There has been more good news on the pornography front than we’re used to, with Time Magazine’s article alerting the general public to the affect of porn addiction on a generation of young men, and the Globe & Mail and Washington Post also highlighting the dangers of pornography in the past several weeks. Here in Canada, MP Arnold Viersen is … Read More
5 Things I Learned Interning at Strength To Fight
by David Hilder: I’m a university student studying history and political science, and this semester I found myself doing an internship at the organization Strength To Fight, from mid-January to the end of March. As I’m experienced in doing research, I spent much of my time reading, compiling and writing about scientific studies on the effects of pornography and the … Read More
Handing 6 year olds porn in school
Yesterday a story ran in local news outlets about a 6 year old, telling his parents he had been exposed to porn while using a school issued tablet during class. While stories based on the testimony of 6 year olds are very difficult to verify, that doesn’t hide one fact. This 6 year old boy HAS been exposed to porn. … Read More
Thanks for hiding the bruises
Dear Mom & Dad, I hope you have a nice Valentine’s Day date. You have heard a million times that it makes a big difference to me and my siblings when we know our parents love each other. So as much as we groan when you kiss in front of us. It actually does give us security and all that … Read More
Jian Ghomeshi and Our Culture of Sexual Violence
By David Hilder & Strength To Fight Staff Jian Ghomeshi, former host and co-creator of the CBC radio show Q, is more well-known today than when he was on the air. Despite his fourteen years of hard work in public broadcasting, a time he looks back on to describe himself as having “always tried to be a good soldier and … Read More
11 Things To Know About Porn
Strength To Fight recently brought on a University Intern. On just his first day we asked him to do a whole bunch of reading and research and let us know what he learned. Here is what he learned in just one single day. Porn Use is Widespread Porn today has become one of the most common forms of so-called entertainment, … Read More
Pornhub killed 6,000 people last year
by Josh Gilman Pornhub took over 6,000 lives from us last year. Not that they directly killed anyone, but when you consider the amount of life lost to viewing porn that’s exactly what happened. Pornhub, one of the world’s most mainstream porn sites, reported this week that 4,392, 486,580 hours were spent on that site. That’s more than 501,000 years worth … Read More
Time For Warning Labels On Porn?
by Guest Author It’s been a long time since anyone was able to buy cigarettes without also seeing an alarming message about cancer, emphysema, or some other horrible health effects from smoking. Maybe it’s time pornography came with warning labels too. That idea may provoke a snicker or two initially. But think about what research has shown: pornography consumption damages … Read More
How To Kill The Porn Industry In One Step
By Josh Gilman How do you stop something pervasive? Can a society change in one generation? I ask because when we talk about fighting pornography, we are talking about something that is everywhere. The amount of people who have never seen pornography is negligible – men and women who are addicted to its consumption make up the majority of our … Read More
Join The Fight!
This year has been incredible. It’s hard to believe that it was just last November that we were sitting down discussing the need to start a full-time anti-pornography organization. We looked at the need and realized that, to quote our presenter Daniel “This isn’t a cause. This is a crisis”. Since then we’ve partnered with Canadians across the country, who … Read More