Billie Eilish just dropped a bomb on porn's public image

World-renowned musical artist Billie Eilish just dropped a bomb on porn's public image.

In a recent interview with Howard Stern, the singer said "porn is a disgrace" and opened up about her exposure to violent and abusive porn at just 11 years old.

She said, "I think it really destroyed my brain and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn.” She also shared how it gave her sleep paralysis, nightmares, and led to her "not saying no to things that were not good," in the context of sex.

We're so encouraged to see a celebrity with tens of millions of followers—many of whom are young teens—speak out boldly about how porn is destroying the lives of children, highlighting the exact points we’ve been emphasizing through the #ProtectChildrenNotPorn campaign.

We posted a sound bite from her interview here on our Instagram yesterday and the post quickly became our most-viewed social media video of 2021, with over 250,000 views.

A massive wave of articles, from some of the biggest media outlets, are now discussing the harms of porn on children.

The reality is, Billie's story is the story of millions of young children who are exposed to porn, whose sexual templates are being shaped by violence and sex that's void of consent.

What’s become abundantly clear is that the culture is ripe for change. Society is starting to listen.

For those still wanting to help bring critical protection for children, here are three ways you can help:

1. SIGN our petition demanding age verification, with ID, on every single porn site.
2. WATCH our film Raised on Porn, free on YouTube, and share it with friends.
3. GIVE and help us reach our year-end goal of $300k so we can protect 1 million children from porn.

For children everywhere, The Exodus Cry Team

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And on the www.eie.org website among many others, Billie Eilish is making good waves:

 Award-winning singer Billie Eilish courageously speaks out about harms of online pornography

Viewing pornography isn’t “harmless fun”! – she says.

Musician Billie Eilish, 19, revealed this week she had been exposed to “abusive” pornography since the age of 11, and as a result suffered from nightmares.

We are grateful she shared her personal experience, which we hope will prevent others from being harmed from exposure to such explicit content and wish her well.

Sadly, her story is all too common. The viewing of online pornography has become normalized and acceptable in society. Children under the age of 10 now account for 22% of online porn consumption among those under age 18; 10-14-year-olds make up 36% of minor consumers. Popular themes depict teen rape, choking, incest, strangulation and violence. 

Such graphic content has been left unchecked for the majority of the past two decades worldwide as obscenity laws have not been prosecuted.

Millions of children’s lives are being shattered.

Pornography fuels the sexual exploitation of children, leading to sexual addiction, decreased mental and physical well-being, warped sexual templates, sexual predation and sex trafficking.

Peer-reviewed research confirms increased pornography use is linked to decreased grey matter and reduced functional connectivity in the brain. Tragically, it is destroying childhood innocence.

“Courtney,” who shared her experience with Enough Is Enough in the filming of its ground-breaking Internet Safety 101 program filmed in 2007, said that at the age of 13, "The boys she’d been with expected her to act just like the girls do in porn."

Nearly a decade-and-a-half later, children and youth routinely share similar, horrifying experiences. There is no excuse. Our children deserve better!

SIGN EIE'S PETITION on www.EIE.org  DEMANDING DOJ INVESTIGATE & PROSECUTE PORNHUB AND MINDGEEK FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, TRAFFICKING CONTENT AND OBSCENITY!