (doubles with greater sexual content on TV viewing)
HOOK UP CULTURESlide47
Effects on WomenAs usersIsolation / Alienation / Marriage lossCybersex exploitationDepressionAs victimsDepression/ TraumaLoss of marital intimacyLoss of marriageDivorce PovertyEffect on children affects
motherSlide48
Effects on Community2007: 36% males and 25% of females not ashamed of viewing pornIncreasingly see pornography as harmlessDegradation of cultureDegradation of womenSex traffickingEffect on Foundational Virtue of ChastitySlide49
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
CRIME
PROPERTY
VALUES
EROS
+
THANATOSSlide50
Media DesensitizationPG-13Slide51
Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners
Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage
Source NSFG 1995Slide52Slide53
Enjoyment of the SexualSlide54
3.93 Million Children
3.17 Million Children
0.75 Million Children
Unmarried Parents
Same
Parents
If Married
Source R Rector (Heritage Fdn) : Analysis of CPS 2001
Children in Poverty
In
Poverty
Out of
PovertySlide55Slide56
Retreat from Marriage: Black Men (25-54)by Education Level Slide57
Free To Choose --Not Free to Choose The ConsequencesSlide58Slide59Slide60
What to do?Slide61
What to Do?“The problem with pornography is not that it reveals too much of a woman but too little.”John Paul IISlide62
What to Do?
Healthy
Social Life
Friends -
Service Slide63
What to Do?
Dr.
Kevin
Majers
Exercise!Slide64
What to Do?Slide65
What to Do?Slide66
Read “The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community”MARRI.UShttp://marri.us/pornographySlide67
“The problem with pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.”Bl. John Paul IISlide68