Data Shows Social Media Sites Are the Primary Way Children Are Exposed to Porn

Evidence continues to emerge that children are being subjected to pornography at increasingly younger ages, due mostly to accidental exposure on social media sites that do not enforce restrictions on user-posted pornography. A startling report published in August by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner in the United Kingdom surveyed 1,020 teenagers and young adults […]

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I Am Exhausted! (ALilyBit.com)

I’m so goddamn tired of pretending this is normal. [Marvelous blog post about how manipulated we are by profit-seeking companies] … I’m tired of watching friends disappear mid-conversation into screens, tired of seeing twelve-year-olds with candy-flavored nicotine clouds, tired of needing three different apps just to order dinner. But most of all, I’m tired of […]

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“Problematic Pornography Use and Psychological Distress in the USA: A Nationally Representative Study”

Excerpts: About a quarter of men and 12% of women reported probable PPU [Problematic Porn Use]. The main purpose of this study was to examine the association between PPU and psychopathological symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety, loneliness), and their interactions with sexual behavior frequencies (i.e., masturbation and pornography use). [Finally!] In addition to analyses focusing on […]

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