In this blog article, I have a message to all the Dads, Husbands, and grown men out there regarding the most popular genre of pornography on the web – teen porn. For the past two years, the search term “teen” has been the top porn search around the world.  It’s also number one in the United States.

I know, through first hand experience and my work with clients all over the world, that men gravitate towards teen porn and I’m here to tell you that’s it’s unhealthy and tell you why you need to stop.

First, this genre is exploiting our evolutionary drive towards younger woman. For thousands of years (at least), men have, on average, mated with younger women, That’s because, if all else is equal, “those who reproduce earlier, their genes are passed on faster.” If you are in a committed monogomous relationship and over 30 let’s say – think about what this genre is teaching you about beauty and sexuality. It’s corrupting your hard drive brother and in no way can it be moving you closer to your partner.

Second, it’s pseudo child porn – you know it and I know it. These young women, though 18 are often posed with pigtails, braces, slender and flat chested, stockings, in child like situations. Then they are brutally violated. You know and I know it. Yet the mind hides behind the legal fact that the woman is 18 – if she’s seventeen or younger, you go to jail if you possess the exact same content- but at 18 it’s morally right? I don’t think so. Pseudo-child porn not only implicitly endorses child abuse, it enculturates the viewer to eroticize children.

And as a father and a husband, I want you to ask yourself, is this the man you want to be? Do you want to sexualize children – because that’s what’s happening when you’re watching teen porn – one of the most popular genre’s of pornography on the internet.

We are living in a society that is sexualizing our girls at a younger and younger age – and I need you to know that porn is on this spectrum. And I want you to be part of the solution, not the problem. So embrace your power of choice and stop watching this genre of porn. It’s making you a weak slave to your urges, corrupting your sexuality, reinforcing unhealthy programming around beauty, and moving you away from true love and intimacy.