Why the billboards?

We are convinced that people don't know the simple yet damaging truths about porn use.  There are too many people succumbing to porn addiction, which in turn, ruins the lives of the users, their families, and even contributes to the selling of human beings for sex and pornographic images.  
It's time to pass on the truth about porn.
The billboards were 100% funded by concerned local citizens.
Put up a billboard in your area to help pass on the truth about porn
 Hits on the biggest online porn site last year.  (that number is billion and has increased by 5 billion from 2017)
Over
Hours of new content on a popular site. If you were to start watching 2018’s videos after the Wright brother’s first flight in 1903, you would still be watching them today 115 years later.
MILLION Americans regularly visit porn sites
% of families in the US reported that pornography is a problem in their home.
Pornography increases the marital infidelity rate by more than
%
% of scenes in the 50 most popular porn videos contain physical violence and 87% were against women
% of porn users are women (this number has been growing the past few years)
% of porn users are men

porn...

Affects the User

Have you ever linked porn use to depression, anxiety, anger, erectile dysfunction, low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, violence, infidelity, loneliness? (this is not a complete list)

Porn affects the brain like a drug.  Read about it HERE.

Just because you watch it "every once in a while" doesn't mean it doesn't effect you.
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​Can you check yes to any of the following? 
  • I feel powerless to resist the urge to view porn.
  • I frequently spend more time or money on porn than I initially intended.
  • I have made many unsuccessful attempts to limit or stop viewing porn.
  • I spend a significant portion of time viewing porn, thinking about porn, or engaging in activities that will enable access to porn.
  • I neglect family, social, or work obligations to view porn.
  • I continue to use porn despite experiencing negative consequences.
  • I pass up opportunities, or consider passing up opportunities, to have more time to use or view porn.
  • I feel anxious, stressed, or irritable if I’m unable to access porn.
​ ( checklist from www.projectknow.com)​
If so, you should probably seek help.  It's not too late.  Your side effects are reversible just by stopping using porn!

If not, don't keep looking at porn
or
don't start looking at porn.  There is no good thing about it. 

Know about the effects of porn use HERE and HERE and HERE. 
 (and you'll find more if you search for it)

Affects others

 Porn isn't just a "personal" thing. One's porn use hurts others, too.
It negatively affects one's marriage and other relationships physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  These effects can possibly lead to divorce and/or broken relationships.​
It fuels rape and sexual assault.
It fuels infidelity. 

Read about it HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE
(and you'll find more if you search for it)

Porn fuels bad sexual habits for teens and young people.  It is an issue related to the epidemic of sexting and child-on-child sexual abuse.  Kids and teens are getting sex education by watching porn.  Is that really where we want our children learning about sex?  It is often violent, grotesque, physically and verbally abusive toward women and very unrealistic.  

Find out more about the lies of the porn industry HERE  (Trigger Warning!  Some explicit content) and HERE and other info HERE

contributes to the selling and buying of people

It creates demand for the selling and buying of human beings for sex....AKA sex trafficking...AKA slavery. 
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There is NO WAY to tell if the person(s) in the pornographic images have given their consent to perform.  Most often the answer is they have NOT, so you don't know if you are watching someone who is enslaved or "chose" to be in the image/video.

Testimony after testimony of sex trafficking victims and survivors included how videos and images of them were taken with out their consent and uploaded online.  Some of their videos went viral. 

Porn is often used to train sex trafficking victims about what their buyers will want.

Many people who are addicted to porn end up buying people to satisfy their next "hit" and/or fulfill their fetishes and fantasies.

Porn and sex trafficking are just like any product with supply and demand. The more you view/watch porn the higher the demand for more videos, which means more "performers" or victims to create these images/videos, which contributes to the cycle of sex trafficking.  

​The bottom line...

YOU WATCH PORN?  YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM OF SEX TRAFFICKING.  

Read about the links to sex trafficking 
HERE and HERE
​and HERE 
(and you'll find more if you search for it)

the porn and sex trafficking link 

but THERE IS MORE TRUTH TO PASS ON......

The good news is that there is help to recover from porn use and addiction! 
​It's not too late.
There are also ways to prevent porn use and addiction!

more information and resources

Fight the New Drug
www.fightthenewdrug.com

Brain, Heart, World
www.brainheartworld.org

Your Brain on Porn
www.yourbrainonporn.com 

Truth About Porn
www.truthaboutporn.org

Medical Institute for Sexual Health
www.medinstitute.org

National Center on Sexual Exploitation
www.endsexualexploitation.org 

Shared Hope
www.sharedhope.org

Montgomery County Anti-human Trafficking (MCAT) coalition
www.mcatpa.org  (Find other coalition's links here as well)

Polaris Project
www.polarisproject.org
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Do you want to donate toward the next billboard?  

Do you want to put up a billboard in your town or area?

The billboards were 100% funded by concerned local citizens.  None of the resources and websites mentioned had any role in the production of the billboards.  There is no fiscal connection between the billboards and the resources/websites.