Critics of the notion of sex addiction argue that we need to address the underlying trauma, rather than the manifest behaviour. This argument has some validity, but it does not alter the description of the behaviour as ‘addictive’. By comparison, people addicted to drugs or gambling also often come with serious underlying problems arising from […]
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Brooke Hazen asks the searching question: Is your porn use truly satisfying you? […]
Early last year a troubling report came out of the UK: The National Analysis of Police-Recorded Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Crimes Report stated that British school children, ages ten to 17, committed more than 6,800 rapes in a year. An average of 18 rapes each day. In addition, “There were 8,020 sex attacks plus 15,534 […]
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Porn in the UK This week the UK was blessed with another visit from a senior Pornhub executive. The company’s last sojourn didn’t work out so well for them. I’m not sure this one has been any better although, probably wisely, this time Pornhub sent someone new. Ms Alex Kekesi was here essentially to complain […]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed complaints Monday against several major pornography websites and related companies, accusing them of violating the state’s new age-verification law and allowing minors to access sexually explicit material. The complaints target two groups of defendants. One filing names Gethins Limited, Toccata Inc., Segpay Gateway LLC, Segregated Payments […]
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In this short clip an author tells the story of her brother, for whom porn was so normalized that he willingly decide to become a “porn star.” He lost his life to diseases contracted while trying to make enough money to buy an apartment. As she points out, pornography performers are prostitutes, and often quite […]
Tom D. Ngabirano, MS, RN, Melissa A. Saftner, PhD, CNM, FACNM, Barbara J. McMorris, PhD First Published August 6, 2020 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840520947142 Article information Abstract Adolescents in rural Uganda face unique opportunities and challenges to their health. The primary goal of this exploratory cross-sectional survey study was to describe the health behaviors of adolescents […]
Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD) Keywords – Addiction, Meaning, Pornography, Purpose, Religiosity, Frankl Counseling | Social and Behavioral SciencesRecommended Citation Evans, Cynthia Marie, “Pornography and Purpose in Life: A Moderated Mediation Analysis” (2020). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 2423. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2423 Abstract Extensive research has examined the relationship between pornography use, religiosity, and […]
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23rd July 2019 Latest News Porn drives climate change. World-wide watching pornography accounts for 0.2% of all green house gas emissions. That may not sound like much, but this is equal to 80 million tons of carbon dioxide every year, or as much as emitted by all the households in France. In July 2019 a […]
