Special Rapporteur, 21 June 2024 GENEVA (21 June 2024) – Prostitution must be urgently recognised as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, said today. “Prostitution reduces women and girls to mere commodities and perpetuates a system of discrimination and […]
A few months ago, I truly believed that this wouldn’t be possible. I had basically given up hope that I would ever make it past 30 days give or take. However, now that I have made these significant changes, the real challenge is maintaining what I have and not slipping into old habits. I recently […]
For everyone out there that thinks this isn’t possible to quit the older you get…well now at the age of 34 I’ve had my longest streak and feel better than I have in a very long time. Back in February I had some health problems develop that took me by surprise (developed shingles on my […]
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Mary Sharpe from The Reward Foundation talks to @LeeAlanHall about the damage online porn does to health and relationships. She also tells how the multi-billion dollar porn industry suppresses research on these issues from reaching the public. They do this by using the famous ‘playbook’ PR tactics to create doubt about how porn can cause […]
If you’re recovering from porn addiction/Problematic Porn Use, you may gather some useful insights from this upbeat video by a fellow porn-sufferer. He addresses the challenge of being hyper focused on sex as a consequence of today’s sexualized environment and/or over-consumption of porn. […]
In this Brief Report, Professor Alessandra Lemma argues that, based on the evidence of online pornography’s risks, health care givers should routinely ask patients about pornography use and explain why it matters. In Dr. Lemma’s view, today’s porn “poses a sexual health risk as well as undermining the pro-social nature of sex.” Pornography use is […]
Addictive Behaviors Reports Volume 19, June 2024, 100550, ISSN 2352-8532,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100550. Abstract: Problematic pornography use is a growing area of interest necessitating a deeper understanding of its contributing factors. Loneliness and emotion regulation difficulties have been advanced as factors that may exacerbate or perpetuate PPU, however, to date, researchers typically consider these factors in isolation. In […]
Addictive Behaviors Volume 156, September 2024, 108048 By Campbell Ince, Lucy Albertella, Chang Liu, Jeggan Tiego, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Murat Yücel, Kristian Rotaru Comments: This appears to be the first paper to i) quantify pornographic binges and edging tendencies, and is the second paper to measure tab-jumping (after this 2020 paper). […]
Today I am 30 days P free. It is a great accomplishment, and I intend to go as long as possible without viewing it. Here is what helped: 1. A covenant eyes subscription – Not necessary since there are lots of free P blockers out there, but I have been using this one for a […]
I’m not in a 30+ streak at this exactly moment, today is another streak with 4 days complete, but i guess that’s a good news that could be written here. I’ve been struggling with that addiction for 8 years and i’m trying nofap for 4 years (as far as i remind). Through the years passed […]
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