Aaron Crowley: Ex-Porn Performer, Author, & Anti-porn Advocate
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions about pornography, sexual exploitation, and rape. Listener discretion is advised.
Aaron Crowley was accidentally exposed to porn at the young age of nine when he walked in on his older brother and his friends looking at it together. From there, Aaron’s porn consumption escalated while it perpetuated false expectations about sex and normalized sexual objectification. While in college, Aaron experienced drug-facilitated sexual assault, and he was exploited and re-victimized when the perpetrator shared nonconsensual photos of the assault online. His abuse triggered trauma-induced hypersexuality and he says it paved the way for his eventual career as a porn performer. In this episode, host Garrett Jonsson and Aaron discuss how he entered and exited the porn industry, how it negatively impacted him, and what his life looks like today.
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| 0:00.0 | Regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, political persuasion, or any other diversifying factor, porn can impact anyone. |
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| 0:46.8 | My name is Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight |
| 0:53.3 | the New Drug. And in case you're new here, Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography, by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts. |
| 1:10.7 | We want these conversations to be educational, |
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| 1:18.5 | personal accounts, we cover a wide variety of topics that may be triggering to some. You can refer to |
| 1:23.8 | the episode notes for a specific trigger warning. Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:28.4 | Today's episode is with Aaron Crowley. |
| 1:30.3 | He was exposed to pornography at the age of nine and continued to turn to porn throughout his adolescence. |
| 1:37.9 | His porn consumption normalized sexual objectification and distorted his view of healthy sex. |
| 1:46.1 | Later in life, Aaron experienced drug-facilitated sexual assault, and image-based sexual abuse, which triggered trauma-induced |
| 1:53.8 | hypersexuality. While in college, he entered the porn industry to make ends meet. During this |
| 2:00.0 | conversation, we talk about his experience in the porn industry, |
| 2:03.0 | how it negatively impacted him, and what he's up to today. |
| 2:06.4 | With that being said, let's jump into the conversation. |
| 2:09.0 | We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. |
| 2:14.1 | I already said thank you. |
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