A new study reveals women are struggling with graphic sexual immorality in droves. “It was an ordinary weekday morning when Caroline first noticed how much pornography was taking over her life. Here she was taking a day from the office to get some rest after a stressful work week, tired and sitting at her laptop with tired eyes viewing porn.
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“’ I remember the feeling of being sucked in, really wanting that two-minute fix, that numbness I got when I used porn,’ says Caroline. ‘I was stressed out, and I risked being late for my interview, but I pressed play anyway and fast-forwarded it to the bit I wanted. It took two minutes. … Afterwards, I just hated myself for giving in and getting off on images that treated women like pieces of meat. But I kept going back.’” Viewing porn can be very addictive.
Those are the opening paragraphs of a story from The Guardian called “Why More and More Women Are Using Pornography.” Revelations of female watching porn addiction are an eye-opening issue. Most people assume the problem is exclusive to testosterone-driven men. But a new study reveals that women are struggling with graphic sexual immorality in droves.,
But get this: Online porn viewership has quadrupled for women in just three years. A 2010 Pew report shows only 2 per cent of women admitted to watching online porn. And again, it’s likely that the true numbers are even greater.
And that’s not the worst of it. Covenant Eyes has gathered shocking statistics from various studies. Here are a few of them:
According to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Research, about half (49 per cent) of young adult women agree that viewing pornography is an acceptable way of expressing one’s sexuality. Exposures to porn during childhood are not just brief glimpses. Some teen girls are viewing online pornography for a half-hour or more at a time, and 1 in 7 have done this on multiple occasions. Of the women in the Dirty Girls community, 87 per cent say they feel or have felt “out of control” when it comes to the matter of masturbation; 70 per cent say the same about sexual fantasies, according to Dirty Girls Ministries. Of the women in the Dirty Girls community, 45 per cent said they started “habitually and compulsively” watching pornography or engaging in cybersex when they were 13-17 years old. Of the women in the Dirty Girls community, 27 per cent say they feel or have felt “out of control” when it comes to sexually chatting online; 11 per cent say the same thing about sexting…more women are viewing porn?
But there is hope. Although much attention is focused on helping men break free from watching porn, ministries are rising to help women find deliverance from this bondage. Beggar’s Daughter, Bethesda Workshops and Dirty Girls Ministries, among others, are offering God’s grace to women trapped in sexual sin. If you or a woman you know is addicted to pornography or viewing porn, I urge you to seek help. Jesus is your deliverer, and He won’t leave you trapped in Jezebel’s clutches. Jennifer LeClaire is news editor at Charisma. Watching porn is not recommended if you find you are prone to its addictive nature.
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