Lesson 7b- Addictions and Pornography

On average _______________ (admitted figure) Americans regularly view porn, and the overwhelming majority are men.

40 million

_____ of divorces had one partner with an obsessive interest in porn.

56%

The Catechism (CCC #2337) defines pornography as "removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties." Pornography is sinful in the Church's eyes because

Those engaged in pornography are immersed in a fantasy world, it offends the dignity of the participants, it offends the virtue of chastity

Our human sexuality requires an integration of our spiritual and physical being.

True

Pornography consumption is connected to the devaluation of monogamy, marriage and child rearing.

True

Pornography is an act of spiritual adultery.

True

Research funded by Congress has shown internet pornography to be "very intrusive" and connected to a variety fraudulent, illegal, and unethical practices used to attract new customers and eroticize attitudes that undermine public health and safety.

True

When we fill our minds with false images of porn, we naturally take those expectations with us to the marriage bed.

True

When a child lives in a home where an adult is consuming pornography, he or she encounters the following...

Increased risk of parental job loss and financial strain, increased risk of encountering pornographic material

The greatest impact of pornography may be on the young, especially...

Males 12 through 17

While the most vulnerable relationship from internet pornography is the marital union, the most vulnerable audience is

Children and adolescents

Like any addiction there are progressive effects of pornography which include...

Desensitization, addiction, acting out, escalation

For all men the use of pornography normalizes aggression towards women in sexual and other interpersonal encounters and increases the tolerance for such aggression against women in the larger culture.

False

Great marital sex has a great deal to do with technique, stamina and experience.

False

Most, if not all, wives today, consider the use of porn as a necessary part of a successful marriage.

False

Porn slowly sharpens our rational senses

False

The porn addict is greatly different from a drug addict and an alcoholic.

False

Pornography consumption is associated with

Risk of separation and divorce, increased appetite for more graphic images, increased marital distress

When a child or adolescent is directly exposed to pornography the following effects have been documented...

The prevalence of less common practices (bestiality, group sex, or sadomasochistic activity), the belief that marriage and family are unnattractive and unnecessary, early onset of first sexual intercourse, lasting negative or traumatic emotional responses

Pornography, which is a destabilizing sexual influence outside the marital contract has a strong negative impact on

The sexual union of married couples, the family unit