The 'Baywatch' actress pens an op-ed against pornography along with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
- Sep 2, 2016
AceShowbiz - Pamela Anderson wants people to stop watching porn. In an op-ed titled "Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn", penned alongside Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for Wall Street Journal, the "Baywatch" actress warns against the "addictive dangers of pornography."
Pamela uses Anthony Weiner's latest sexting scandal as an example of the devastating effect of porn consumption. She writes, "If anyone still had doubts about the addictive dangers of pornography, Anthony Weiner should have put paid to them with his repeated, self-sabotaging sexting."
"And if anyone still doubted the devastation that porn addiction wreaks on those closest to the addict, behold the now-shattered marriage of Mr. Weiner and Huma Abedin, a breakup that she initiated, reportedly, in shock at the disgraced ex-congressman's inclusion of their 4-year-old son in one lewd photo that he sent to a near-stranger," she continues.
Pornography is a "public hazard," according to the 49-year-old actress. "This is a public hazard of unprecedented seriousness given how freely available, anonymously accessible and easily disseminated pornography is nowadays," she states, "How many families will suffer? How many marriages will implode? How many talented men will scrap their most important relationships and careers for a brief onanistic thrill? How many children will propel, warp-speed, into the dark side of adult sexuality by forced exposure to their fathers' profanations?"
Pamela, who was at the center of a sex-tape scandal back in 1995, compares porn addiction rates to those of marijuana and cocaine, saying men have "less satisfactory intimate lives with their wives or girlfriends as a result."
The former Playmate concludes, "Simply put, we must educate ourselves and our children to understand that porn is for losers - a boring, wasteful and dead-end outlet for people too lazy to reap the ample rewards of healthy sexuality."
