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Dear Friend,
With the advent of the Internet, pornography has become mainstream, viewable by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Even when kids are not looking for it, it finds them. Multi-disciplinary studies show evidence that indeed there are not only individual, life altering effects of pornography, but also significant social costs of pornography.
Eight Key Findings on The Social Costs of Pornography (The Witherspoon Institute, 2010):
- "Unlike at any other time in history, pornography is now available and consumed widely in our society, due in large part to the Internet. No one remains untouched by it."
- "There is abundant empirical evidence that this pornography is qualitatively different from any that has gone before, in several ways: its ubiquity, the use of increasingly realistic streaming images, and the increasingly 'hard-core' character of what is consumed."
- "Today's consumption of Internet pornography can harm women in particular."
- "Today's consumption of Internet pornography can harm children in particular."
- "Today's consumption of Internet pornography can harm people not immediately connected to consumers of pornography." - Specifically fuels sex trafficking of women and children.
- "The consumption of Internet pornography can harm its consumers."
- "Pornography consumption is philosophically and morally problematic."
- "The fact that not everyone is harmed by pornography does not entail that pornography should not be regulated."
Individual, Life Altering Effects of Pornography:
- Has a negative impact on the emotional and mental health of children
- Fosters sexual "mis-education" in children
- Is addictive
- Diminishes sexual satisfaction
- Can fuel sexual aggression
- Can lead to objectification (obsessive fetishes over body parts and the rating of women by size and shape)
- Can lead to "acting out"
- Can lead to increased sexual callousness toward women
- Can cause some to trivialize rape as a criminal offense
Information about protecting your children from Internet pornography is available on our site. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, since once exposed the images can never be erased from the mind. It is essential for parents to use Internet Safety 101 Rules 'N Tools on all Internet-enabled devices. We also have a comprehensive list of filtering and monitoring software that we strongly recommend using to prevent access to pornography and other objectionable content. For more resources about what to do if you or your child encounters pornography, along with resources for those struggling with addiction, see our resources section.
We're here to help you protect your children!
For the sake of the children,
Donna Rice Hughes
President & CEO, Enough Is Enough |
Enough Is Enough President conducts Internet Safety 101 training for Food and Drug Administration employees
As a grand finale to National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the Food and Drug Administration invited Donna Rice Hughes, Internet safety expert, to present an Internet Safety 101 training on November 3, 2011 to educate and empower FDA employees with the ability to protect kids online. The training will take place at the FDA headquarters in Maryland and will be broadcast to FDA employees throughout the nation...learn more about the event.
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Maryland PTA hosts statewide Internet Safety 101 "Train-the-Trainer" event
This Saturday, 200 members of the Maryland PTA and other community members will gather together for an Internet safety training on November 5 led by Donna Rice Hughes. Donna has been on the frontlines of protecting kids in the digital world since 1994. Those who attend the event will become educated, equipped and empowered to protect kids online and will learn how to share Internet Safety 101 with others. The Verizon Foundation Maryland is a sponsor of EIE's Internet Safety 101, and EIE appreciates the Verizon Foundation's support in spreading the message of online safety throughout Maryland...learn more about the event.
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Internet Safety 101 premiers on Facebook as part of WRAP Week 
On November 2 at 9 p.m. EST and November 4 at 12 p.m. EST, an hour and a half segment of Internet Safety 101, an award-winning, evidence-based Internet safety training led by renowned Internet safety expert Donna Rice Hughes, will air online for the first time. Tune in to hear about kids' exposure to pornography in their own words and listen to the nation's top clinicians, psychologists, and researchers as they discuss the implications of pornography exposure, the warning signs and how you can talk to your children about healthy sexuality As part of this event, EIE is giving away two free...continue reading.
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Donna Rice Hughes speaks out against cyberbullying on national television broadcast 
Nearly one in two kids has been cyberbullied. Donna Rice Hughes, president and CEO of Enough Is Enough, was recently featured on The 700 Club as an online safety expert. Also featured on the program was Internet Safety 101, a multimedia, award-winning program created by Enough Is Enough to educate, equip and empower all caring adults with the knowledge and resources needed to protect kids from cyberbullying and all online dangers. Hughes has given over 4,000 media interviews...watch the episode.
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Decorated Military General joins EIE Board
Mick Kicklighter, Director and Principal Investigator of the Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security Program at George Mason University and former Inspector General of the Department of Defense, joins Enough Is Enough (EIE) in the fight targeting Internet-initiated crimes against children as the newest member of...continue reading.
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Enough Is Enough sponsors 5K race in Utah to fight cyberbullying
On Saturday, October 15, runners gathered in Murray, Utah for the Moonlight Murray Run, a 5K race to raise awareness about cyberbullying. Volunteers from Enough Is Enough, a sponsor of the event, distributed complimentary copies of EIE's Internet Safety 101 Rules N' Tools book to attendees, as well as raffled away three copies of the entire Internet Safety 101 program kit. In January, EIE will launch its Internet Safety 101 program in Utah. EIE believes that supporting local community efforts is key to empowering individuals with the ability to prevent Internet-initiated crimes against children. EIE is grateful for the opportunity to support this event...learn more about the race.
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Recent Media Appearances by Enough Is Enough
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About Enough Is Enough
Since 1994, Enough Is Enough (EIE), a national 501(c)3 organization, has been Making the Internet Safer for Children and Families. EIE created Internet Safety 101, a multimedia program to prevent Internet-initiated crimes against children through educating, equipping and empowering parents, educators and caring adults with the knowledge and resources needed to protect children from online prnography, sexual predators and cyberbullies , as well as cyber security risks and dangers related to social networking, online gaming and mobile devices.
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INTERNET SAFETY 101
The Internet Safety 101 evidence-based, multimedia program was created to prevent Internet-initiated crimes against children through educating, equipping and empowering parents, educators and caring adults with the knowledge and resources needed to protect children from online p*rnography, sexual predators and cyberbullies , as well as cyber security risks and dangers related to social networking, online gaming and mobile devices.
Click here to receive your own copy of the 2009 Telly and 2010 Davey Award-Winning Internet Safety 101 program.
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