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Jun 20

A child’s legal right to porn? I don’t think so.

By Liz Walker Impacts of porn

Guest blog post by John Carr Pornhub is not an aid, comforter or reliable source of advice, guidance, support or information for children who are anxious or inquisitive about sex, their own sexuality, or relationships. Neither is any other porn site I know about. The fact that some children may...

Jun 08

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Tactics to cover-up porn addiction

By Liz Walker Impacts of porn

Porn addiction doesn’t exist! At least, that's the mantra of porn-harms science-deniers. In a frenzied attempt to cover up the harms of porn on the brain, a group of scientists are hell-bent on convincing people that porn addiction doesn't exist. Scientists in white coats by YouthWellbeing Known as "Real Your...

Mar 10

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2020 is the year that #ShiftHappens

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn

There’s a global rally cry to hold Pornhub executives accountable for aiding trafficking and child sexual exploitation, evidenced by over 430,000 signatures (and rising) that have supported the Traffickinghub petition in the past month. This has resulted in a protest outside Mindgeek (Pornhub) on International Women's Day. In addition, in an unprecedented step...

Jun 11

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Does Porn Ruin Relationships?

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

People's experiences and research indicate that yes, in many cases, porn does ruin relationships. According to a survey by Relationships Australia, one in five couples experience relationship issues triggered by internet porn. Porn is leading to a breakdown of trust and an erosion of intimacy and increasingly being cited as a...

Feb 12

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Please governments, stop treating porn like a political football

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

As an increasing number of governments around the world wake up to what's happening in our communities due to the impacts of porn on children and young people, the US state of Arizona (and many other US States) are treating it as a political football. Recently announced, Arizona is the latest...

Jan 22

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“Ethical porn” – a smokescreen for an exploitive industry

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

A common dilemma, I’ve been asked this question: “I find it hard to challenge porn when we now see so much self-created porn (where there is obviously consent, no coercion, etc). Also with "ethical" porn sites such as ManyVids gaining popularity and porn-makers using the #sexpositivity and anti slut-shaming movements to promote...

Nov 05

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Skewed data – we shouldn’t be surprised

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

While the rest of the world is in uproar about inequalities and violence against women, the porn industry want us to believe that women are watching "extreme" categories like "rough sex" and "hardcore" more than men. Let's test this then shall we? What we know. We know that it’s common for those who...

Oct 13

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Drifting in a river of toxic messages

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality

It's unfathomable to think that widespread action hasn't yet been taken to reduce kids access to pornography. I'm always the first to say that porn doesn't impact all kids the same way, but the reality is that they are drifting in a river of toxic messages about sexuality; most don't...

Apr 02

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Building upon the powerful collective roar

By Liz Walker Explicit Culture, Impacts of porn, Sexuality, Top parent concerns, Top teen concerns

We have entered an era where women globally, are speaking up against injustice. A powerful collective roar has seen the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement shake systems of power and expose previously unspoken pains for all women who have been raped, violated or sexually harassed. For some, this has been therapeutic;…