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over the past two and a half years, 17 of which were senior officers with 6-figure salaries. 19 Most of these cases began in 2008, around the time the financial engines of the U.S. economy started to fail. Pornography is Prostitution Noel Bouché, Vice President of the pureHOPE, said in an interview: Pornography is not about sex, broadly. If you look at the etymology of the word, “pornography” comes from the Greek pornographos, which is “writings about prostitutes.” So when we’re talking about pornography, we’re talking about a very specific form of sex—indeed, illicit sex, and a type of sex that is illegal throughout most of the world. It’s the prostitution of human beings [...] And so I think, when we’re talking about changing the dialogue and helping people understand what they’re actually participating in when they’re looking at images on a screen and consuming this material: they are consuming prostitution. They’re consuming the prostituting of that young person that’s performing. They’re consuming what is inherently an exploitative act. [...] You’ll see a situation like a Jenna Jamison or some of the porn stars that are really thrown into our face that are everywhere: they have memoirs, they’re on cable television, and they’re doing this all with a smile. But behind the scenes you’ve got thousands of women who are lasting perhaps 18 months—that’s the average length for a woman in the porn industry—18 months before they fall out, before they’re so broken, before they’re so traumatized that they can’t do it any longer. [...] Sex trafficking, prostitution, stripping, pornography—these things exist because there’s demand for them, because society is demanding this product, is demanding sexually explicit, pornographic material. It’s demanding a sexual outlet that is fed by these various services. And I think it’s important to step back from that and connect these dots, because not only is it not obvious at times, but also we create, I think in our own minds and socially, distinctions between these various things I just mentioned. And ultimately, it’s my belief that these are false distinctions. These are false distinctions between pornography, prostitution, stripping, and trafficking. Because they all fall under this umbrella of commercial sex. These are all forms of commercial sex, which is essentially [...] the commodifying of sex and the person performing it, packaging it, and selling it. Shelley Lubben, founder of the Pink Cross Foundation, reports: »» Only 17% of performers use condoms in heterosexual adult films; in 2004, only two of the 200 adult film companies required the use of condoms. »» Dr. Sharon Mitchell confirms the STD prevalence in an interview with Court TV, in which she states: 66% of porn performers have Herpes, 12-28% have other sexually transmitted diseases, and 7% have HIV. »» Porn actress Erin Moore admits, “the drugs we binged on were Ecstasy, Cocaine, Marijuana, Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and alcohol.” »» Tanya Burleson, formerly known as Jersey Jaxin, says, “Guys are punching you in the face. You get ripped. Your insides can come out of you. It’s never ending. You’re viewed as an object—not as a human with a spirit. People do drugs because they can’t deal with the way they’re being treated.” 20 In 2004, Dr. Mary Anne Layden reported before a Senate subcommittee: Once [the pornography actresses] are in the industry they have high rates of substance abuse, typically alcohol and cocaine, depression, borderline personality disorder. [...] The experience I find most common among the performers is that they have to be drunk, high or dissociated in order to go to work. Their work environment is Porn in the Pews • © 2010 CovenantEyes 30
particularly toxic. [...] The terrible work life of the pornography performer is often followed by an equally terrible home life. They have an increased risk of sexually transmitted disease including HIV, domestic violence and have about a 25% chance of making a marriage that lasts as long as 3 years. 21 Pornography and the Church In 1994, a survey showed 91% of men raised in Christian homes were exposed to pornography while growing up (compared to 98% of those not raised in a Christian home). 22 In March 2005 Christianity Today published the results of a study called “Christians and Sex” in their Leadership Journal. Out of 680 pastors surveyed, 57% said addiction to pornography is the most sexually damaging issue to their congregation. 23 In August 2006, a survey reported 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography. 60% of the women who answered the survey admitted to having significant struggles with lust; 40% admitted to being involved in sexual sin in the past year. 24 In 2002, of 1,351 pastors surveyed, 54% said they had viewed Internet pornography within the last year, and 30% of these had visited within the last 30 days. 25 In 2003, Today’s Christian Woman reported: 26 »» 34% of female readers of Today’s Christian Woman’s online newsletter admitted to intentionally accessing Internet porn. »» According to a Zogby International survey, 17% of the female population are regular users of pornography. 1. David Cay Johnston. “Indications of a Slowdown in the Sex Entertainment Trade.” New York Times, Jan. 4, 2007. http://www. nytimes.com/2007/01/04/business/media/04porn.html (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 2. Matt Richtel. “In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real.” New York Times, Jan. 22, 2007. W http:// www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/business/media/22porn.html?_r=1 (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 3. Jennifer Davies and David Washburn. “San Diego’s Adult Entertainment goes Uptown, Upscale and Online (first of two parts).” SignOnSanDiego.com, Oct. 18, 2004. http://justfixit. uniontrib.com/news/metro/20041018-9999-lz1n18adult.html (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 4. Jon Mooallem. “A Disciplined Business.” New York Times, April 29, 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29kink.t.html (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 5. Free Speech Coalition. 23 Nov. 2009. http://www.docstoc.com/ docs/6117965/Free-Speech-Coalition-WHITE-PAPER-A-Reporton-the 2006 (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 6. Frontline. Intro. to “American Porn,” 7 February 2002. http://www. pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/etc/synopsis.html (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 7. Kirk Doran. “The Economics of Pornography.” Presented at “Social Costs of Pornography,” Princeton Univ., 11-13 Dec. 2008. Witherspoon Institute. 8. Mark Kastleman. The Drug of the New Millennium, 2001, Granite Pub. Co., Columbus, NC 9. Benjamin Edleman. “Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?” Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 23, Num. 1, Winter 2009, 209-220. 10. Patrick F. Fagan. “The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community.” Studies in Catholic Higher Education, Dec. 2009. http://www.scribd.com/doc/23930556/ The-Effects-of-Pornography-on-Individuals-Marriage-Family-and- Community (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 11. Dolf Zillmann. “Influence of Unrestrained Access to Erotica on Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Dispositions toward Sexuality.” Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 27, Iss. 2, Supp. 1, pgs. 41-44), Aug. 2000. 12. Jennifer P. Schneider. “Effects of Cybersex Addiction on the Family: Results of a Survey,” Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity 7, 2000, Pgs. 31-58. http://www.jenniferschneider.com/articles/ cybersex_family.html (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 13. Ed Vitagliano. “Caught! Online Porn, Predators Threaten Children, Teens.” American Family Association Journal, Jan. 2007. http:// www.afajournal.org/2007/january/0107caught.asp (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 14. Michael Leahy. Porn University: What College Students Are Really Saying About Sex on Campus. 2009, Northfield Pub., Chicago. 15. Jill Manning. Testimony: U.S Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Nov. 10 2005. “Why the Government Should Care about Pornography.” http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm? renderforprint=1&id=1674&wit_id=4826 (accessed Sept. 19, 2010) 16. Eric Retzlaff. National Coalition Sex Statistics. Family Guardian Fellowship, June 13, 1999. http://www.famguardian.org/Subjects/ SexualImmorality/Articles/SexStatistics.htm (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 17. Gloria McDonough-Taub. “Porn at Work: Recognizing a Sex Addict.” cnbc.com, July 16, 2009. http://www.cnbc.com/ id/31922685 (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). 18. Jim McElhatton. “Exclusive: Porn Surfing Rampant at U.S. Science Foundation.” Washington Times, Sept. 29, 2009. http://www. washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/29/workers-porn-surfingrampant-at-federal-agency/ (accessed Sept. 19, 2010). Porn in the Pews • © 2010 CovenantEyes 31
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