HCR0014 Summary

• Recognizes pornography as a public health crisis with broad societal harms, including impacts on children, adolescents, and adults.

• Documents widespread childhood exposure to pornography, citing studies showing rates up to 93% for adolescent boys and 63% for girls, with many first exposed before age 13.

• Identifies negative effects of pornography consumption including impacts on brain function, relationship difficulties, problematic sexual behaviors, and potential links to sex trafficking and child abuse.

• Notes that the World Health Organization recognizes compulsive sexual behavior disorder as a diagnosable condition, with approximately 80% of cases involving problematic pornography use.

• Calls for education, prevention, research, and policy changes at community and societal levels to address pornography-related harms.