How Knowing The Source of Pornography's Power Can Help You Break Free

According to statistica, 20% of internet searches are pornography-related. That's huge considering there are about 5.6 billion searches on the web per day.

It gets more interesting.  

To further put this in perspective, it means that roughly 1 billion searches on the internet are for explicit content. And, right now, as you read this, 2 out of every 10 users on the internet, are typing in pornographic keywords into search bars. 

At this point, it's quite evident that pornography has become a very powerful influence in today's world. 

But why is this so? What makes porn so mesmeric?

Well, this is it.

Pornography is so powerful today because of  four A’s.

• Availability

• Affordability

• Anonymity

• Addictiveness

These four A’s when put together exert a deadly influence over many. Take out one of these and it loses its devastating and grip-like hold.

Let's dive in, shall we?

1. Availability

At the click of a button, you can access thousands of raunchy photos and videos, anywhere, anytime. The ease of accessing a pornographic clip is so quick and so simple, one can barely browse the internet without stumbling across pornographic content. 

Unlike previous times, where a person had to exert some physical effort to walk into a store to purchase a pornographic magazine or CD, in this modern era of lighting speed internet, with an act as simple as clicking the screen of a phone or laptop, a porn-user can access thousands of explicit images and videos within seconds.

Have you ever been busy browsing a web page, and suddenly, out of nowhere, a picture of a scantily clad woman pops up at the center of the screen, with the inscription: 'Hey, I'm lonely. I'll like to meet you. 3kms away'

Sounds familiar?

Even more alarming today is the fact that without an individual actively seeking out pornography, there stands a very high likelihood that they'd still run into, and maybe, view pornography online from ads, site redirections, spamware etc. 

Nowadays you don't have to go looking for porn, porn stalks you and seeks you out on nearly half the sites you visit.  

2. Affordability

As long as the internet exist and as long as any random Joe can access the web with a token for connection, pornography will remain powerful. 

With just a little amount of money, one can pay for internet connection and access thousands of pornographic images and videos.

In fact, there are forums, chat groups teeming with people who are passionate about sharing the pornography gospel for free. 

Yeah, it's that bad. 

All an individual needs do is join any of these groups for free and help themselves to a buffet of adult content of diversified categories. No browsing stress, no subscription hassles, just a community sharing and analyzing explicit content with one ananother

3. Anonymity

Why do you think porn users wipe their browser history? You'd agree it's definitely not to get rid of the cobwebs. 

Anonymity is another of the reasons why pornography is so powerful. The fact that a person could secretly use porn and not get discovered gives it a strangle-hold effect on any user. 

If there were a porn usage odometer on every porn user's forehead  showing how many adult videos they've watched and how long they've spent viewing them, then I guess porn usage would drastically reduce, unless, of course, wearing baseball caps all through the day becomes a fave fashion thing. 

But as long as every porn user can hide and use porn without experiencing the uncomfortable feeling of guilt and shame from others, pornography will continue to dominate, taking many captives and increasing its influence as the days go by

4. Addictiveness

There's something eerily satisfying about sneaking to do something forbidden. 

Isn't there?

Think about it for a minute, everybody and their mom frowns at pornography. So when you use something banned and presumably reserved for the few stubborn and daring unfortunate ones, it confers an addictive reward, no matter how sickening. 

In addition, scientifically speaking, the neurons that activate when a person views explicit content are the primitive, innate, and powerful structures that drive sex and procreation. 

Hence, looking at porn induces a surge of powerful hormones that cause a porn user to bond with lewd content, ultimately creating an inseparable link and an unquenchable desire that leads to addiction. 

Conclusion

The use of pornography can be likened to a fire that is fueled by its availability, its affordability and its anonymity. Remove one of these propellants from the equation and you douse the flame of lust and addiction in an addict’s life