RESOURCES FOR WOMEN

YES, ABSOLUTELY. A COMMON MYTH IS THAT WOMEN ARE LESS SEXUAL THAN MEN AND THAT THEY DO NOT SEEK OUT PORNOGRAPHY. CONTRARY TO THIS MYTH, WOMEN ARE JUST AS SEXUAL AS MEN AND SEEK OUT AND DEVELOP PROBLEMATIC PORNOGRAPHY USE, THOUGH THE TYPES OF PORNOGRAPHY WOMEN SEEK OUT TEND TO BE DIFFERENT THAN MEN.

NO. WOMEN STRUGGLE FROM PROBLEMATIC PORNOGRAPHY USE JUST LIKE MEN DO, HOWEVER, SOCIAL STIGMA OVER TIME HAS MADE WOMEN LESS LIKELY TO OPENLY DISCUSS PORNOGRAPHY USE OR EVER DISCLOSE USE AT ALL. MOST RESOURCES FOR OVERCOMING PORNOGRAPHY USE ISSUES IS TARGETED TOWARD MEN AND SELDOM ARE WOMEN TALKED TO ABOUT IT. THIS IS WHY STEADFAST HAS A DEDICATED RESEARCH INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO UNDERSTAND FEMALE PORNOGRAPHY USE TO DEVELOP A GENDER SPECIFIC RECOVERY PROGRAM JUST FOR WOMEN.

YES. MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT. THOUGH BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SEEK OUT PORNOGRAPHY THEY DO SO FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, HOWEVER, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SEEK OUT PORNOGRAPHY BECAUSE OF MISUNDERSTOOD SEXUAL NEEDS THAT GO UNADDRESSED. OFTEN MEN AND WOMEN ARE RAISED IN SOCIETIES AND CULTURES THAT CREATE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SEXUALITY THAT ARE USUALLY NOT TRUE. AS A RESULT MANY ISSUES ARISE, PORNOGRAPHY USE BEING ONE OF THE HARMFUL RESULTS OF SUCH LIES.

NO. JUST AS MEN WHO LOOK AT PORNOGRAPHY ARE NOT LESS MASCULINE OR LESS NOBLE, WOMEN ARE NOT INFERIOR IN ANY WAY FOR USING PORNOGRAPHY. EVERYONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEVELOPING PROBLEMATIC PORNOGRAPHY USE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SEXUAL BEINGS WHO WANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD SEXUALLY AND HAVE OUR SEXUAL NEEDS MET.

AT STEADFAST WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRUGGLE WITH PORNOGRAPHY IS REAL AND PREVALENT AND WE SEEK TO HELP BOTH MEN AND WOMEN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SEEK OUT PORNOGRAPHY, HOW IT EFFECTS THEM AND THEIR FAMILY SYSTEM AND HOW TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE PORNOGRAPHY USE IN THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO HAVE HEALTHY AND THRIVING RELATIONSHIPS.

NO. WOMEN ARE SEXUAL BEINGS JUST AS MEN AND ARE JUST AS SEXUAL THAN MEN. IN FACT, WOMEN HAVE MORE SEXUAL NERVE FIBERS THROUGHOUT THE PELVIC STRUCTURE THAN MEN.

BOTH MEN AND WOMEN EXPERIENCE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GUILT AND SHAME WITH PORNOGRAPHY USE. THOUGH BOTH WOMEN AND MEN HAVE NEGATIVE FEELINGS TOWARDS THEMSELVES FOR VIEWING PORNOGRAPHY, WOMEN TEND TO INTERNALIZE IT IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY. THIS OCCURS FOR TWO REASONS: THE FIRST REASON BEING THAT WOMEN ARE TAUGHT FROM A YOUNG AGE THAT THEY ARE LESS SEXUALLY DRIVEN THAN MEN AND THAT PORNOGRAPHY TENDS TO BE A MALE "PROBLEM". THE SECOND REASON BEING A TRUE BIOLOGICAL WIRING OF FEMALES VERSUS MALES- WOMEN ARE STIMULATED DIFFERENTLY THAN MEN AND AS A RESULT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BIOLOGICAL WIRING OF WOMEN ARE AFFECTED WHEN USING PORNOGRAPHY.

EVEN IN A TIME WHERE WOMEN ARE HIGHLY SEXUALIZED IN THE MEDIA, WOMEN TEND TO BE SEXUALIZED IN A WAY THAT IS APPEALING TO MEN AND ARE THE "OBJECT" OF SEXUAL DESIRE. WOMEN OVER TIME HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED WHAT IS SEXUALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD WHAT SEXUALITY IS FOR A LONG TIME. THIS CREATES EVEN MORE LAYERS FOR WOMEN TO UNDERSTAND IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS.