Potential changes to the law by Europeans. A committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is calling for a debate on adolescent Internet porn use in order to alert the public to the following: An alarming increase in the number of adolescents entering the most explicit and violent pornographic websites. Children as […]
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Study found problematic Internet porn use in 18% of adolescents…in a sample that was more than half girls! What would it have been had the sample been all male?
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2011 Jun 28.
Koronczai B, Urbán R, Kökönyei G, Paksi B, Papp K, Kun B, Arnold P, Kállai J, Demetrovics Z.
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1 Institutional Group on Addiction Research, Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest, Hungary .
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COMMENTS: This study clearly shows that those with Internet addiction develop brain abnormalities that parallel those found in substance abusers. Researchers found a 10-20% reduction in frontal cortex gray matter in adolescents with Internet addiction. Hypofrontality is the common term for this change in brain structure. It is a key marker for all addiction processes. If this can happen with Internet addiction, what occurs when Internet porn is added to the mix?
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COMMENTS: Adolescents show greater activation of the reward circuitry when presented with rewarding cues. They also exhibit less cognitive control – no surprise. Both factors can increase the risk for addictions.
J Cogn Neurosci. 2010 Sep 1.
Somerville LH, Hare T, Casey BJ.
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
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This 2020 article does a good job of breaking down some of the common myths sexologists use to prop up the porn industry. It’s worth a re-read. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Uncomfortable truths about the industry and how it intertwines with child abuse, sex trafficking, and exploitation This article covers the direct and indirect harm of pornography from […]
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[Translated from Alejandro Villena, psicólogo y sexólogo: “La pornografía ha convertido la masturbación en algo compulsivo”] Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”. Madrid 13/10/2023 21:37 María Martínez Collado @mariaa_0600 Alejandro Villena is a general health psychologist, sexologist and research director at the association Dale Una Vuelta, a social project […]
“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” –Frank Herbert Discussion threads on porn use We often hear about how our culture is becoming “pornified” thanks to today’s eager Internet users and their suppliers. Yet those giving up porn are also beginning to shape our culture. Like soldiers returning […]
[In this masterful review, feminist organization Nordic Model Now summarizes Gary Wilson’s Your Brain on Porn.] The idea that compulsive internet porn use can be a form of addiction has a bad reception in some feminist circles. There is a conviction that it lets men off the hook; perhaps even positioning them as victims – […]
A growing list of celebrities have spoken up publicly about the harms of porn. In this video, several famous actors, musicians and educators give their thoughts on internet porn and its potential impact on individuals and relationships. NOTE: YBOP doesn’t have a “moral” stance on porn. This site is secular (founded by an atheist, Gary […]
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Rates of porn addiction, sex addiction or compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in the general population are gradually being revealed by ongoing research. Pornography: A Concealed Behavior with Serious Consequences (2023) [Data from n=1022 participants of the Rhode Island Young Adult Survey] 6.2% met the criteria for addiction. Odds of pornography use were 5 times higher […]
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