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What Drives Women to Porn?: Why Women Struggle Sexually and How to Heal
There's more to her story.
Nearly 40% of online pornography is consumed by women. Yet for too long, women's stories have been overlooked, misunderstood, or left unheard.
Behind every woman who struggles with pornography or other unwanted sexual behaviors is a story worth understanding. Those behaviors are often forms of sexual coping—not the root problem. They are symptoms of something deeper. Her story may be shaped by unmet emotional needs, attachment wounds, trauma, shame, or distorted beliefs about identity.
Inspired by her own story and informed by the stories of thousands of women, Crystal Renaud Day draws on nearly two decades of ministry, coaching, counseling, and original research to help readers understand the emotional, relational, identity, trauma, and spiritual drivers behind women's sexual struggles.
Integrating insights from psychology, neuroscience, attachment theory, trauma-informed care, and Christian faith, she offers a compassionate, practical guide to lasting healing and wholeness.
Inside You'll
Why pornography is often a coping strategy rather than the root problemThe emotional, relational, identity, trauma, and spiritual drivers behind women's unwanted sexual behaviorsWhy traditional recovery approaches often fail to address women's unique experiencesHow attachment, trauma, emotional regulation, and shame influence healingA practical framework for lasting healing through The SCARS Model™Whether you are personally struggling with pornography or other unwanted sexual behaviors, supporting someone you love, or serving women as a counselor, coach, pastor, or ministry leader, What Drives Women to Porn? will help you see beyond the behavior, understand what drives the behavior, and discover that there's more to the story.
Nearly 40% of online pornography is consumed by women. Yet for too long, women's stories have been overlooked, misunderstood, or left unheard.
Behind every woman who struggles with pornography or other unwanted sexual behaviors is a story worth understanding. Those behaviors are often forms of sexual coping—not the root problem. They are symptoms of something deeper. Her story may be shaped by unmet emotional needs, attachment wounds, trauma, shame, or distorted beliefs about identity.
Inspired by her own story and informed by the stories of thousands of women, Crystal Renaud Day draws on nearly two decades of ministry, coaching, counseling, and original research to help readers understand the emotional, relational, identity, trauma, and spiritual drivers behind women's sexual struggles.
Integrating insights from psychology, neuroscience, attachment theory, trauma-informed care, and Christian faith, she offers a compassionate, practical guide to lasting healing and wholeness.
Inside You'll
Why pornography is often a coping strategy rather than the root problemThe emotional, relational, identity, trauma, and spiritual drivers behind women's unwanted sexual behaviorsWhy traditional recovery approaches often fail to address women's unique experiencesHow attachment, trauma, emotional regulation, and shame influence healingA practical framework for lasting healing through The SCARS Model™Whether you are personally struggling with pornography or other unwanted sexual behaviors, supporting someone you love, or serving women as a counselor, coach, pastor, or ministry leader, What Drives Women to Porn? will help you see beyond the behavior, understand what drives the behavior, and discover that there's more to the story.
- GenresSelf Help
270 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 15, 2026
About the author
Crystal Renaud Day
8 books30 followersCrystal Renaud Day, M.A., is the CEO and Founder of Living on Purpose and the Founder and Executive Director of SheRecovery. For nearly two decades, she has walked alongside thousands of women through counseling, coaching, education, and recovery support. Today, she oversees a team providing counseling, coaching, spiritual care, and recovery services to women around the world.
Recognized as a pioneer in the field of women’s pornography recovery, Crystal was the first to write specifically for women facing pornography addiction and from a Christian perspective. She is the author of Dirty Girls Come Clean, 90 Days to Wholeness, Dating Done Right, New Fruit, and What Drives Women to Porn? She is also the creator of The SCARS ModelTM, a recovery framework that helps women address the emotional, relational, neurological, and spiritual factors that drive unwanted sexual behaviors. The framework serves as the foundation for The SCARS ModelTM Recovery Coaching Certification Program.
Crystal earned a Bachelor of Science in Addiction Psychology and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University. She is a certified life coach with multiple certifications through the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Crystal lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, Tim.
Recognized as a pioneer in the field of women’s pornography recovery, Crystal was the first to write specifically for women facing pornography addiction and from a Christian perspective. She is the author of Dirty Girls Come Clean, 90 Days to Wholeness, Dating Done Right, New Fruit, and What Drives Women to Porn? She is also the creator of The SCARS ModelTM, a recovery framework that helps women address the emotional, relational, neurological, and spiritual factors that drive unwanted sexual behaviors. The framework serves as the foundation for The SCARS ModelTM Recovery Coaching Certification Program.
Crystal earned a Bachelor of Science in Addiction Psychology and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University. She is a certified life coach with multiple certifications through the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Crystal lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, Tim.
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September 14, 2026
Excellent resource. As a mental health counselor, and someone who struggled with porn myself, this asset is priceless. I will be referencing this material again and again for clinical use, and have already recommended to clients and will continue to do so.
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