By Peter Mahaffey: When most people think of accountability they are getting it wrong. They are thinking in wrong categories. They don’t have a complete understanding of what accountability is. They don’t know what it should look like when practiced. For example, a group of 18-year-old young men are discouraged because of their constant failings with pornography so they form … Read More
Why a rage-fueled hatred of pornography is a good thing
Warning: This article contains references to disgusting things you may wish you never knew about. Maturity and a strong stomach advised. I’m sitting at my desk and I’m angry. I’m furious. I never swear, but a word I wouldn’t want my mother to hear me say shoots out of my mouth. My phone rings, I say “hello,” and when my … Read More
Our Government Is Talking About Porn and You Should Too
Good news! Our Canadian Standing Committee On Health is beginning the 1st of three days of hearings on the harm of pornography. Ok, technically they are discussing the “affect” of pornography but we know what they’ll find if they look at it honestly. The hearing starts at 11:00am (or started at 11am if you are reading this later). And you can … Read More
How sports are ruining your fight for freedom
By Josh Gilman: My friend texted me: “Man, I’m struggling so much right now. I was having a great day and then as I’m trying to go to bed … man I am so tempted right now.” Sometimes I wouldn’t have the best insight into this, but I was was pretty sure I knew what was going on this time. … Read More
“Dear Dads, don’t watch porn.” A letter from a daughter
The following post was sent to Strength To Fight from a young mom who wanted to share how porn hurts. The hugs, the laughter, the jokes, the fights, the tears, and snuggles…these actions and emotions are a daily occurrence between my daughter and my husband. They love each other so much! Tonight they are snuggling on the couch and he is … Read More
Singleness, Marriage, Contentedness, Porn & Pavlov
By Josh Gilman: Happy Valentines Day! Depending on your personality and life circumstances, today is the best/worst/happiest/horrific/lovely/sickening/romantic/depressing day of the year. But for nearly everyone it is definitely one thing. Triggering. I’ll explain why. Contentedness One of the most common terms that is thrown around when we come upon anything that reminds of relationship statuses is the word “content”. Usually … Read More
Would you take a domestic violence surviver to 50 Shades of Grey?
The 2nd movie instalment of the 50 Shades of Grey series is being released once again as a Valentines day film. The first film in the series was released to a lot of protests and staunch rhetoric on both sides of the argument, but this time around people fighting for the victims are taking a different approach and trying to … Read More
4 things to know before giving your child a digital device for christmas
Many children will receive just what they wanted for christmas this year. An iPhone, or a Tablet, maybe even a laptop or an xbox. And while all these devices obviously have legitimate uses. They each also come with a direct pipeline to all the porn in the world. Here are 4 things you need to do before & after giving them … Read More
A great way to talk about porn over christmas
by Josh Gilman: One of the questions we get most often is “How do I talk to my family and friends about this?” As people realize the danger of pornography, they often ask us how they can possibly bring this up with friends and family. After all, how do you open that conversation? “Sooo……speaking of pornography being an unspeakable scourge … Read More
Why the National Post wrote a lazy article about pornography
by Josh Gilman: I don’t know. Last week the House of Commons unanimously adopted Motion-47 which calls upon the Canadian Public Health Committee to study the harmful effects of Online Sexual Violence (pornography). Yesterday the National Post published an article titled. “Parliament is about to thrust itself into the unsavoury world of porn with a useless committee.” Now to be … Read More