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Billie Eilish Spoke About How Her Addiction to P0rn ‘Really Destroyed My Brain’

Billie Eilish is one of the stars who needs no introduction. Yes, of course, she has become a brand in her name. Speaking of her achievements so far, Billie Eilish recently became the youngest person to be on the Forbes 100 list of celebrities in 2020. Yes, and if you feel the Kardashian’s were the youngest, no! You are wrong. Billie is still in her teens and Kylie was a millionaire when she was 20 or 21, so there’s a big difference here.
In addition, Billie also has won seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and one British Music Award. Indeed, Billie deserves it all. The list is not over yet, she is also the youngest female artist ever to win the prestigious album award of the year.

Though Billie has achieved a lot, she’s not really happy with her life, generally her personal life. It’s her past traumas and addiction that has had a severe impact on her mind and somewhat on her career so far. Well, not just Billie, several athletes, many musicians like Billie and actors have been at controversial stages for admitting to indulging in dirty videos. Well, to begin with, Eilish’s early life was no less than a mess, she was addicted to p0rn.

EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ll be sharing one of our top ten most popular posts of 2021 every day for the rest of the year. Some of these stories are encouraging, some are infuriating and some are just weird, but hopefully all of them help illuminate a different side of God’s Kingdom and the people in it. Today’s post is our seventh most shared article of the year.

Grammy-award winning singer Billie Eilish spoke candidly about her addiction to watching p0rnography and the way it negatively affected her, saying she now feels “incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much p0rn.”

Eilish shared her thoughts on “The Howard Stern Show” on Monday. She opened up about the way that watching p0rnography “destroyed” her brain.

“As a woman, I think p0rn is a disgrace,” she said. “I used to watch a lot of p0rn, to be honest. I started watching it when I was like 11. I think it really destroyed my brain and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much p0rn.”

She added that watching it initially helped her feel cool and like she was “one of the guys.” Ultimately, however, she admits it led to her suffering nightmares because some of the content she watched was so violent and abusive. It also shaped the way that she saw sex, dating and herself in general.

“The first few times I, you know, had sex, I was not saying no to things that were not good. It was because I thought that’s what I was supposed to be attracted to,” she said.

“I’m so angry that p0rn is so loved, and I’m so angry at myself for thinking that it was OK,” she continued. “Women’s bodies don’t look like that. We don’t come like that.”

This isn’t the first time Eilish has shared about her view of p0rnography. In her song “Male Fantasy,” Eilish sings about distracting herself with p0rnography and comparing herself to the woman in the video: “I hate the way she looks at me / I can’t stand the dialogue, she would never be / That satisfied, it’s a male fantasy.”

Exposure to p0rnography has never been easier, as the Internet and social media make it easily accessible. One Barna study showed that younger generations are seeking out p0rn more and more. Eilish was only 11 years old when she began watching it; some as young as 9 years old have admitted to watching it. The younger the addiction starts, the deeper impact it can have on one’s view of life and relationships.

For decades, research has detailed harmful effects of repeated exposure to p0rnography, but that conversation has typically circled around men. Women have finally been added to the conversation within the recent years, but studies still often skews toward men, leaving women as simply an added statistic instead of a necessary piece of the puzzle that needs to be solved. We know that repeated exposure harm mean and women in different ways.

Extreme sexist values run rampant in p0rnography, leading women, like Eilish, to consent to acts they wouldn’t otherwise feel comfortable with. Numerous women have admitted that they subjected themselves to sexual violence because of p0rnography. But this isn’t talked about as much as the effects of male exposure to pornography.

Even within the Christian circle, the conversation around p0rnography heavily focuses on men. The message that it is only something men struggle with is an antiquated view. Addiction can reach everyone, and some studies suggest that as many as 17 percent of women have a p0rn addiction. By treating pornography addictions — or any sin, for that matter — as a men-only issue, women are left with not only the guilt of watching pornography, but also feelings of isolation that they are the only one struggling in this way. It can feel as if there’s no where to reach out for help because all the conversations and resources spoken about from the pulpit are geared toward men.

Eilish’s open conversations about the negative effects of p0rnography on women still feel taboo, but they are important. Having a young, female advocate outwardly expressing that watching p0rnography is damaging has the potential to bring other young women to freedom. Women are ready to speak up and out about how p0rnography is hurting them. They want help. And the Church needs to be prepared to walk with, instead of silencing their problem.