Do you know where your children are?

One of the most ridiculous and naive beliefs of the modern era is that "pornography doesn't hurt anyone." To uphold this belief, you have to ignore the facts and hold to an ideal which doesn't stand up to the world around us. At one time pornography was a hidden vice which required the individual go out of their way to seek and acquire. It was basically sought by men who had few other outlets for their wants and needs. Seldom was it viewed by women or children since it was not a part of their world.

With the advent of the internet, pornography suddenly became easily accessible to the masses. A new viewing audience emerged. The addictive persona of pornography captured a whole new audience who previously had been sheltered from it's pull. It's cancer has become such a part of current society that many folks accept it without questioning it's value or the repercussions it brings. Families have been shattered and yet very few are pointing a finger at one of the main causes.

A whole new segment of resulting abuse has sprung in it's wake. Child abuse... by both men and women is taking on an entire new face. The news is filled with female school teachers sexually abusing underage students. Men are having relations with women with no intention of solidifying the relationship beyond the sex. Women are accepting sexual relations that hold no further promise. Both men and women are acquiring sexual diseases once found mainly in other circles of contact. People are accepting various forms of deviancy and perversions... and considering them normal!

Children are viewing pornography in the privacy of their room and are fascinated and easily addicted. The bestial nature of it's contents doesn't take much to convince the adolescent that what they are viewing is good; is normal; and is easily emulated. Many websites are frequented by adolescents who purposely keep the sites secret from their clueless parents. Additionally, there are many alternative social media websites where teenagers go to discuss their sexuality; interchange pornography; and share secrets of such a nature that their parents, siblings, and even some of their peers would be shocked and surprised to hear.

We wonder where perverted minds come from. We normally think a reprobate mind is owned by some unappealing dirty old man who should be locked-up for his filthy thoughts. We never want to believe that someone we love could possess a mind which has distorted and perverted sexuality. To make it even more unreal... we never want to think that our beloved children could share similar thoughts to a filthy old pervert. What we all too often overlook is the harmful effects of easily accessed pornography. We turn our back and look the other way. We defend the right of pornographers. We are immature and naive in our reasoning. We underestimate the harm. We reap what we sew.

Do you know where your children are? Do you know what's captured their mind? Do you really?

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