Tennessee senator wants porn to be recognized as a "public health crisis"

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee senator wants pornography to be recognized as a "public health crisis."

Mt. Juliet Republican Mae Beavers says she's pushing for the resolution after getting calls from a group in Memphis studying what they call a " hypersexualization in teens and kids."

The resolution says pornography "treats women and children as objects," sensationalizes rape culture and sex trafficking and makes men less interested in getting married.

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Beavers is pushing for education, prevention and research to tackle what she calls "an epidemic damaging families."