Alabama’s new 10% ‘sin tax’ on porn websites will help pay for mental health services, sponsor says

There is a new tax in Alabama that applies to pornographic websites and is intended to offset some of the harm the bill’s sponsor said is caused by children’s exposure to porn. Alabama lawmakers passed the tax as part of a new law that requires adult websites to verify that users are at least 18 […]

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Online pornography traffic plummets in UK after law change, and Australia is next

The number of people accessing prominent pornography websites in the United Kingdom has plummeted after new age-verification laws — that are also heading to Australia — were introduced earlier this year. Since July, people in the UK wanting to view pornography online must prove they are over 18 by uploading identity documents, sharing credit card […]

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Pornography Use and Adolescent Sexual Self-Concept: The Role of Pornography-Related Expectancies and Generalizations

Excerpt: Significant differences in sexual self-concept were found between [Canadian] adolescents who had and had not used pornography, with gender-specific effects. Among those who had used pornography, higher pornography-related sexual expectancies were associated with higher sexual anxiety and lower body-esteem, while higher generalizations were associated with lower sexual self-efficacy. Archives of Sexual Behavior   Judith […]

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The dying art of vanilla sex

This article originally appeared on Isabel’s Substack, Isaverse. Sex is a very significant part of any culture, whether we like it or not. Recently, I started thinking about my own sexual experiences and thought, ‘what happened to just having regular sex?’ I’ve had plenty of boys get mad at me for not wanting to have […]

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