Supporting Youth in the Age of Internet Pornography
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
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🗓️ 24 March 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Dr. John Foubert is the Dean of the College of Education at Union University and the principal of Dr. John D. Foubert, LLC. Dr. Foubert worked for 20 years to apply research to rape prevention programs on college campuses, in communities, and in the military.
In this Consider Before Consuming Podcast interview, Dr. Foubert helps us understand the correlation between pornography and sexual violence, highlighting over 50 studies showcasing their connection and the ways this is impacting today’s youth. He also discusses his newest book, Protecting Your Children from Internet Pornography: Understanding the Science, Risks, and Ways to Protect Your Kids, which helps parents and caretakers understand the harms of porn and how to navigate conversations about this with children.
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Episode Resources
John's Books: Protecting Your Children from Internet Pornography and How Pornography Harms
Visit: John's Website
Article: Parents—If You Don’t Teach Your Kids About Sex, Porn Sites Will
Podcast: Consider Before Consuming Ep.4: John Foubert, Ph.D.
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| 0:00.0 | For today's episode, we sat down for a second podcast interview with Dr. John |
| 0:10.5 | Fobart, an author and researcher who has spent decades on the harms of pornography and its |
| 0:16.0 | connection to sexual violence. In this episode, Dr. Fobbert delves into the correlation between pornography |
| 0:22.7 | and sexual violence, highlighting over 50 studies showcasing their connection and the ways this |
| 0:28.3 | is impacting today's youth. He stresses the importance of ongoing conversations with children |
| 0:33.9 | about its impacts. Providing guidance for parents on navigating these discussions, |
| 0:39.0 | he underscores the addictive nature of pornography and its portrayal of consent issues. |
| 0:44.3 | Despite challenges, Dr. Fobbert remains hopeful, emphasizing education and awareness |
| 0:49.6 | in combating pornography's negative effects. |
| 0:52.8 | With that, let's jump into the conversation. We hope you |
| 0:56.8 | enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. Well, Dr. John Fober, I'm so excited to get to speak |
| 1:08.1 | with you today and share with our audience a little bit about a new |
| 1:12.1 | book you have, but before we dive into all of that, for anyone who hasn't had the privilege |
| 1:17.6 | of hearing one of your past interviews with us, either on this podcast or a video, can you |
| 1:22.3 | tell us a little bit about who you are and the work that you do in this space? |
| 1:30.5 | Sure. I've been an academic for about 30 years working at different colleges and universities. Right now, I'm dean and professor at Union |
| 1:35.2 | University in Jackson, Tennessee. And one of my main areas of research is in the harms of |
| 1:41.3 | pornography. And so I've written two books about it, how pornography |
| 1:45.6 | harms and then protecting your children from internet pornography is the most recent one. |
| 1:50.1 | And what I try to do is I try to get out facts and figures to people so that they can make |
| 1:57.4 | wise choices about whether or not they want to use pornography and whether they should be |
| 2:02.5 | concerned with it on an individual or cultural level. Amazing. And one of the ways, one of the things I |
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