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                 |   |  | About VictimsofPornography.Org Victims of Pornography is a
    project sponsored by Citizens
    for Community Values  designed to help our society see that pornography
    is not victimless. That It is affecting our families and friends...And
    recognizing this fact is the key to changing lives. 
        Pornography and 
        sexual addiction are effecting our families, friends, communities and 
        our self worth. These victims could be: women being treated as mere sex 
        objects, daughters with a loss of innocence, children abused, and men 
        and women who feel trapped. 
         The 1986 Attorney 
        General's Commission on Pornography detailed the harm with many victims' 
        testimonies.  The number of victims continues to increase.    As pro-family 
        groups representing millions of families met to discuss the issue of 
        pornography in America today, we could not forget the many victims. Many 
        of these pro-family groups decided to recognize these victims during the 
        month of May each year through a variety of efforts.  These could 
        include radio spots, newsletter articles, press releases, and 
        distribution of victim assistance telephone numbers for those who need 
        help. A national press 
        conference is held each year in Washington, DC. Members of the Congress, national 
        pro-family organizations, and victims of pornography are present.  
         We encourage 
        media, elected officials, churches, and pro-family organizations, and 
        individuals, to recognize the victims of pornography as real hurting 
        people by bringing light to this growing issue across our country. 
        Please consider hosting an event, giving interviews, writing editorials, 
        sending press releases, or participating in talk shows about the victims 
        during the month of May each year.  Our hope is to: 
          
          Educate and create 
          awareness that there are real victims of pornography. 
          Show true 
          compassion to those victims who are seeking help by giving them the 
          resources and avenues they desperately need. 
          Change the 
          attitude and heart of America toward the many visible and hidden 
          victims of pornography.   
          
        Putting a FACE to 
        the Victims   Who are they? 
          
          Women -- A teenage 
          girl walks down the street and becomes the victim of a man who sees 
          her as a mere sex object after viewing pornography.  He whistles, 
          makes inappropriate sexual comments and gestures, then proceeds to 
          rape her. Wives who are lonely and betrayed, made to feel 
          disrespected, displeasing, unattractive, dehumanized and unworthy  she 
          never quite measures up, no matter how hard she tries.  Her husband 
          proceeds to masturbate to a "paper woman" she can never be.  A 
          Girlfriend who ends up used and abused by a man she doesn't really 
          know because he is unable to have a loving relationship with her. She 
          is unaware of his double life; the man she knows and the man she may 
          never know    the man trapped in a secret life of addiction to 
          pornography.  Women in the "Industry" who dance, pose and do what it 
          takes to survive.  She can't seem to escape the cheap, "dirty" 
          feelings she has after performing.  These women are trapped in an 
          industry that holds them captive.  
          Children -- Boys 
          and girls used for sexual pleasure by fathers, stepfathers, 
          grandparents, and family members, as well as unsuspecting others in 
          their communities.  These perpetrators often use pornography before 
          preying on the children.  These little ones loose their innocence 
          because of distorted thoughts of sexuality after being abused.  Their 
          childlike innocence is also stolen by distorted thoughts of sexuality 
          after finding and using pornography at an early age. There are 
          children who have been victimized by adults whose business it is to 
          photograph them for the sexual arousal of depraved grown-ups. 
          Men --  Fathers, 
          Husbands, Pastors, College Students, Businessmen, and Blue-collar 
          workers, who are controlled by the images of pornography engraved in 
          their minds forever, in most cases from years of addiction. Men who, 
          because of their addiction and distorted ideas of intimacy, have in 
          many cases have lost their families, jobs, and self respect. Most of 
          these men are unaware that there is help available  and even worse are 
          not interested in help. 
          Society -- An 
          entire generation of people, who in many instances have become 
          desensitized and robbed of decency, conscience, morality and 
          compassion for others. The situation can be attributed to the secular 
          media who is confused about First Amendment rights. Therefore, society 
          is often unaware that innocent people are hurt and becoming victims of 
          pornography. The general public is unaware that the skyrocketing 
          number of people who are effected in their own neighborhoods by rape, 
          molestation, disrespect and crime is, in most part, due to the tidal 
          wave of pornography and sexually oriented businesses in their 
          community.   
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