Editor's note: Cherilyn Bacon Eagar is a veteran of family advocacy at the community, state, federal and United Nations levels.  She is researching and writing a book titled A Mistress Named Pornography.  She seeks personal stories to be considered for anonymous inclusion to specifically help the victims and to give hope to all who have been affected by this international scourge.  If you know anyone who has been negatively affected by pornography, please contact the author today and forward this article to those that might be able to help. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008.  Email at Cherilyn@CherilynBEagar.com for details.

Perhaps you read a December 13, 2007 Deseret Morning News article reporting the findings of a recent Brigham Young University pornography study of six American universities.  

Not surprisingly, over two-thirds of college men participating in this study believe that pornography is an acceptable expression, while a whopping 86% of them viewed it in the previous 12 months. 

Shockingly, the responses of 813 students from across these six universities showed that nearly half of female students in the study regard pornography as an acceptable way to express one's sexuality.  Thirty-seven percent of the dads agreed.   An even more stunning statistic showed that over 20% of their mothers also agreed it's acceptable!   

In addition, according to attorneys with whom I've spoken who have prosecuted sexual offenders for many years, virtually all cases involved pornography.  

Why This Book Is Needed Now 

From the results of this study, there is no question that a significant number of people have no idea how dangerous, damaging and destructive pornography really is or they would not hold these naïve views. 

This must change if we hope to protect our daughters, wives, mothers and their children from the cultural devastation this trend will bring about over the next generation.  It has already begun to destroy our culture.   

This book will also serve to enlighten those who believe that pornography has little or no impact on marriage, women and children.  Many businesses, organizations and news media outlets have no concept of exactly how pornography manifests itself in marriages and families and how it ruins lives.  

This also must change.  Without the support of business and the media to persuade our legislatures and law enforcement officers to enforce decency laws and to strengthen them, nothing will change.  It will continue to get worse.   

Several excellent therapeutic and scientific books have been written to help those who struggle with sexual addiction.  However, consider the following:  

• No book shares a collection of agonizing and amazing stories of women and children who have survived living with this addiction and who have survived and succeeded, against all odds.   

• No book offers help for the victims through true stories of survival and messages of hope.    

• No book effectively has educated naïve young women and men, upon whom pornographers routinely prey, linking sex trafficking, slavery, prostitution, and prison sentences with pornography.   

• No book accurately describes the tell-tale signs of a sex addict so that innocent young women can steer clear of dating or marrying one.   

• No book adequately explains exactly how pornography destroys women and children, their marriages and family relationships – and how more and more women themselves are becoming addicted.  

Why This Book Hasn't Been Written Yet 

One of the reasons such a book has not been written before is because women are afraid to tell their stories.  They're afraid of lawsuits from ex-husbands.  They're afraid of hurting their children and loved ones.  And yes, those who have become addicted and who have destroyed their families must be given a chance to change without public embarrassment.   

For these reasons, this book will tell these stories anonymously to protect all involved. 

This book is urgently needed now.  As I write, hundreds of thousands of women and children worldwide are suffering from sexual abuse, human trafficking and sexual addiction.   They are being robbed of self-esteem and normal, loving relationships.  

But I cannot complete this project without your help.  Please pass this request for submissions on to those that might be willing to contribute their stories anonymously.

The pain and tragedy of pornography's effects on marriage, children and family are devastating.  Pornography is typically a dark and seedy topic.  However, this book will uplift and give hope to those who are caught in the grip of this strangulating death of the human soul.  It will give them strength to break loose and to breathe again. 

It will also provide an emotional release for those who contribute anonymously as they are able to help others by finally sharing their stories of how they escaped from their living nightmares.  

If you have been, or if you know of anyone who has been, affected by pornography in any way that might be interested in contributing their story anonymously, I urge you to reply to this call for submissions and to pass this message on to others. 

This is perhaps one of the most important and urgent requests I've ever made so far in all my public policy years.  It will only take a moment to respond, but it will have a huge impact.  

The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008.  Email Cherilyn@CherilynBEagar.com for details.

All communications will be handled privately, and a release and confidentiality agreement will be provided. All proceeds will be donated to organizations that are effectively fighting pornography.