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Resources for dealing with pornography with full link pathways
Attention: many of these websites deal with the explicit and often disturbing nature of pornography. These are recommended for adults only.
- Suggest Pure Intimacy, http://www.pureintimacy.org/, an organization of Focus on the Family that deals with issues of sexuality from a Christian perspective
- Focus on the Family counseling services: http://www.pureintimacy.org/gr/getting_started/a0000149.cfm (719) 531-3400 ext 7700 (free one-time counseling from a Christian organization)
- Sexaholics Anonymous , http://www.sa.org/, 1-800-339-0222
- Sex Addicts Anonymous , http://www.sexaa.org/
- Protect Kids: http://www.protectkids.com/ protecting kids in cyberspace
- Morality in Media http://www.moralityinmedia.org/
- Enough is Enough: http://www.enough.org/: Christian group working against pornography and sexual predators
- Obscenity Crimes: http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/: educating public about pornography and a way to report violation of Internet obscenity laws.
- National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families http://www.nationalcoalition.org/
- Focus Adolescent Service's section on teenage sexual behavior http://www.focusas.com/SexualBehavior.html
- Information about intimacy and addiction http://www.pureintimacy.org/gr/intimacy/
- Fires of Darkness, http://www.firesofdarkness.com/, an organization reaching out to porn addicts
- Legal definitions, http://www.protectkids.com/dangers/pornlegaldefinitions.htm, of pornography from ProtectKids.com
- Article: "How are you responding to your teen's exposure to pornography?" http://www.pureintimacy.org/cs/parents/restoration/a0000171.cfm
- Article: "How to confront children using pornography" http://www.pureintimacy.org/cs/parents/restoration/a0000173.cfm
- The National Campaign to Stop Pornography, http://www.thencsp.com/
Resources for information on Internet control
Healthy sexuality teaching resources
- Teenage study unit on sex, sexuality, and marriage, http://yya.oca.org/TheHub/StudyGuides/ContemporaryIssues/TwoBecomeOne/TwoBecomeOne.htm (from the OCA website)
- "Sex is holy", http://www.antiochian.org/wordhtml/200406_7.html, article from The Word magazine (Antiochian Archdiocese)
- "Sexual purity and healthy relationships", http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/departments/youth/youthworkers/videos.asp - a video by the GOA Dept. of Youth and Young Adult Ministries that you can download off the Internet
- Sex and sexuality , http://www.ocf.net/articles/article080198_yomail.asp - Q&A from the OCF (Orthodox Christian Fellowship) website
- Theology of sex - cassette tapes by Fr Thomas Hopko, available online from OrthodoxTapes.org, http://www.orthodoxtapes.org/speakers/hopko_thomas.htm
- "Young People and Confession", http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7074.asp - an article from the GOA website
- "Sacrament of Holy Matrimony", http://www.holy-trinity.org/morality/meyendorff-marriage.html - article by Fr John Meyendorff
- Marriage , http://www.oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=56 - educational articles on the OCA website
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