The addict develops the philosophy that the best sexual relationship is one without commitment. The addict becomes dissatisfied with his wife for not measuring up to the erotic images that appear in both pornographic material and in fantasy world. The type of erotica which elicits a unified denunciation is pornography that exploits children as subjects. To combat it, Congress passed the Child Protection Act of 1984, which made it illegal to distribute sexually explicit material involving youth. The law drove the child porn industry underground, and has resulted in better success in securing convictions.
Child pornography is an important link in the chain of child sexual abuse.
Even soft-core publications may feed the perversions of child molesters by using young adult models who appear to be in their teens. This avoids legal ramifications while preserving the attraction to pedophiles. 13 Around eighty percent of child molesters studied admitted to the regular use of hard-core sexual materials. It is clear, however, that pornography fuels perverse behavior in what seems to be a growing number of deviant individuals. Many who study the problem agree that pornography's effect on society is growing, and the more and longer porn is used, the greater its impact on an individual.