“Pornography Harms”: New Website Launched

Mar 2, 2010 | 4 comments

We are pleased to announce a new website resource for our ongoing battle against illegal pornography. It was created by an ally of ours and one of the nation’s leading experts in prosecuting pornographers.

Like you, we at the Pennsylvania Family Institute recognize the harm of obscenity and pornography — to our families, to our communities and to our culture.  Our Independence Law Center is actively assisting citizens and local governments with zoning and other limitations  for sexually oriented businesses, litigating in court when necessary, and assisting lawmakers in crafting good laws, to help stop obscenity in our communities. Please let us know if we can ever help you in this area: www.IndependenceLaw.org

NEWS RELEASE

New “Pornography Harms”Website Launched

The devastating harm from pornography is becoming more evident with each passing day.  Today, a website has been launched to provide ready access to credible, peer-reviewed research documenting that harm. “Pornography Harms, http://pornharms.com, is a one-stop location for sound research, news articles and opinion pieces demonstrating the harm from pornography,” said Patrick Trueman, creator of the site.  The site will be of great help to researchers at all academic levels and the press and concerned public.

Trueman, the former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, expressed strong concern for the direction of America due to the prominence of pornography in the daily lives of our citizens.  “Since the advent of the internet, pornography has flooded homes, businesses, public libraries, and even schools. The results have been devastating to the social and family fabric of America,” Trueman said.

Trueman observed that, for nearly two decades, a large segment of America’s children have had ready access to internet pornography. In the latest trend called, “sexting”, children are producing and distributing cell phone child pornography. This phenomenon may well be an outgrowth of the viewing of internet pornography over long periods of time by children resulting in diminishment of their natural inhibitions against such activity. “Pornography, in other words, is altering minds, destroying taboos, and reordering society, Trueman said.

Addiction to pornography, Trueman noted, is now common among men, women, and even many children, bringing life-long consequences. Pornography use is a significant factor in divorce; a contributing cause of the spread of prostitution and the sexual trafficking of adults and children.

Trueman credited a multi-disciplinary group of professionals and concerned citizens from around the country for the research work on Pornography Harms.

“Pornography is a neglected pandemic and it will remain so until knowledge of its destructive forces is widely understood and disseminated. The Pornography Harms website is dedicated to this task of education,” Trueman said.

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