We were created for committed, monogamous relationships, but we are instead tempted to believe that the tree of universal carnal knowledge is now ripe for the taking with nobody around to immediately judge us….Online porn’s deceptiveness seeks to keep many of us from experiencing what sex truly offers by keeping us in the clutches of a false sexual gospel.

Christine Emba is not afraid to say the quiet part out loud about pornography. In an opinion piece for The New York Times, she acknowledges that despite how many today are willing to bemoan the rampant exploitation within the adult film industry as well as its singularly negative cultural impact, barely anyone is willing to admit openly that pornography is inherently harmful to those who use it. While it is rarely touted in public for its perceived personal benefits, to condemn it wholesale would be to jeopardize the tenets of individual autonomy that lies at the heart of mainstream sexuality. The shibboleths of the sexual revolution are, in the eyes of most of the elite, simply too precious to risk.

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