Pornography and porn addiction are topics generally shunned in polite society. But it’s so rampant and so deeply harmful that we have to bring it out from the shadows. On the one hand, representations of sex are completely normalized. On the other hand, barely anyone talks about pornography as a highly addictive drug that destroys relationships, brain function, and values.
J.K. Emezi is a former porn addict himself and now an addiction recovery coach and host of The Porn Reboot Podcast. He shares some harsh realities about how much children are exposed to it, how it harms them, and how loved ones should handle it.
Don’t miss other interview from this episode of The Nation Speaks with anti-sex trafficking advocate Jaco Booyens. He explains the intimate connection between pornography and sex-trafficking, and how it affects our children.