New Comprehensive Study Shows How Pornography Threatens Marriages, Children, Communities and Individual Happiness
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 2, 2009
(ORLANDO, FL)– The Florida Family Policy
Council and the Family Research Council released a new study today that
comprehensively details the effects of pornography on marriages,
children, communities and individual happiness.
The study, “The Effects of Pornography on
Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community,” synthesizes all available
research on the effects of pornography on families and communities.
Pornography distorts an individual’s concept
of the nature of conjugal relations, which, in turn, alters both sexual
attitudes and behavior. It is a major threat to marriage, to family, to
children and to individual happiness. In undermining marriage, it is
one of the major factors in undermining social stability and adding to
the tax-payer burden caused by the fragmentation of families.
Social scientists, clinical psychologists,
and biologists have begun to clarify some of the social and
psychological effects, and neurologists are beginning to delineate the
biological mechanisms through which pornography produces its powerful
negative effects. Among the study’s findings:
- Men who view pornography regularly have a
higher tolerance for abnormal sexuality, including rape, sexual
aggression, and sexual promiscuity.
- Married men who are involved in pornography
feel less satisfied with their conjugal relations and less emotionally
attached to their wives. Wives notice and are upset by the
difference.
- Pornography engenders greater sexual
permissiveness, which in turn leads to a greater risk of out-of-wedlock
births and STDs, which in turn lead to still more weaknesses and
debilities.
- The presence of sexually oriented businesses
significantly harms the surrounding community, leading to increases in
crime and decreases in property values.
- Child-sex offenders are more likely to view pornography regularly or to be involved in its distribution.
- Pornography eliminates the warmth of affectionate family life, which is the natural social nutrient for the growing child.
The complete study can be downloaded [at //flfamily.org/. broken link 7/11, contact site for document.]
For More Info Contact: J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS (866-372-6397)
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