This government poster summarizes some of the research that has revealed risks to adolescents from porn use. The adverse impact of porn on adolescents and their sexuality includes such things as: unrealistic sexual expectations, normalizing sexual violence, engaging in riskier sex, compromising their privacy on the internet, affecting their sexual satisfaction by encouraging sex that […]
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The Pelicot rape trial, which ended in France on Thursday, held a terrible fascination for almost every woman I know. As it unfolded in an Avignon court, I found myself following every awful detail, then discussing it with my female friends, my daughters, colleagues, even women in my local book club, as we tried to […]
Sex Res Soc Policy Seyed Aghamiri, F., Luetz, J.M. & Hills, K. T.(2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-01043-x Abstract Introduction There has been an upsurge of research articles in the last two decades about sexual addiction (SA) and compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB). In the literature, SA/CSB is mainly presented as comparable to other behavioural addictions and similarly involves a […]
Benefits so far :- – Other addictions like smoking, drinking, sexual fantasies dropped away.– Nice daily routine– The peace of mind is really great, and it’s the greatest thing I appreciate now.– I’m an honest person now. I confessed my mistakes to my family members(the hardest thing I’ve had to do), and they forgave me.– […]
I’m currently at 30 days no pmo (longest streak is around 1000 days). I’m laughing more (and more robustly), smiling more at strangers, less anxiety, more open, a bit more confidence etc. Something I find really helps me is looking at a screen as little as possible/not consuming any media. I have been watching some […]
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Excerpt: This longitudinal study from Germany showed that both male and female university students who watched more pornography were more likely to hold sexual scripts for consensual sex that put them at a greater risk for sexual aggression and vulnerability to sexual victimization, such as engaging in casual sex, alcohol use, and the ambiguous communication […]
After 15 years of nearly daily PMO and half-hearted attempts at quitting, I’ve finally achieved some real measure of success and for the first time in a long time I’m proud of who I am. I am in my early thirties and have been with the same girl since our senior year in high school. […]
This video about the treatment of women in porn is tough to listen to, and not for the faint of heart. However, the evidence is growing that, notwithstanding porn-industry propaganda, women in porn generally do not feel “empowered.” Rather they typically experience a variety of severe harms, on a par with torture victims. […]
The only thing that worked for me was finally admitting I am a sex addict, that this will be a long term recovery, and that I need to treat it like rehab. I think of it as a home rehab like recovering from any other heavy narcotics. What do I mean by that? It means […]
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Comments: Once again the rather suspect “Moral Incongruence Model,” which purports to show that religiosity drives PPU, fails entirely. Excerpt: In the present study, less religiosity favored the use of pornography. Archives of Sexual Behavior Villena-Moya, A., Chiclana-Actis, C., Granero, R. et al. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03000-6 Abstract Pornography use is common among adolescents. However, there has […]