This is the fourth article in the series The Fight Against Porn series.
Pornography is a HUGE industry in modern America. Even though revenues are down for the pornography business, people are consuming more and more free porn. This is not encouraging.
If you’ve ever tried to combat pornography in the past, you’ve more than likely found it incredibly difficult. Why is that? There are tons of factors that play into this, but in this article I’ll go over two reasons why “quitting” pornography use is so difficult for us modern techies.
Porn is Part of Our Culture
I have no plans of writing a thesis on the sexualization of our culture over the past 100 years, but that’s not to say it hasn’t happened. Simply view the difference between a bathing suit in the 1940s and compare it to the strips of cloth stores are presenting today. Modern culture cares nothing of your spiritual wellbeing. They’ll do whatever you can to drive their brand or make a buck, much at our expense. It’s hard for me to go through a day without seeing some form of sexually charged advertisement beckoning me to purchase their product.
All that to say: porn and sexual themes have VIP spots in our culture. They’re firmly planted and not going anywhere. I’ve heard guys joke about porn scenes, how many people they’ve slept with, and even consoling each other over heartbreak by saying “Well, at least you had sex with her.” It’s pervasive, deeply rooted, and extremely hard to combat.
Porn Gone Mobile
The second reason I’ll give as to why it’s so hard to free yourself from porn is that it is so readily available. On any app store, you’ll find tons of browsers with private, incognito modes allowing you to browse without accountability. Porn sites are developing and advertising apps. The entire catalog of internet porn is just a few touches away on your smartphone.
This makes it incredibly hard to keep saying “no” to porn over time. On this point, I’ll make a reference that any techie reading this should pay careful attention to. I’ve used many different accountability devices on my smartphone, but none as helpful as Ever Accountable for Android.
If you’ve used accountability software, you’ll be familiar with most of it’s features. Accountability reports, uninstall notices, and the like. But beyond that, they have built in Accessibility access into their app, meaning it can see what you’re typing and where you’re going, even in incognito mode. They’ve also implemented a ton of different scenarios to make it pretty much impossible to disable the app without anyone knowing. They’re the only one I’ll recommend to you on Android. On iOS there are plenty of good accountability browsers like X3Watch and Covenant Eyes that work fine as well.
What do you think? Why do you think it’s so hard to break free from pornography? What ways have you found to guard you or a loved one on their mobile device?
*Note: the reasons listed above are not excuses for pornography use. We, as Christians, are called to love Jesus and live a pure life. I wrote this merely to provide insight into why it’s a difficult struggle, as well as to let you know you’re not alone in your struggle.
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