‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex (The Guardian)

Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage. How has this extreme practice been normalised? Now that Lucy has been in a steady relationship for a year, she finds herself looking back at […]

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Pornhub to introduce ‘government approved’ age checks in UK (BBC)

Pornhub and a number of other major adult websites have confirmed they will introduce enhanced age checks [age verification] for users from next month. Parent company Aylo says it is bringing in “government approved age assurance methods” but has not yet revealed how it will require users to prove they are over 18. Regulator Ofcom […]

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The impact of internet pornography addiction on brain function: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience   Shu, et al, 15 April 2025 Sec. Brain Health and Clinical Neuroscience, Volume 19 – 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1477914 Introduction: There is extensive awareness of internet pornography addiction. It not only affects the mental health of adolescents but also promotes criminal activity. However, the impact of internet pornography addiction on functional in the brain […]

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What Porn Took From Us

by Freya India Excerpt: “We learned the wrong things about love. We girls learned that sex is brutal; that men are predatory and insatiable; that the only way to be loved is to become a better object. That intimacy isn’t something to be clumsily stumbled through together, but a performance to be delivered, “content” to […]

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