Not only is talking about porn considered culturally taboo, but most of the narratives around the topic have focused on men. Age 12 was the year I was diagnosed with scoliosis, resulting in my having to wear a clunky metal back brace under my clothes. I started getting bullied at school, which filled me with anxiety and self-hatred. Unsure of how to escape these turbulent emotions, I turned to the screen even more, using it as an escape route.

Rebecca was 13 when she got her first computer. Her dad had recently died and her mom was recovering from gastric bypass surgery. It was during that time that Rebecca first came across online porn. Eventually, watching it became part of her daily routine. Though she says it's definitely more common in men, some women do struggle with problematic porn use—and their experiences can be vastly different.

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Erica Garza has been addicted to sex and pornography since she was a little girl. I was desensitized to pleasure and needed to feel shocked and a bit bad in order to feel good. Her sex life became increasingly risky: there were encounters not just with strangers, but also without condoms. But these accounts were written by pretty white women with New York literary pedigrees and about dealing with drugs or alcohol, substances often romantically abused by those with literary pedigrees.