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The Great Porn Experiment

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U.S. Parents Underestimate Their Children’s Pornography Use and Learning (2022)

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A motivation model of sex addiction – relevance to the controversy over the concept (2022)

International Society for Sexual Medicine Acknowledges Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunctions (2022)

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New Documentary THE GREAT FLOP Explores Porn's Impact on Youth

It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media

It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now. (NYT, 2022)

The atheist who warned the world about porn addiction (Deseret News, 2022)

Sexologists falsely claim that the well-known “7-day without ejaculation testosterone spike” study was retracted. It wasn’t.

Predictors of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Among Treatment-Seeking Women (2022)

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Online Sex Addiction: A Qualitative Analysis of Symptoms in Treatment-Seeking Men (2022)

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