Montreal journalist Maria Mourani asks: Is it logical to fund projects for preventing equality issues, violence against women and children, as well as sexual exploitation, and yet allow this discourse validating pornography to pollute our schools? [Translation] You have surely read the articles by my colleagues from the investigative bureau, Jean-François Cloutier, Nicolas Brasseur, and […]
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The Sage Handbook of Addiction Psychology presents a comprehensive overview of the state of the science behind the psychology of addiction, offering a crucial resource for psychologists engaged in both research and practice. Below is an excerpt of the section on CSBD (“Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder”). Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), […]
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A Skeptical Look at NPR’s Dismissive Answer [Note: this article is a year old. We were so disgusted by NPR’s shoddy journalism (using as its source a close ally of the porn industry’s “Free Speech Coalition”) as well as its treachery in willfully ignoring key facts of which it was repeatedly informed, that we didn’t […]
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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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Origina article from La Vanguardia Watching porn regularly is a reality for teenagers, but one that parents often deny. While 90% of minors admit to watching porn, 90% of parents claim that their children do not. They actively deny that the kid they catch absorbed in their room with a phone in hand could be […]
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As pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships Tony is in his 50s and recently did a rough calculation of how much of his life he has spent looking at pornography. “The result was […]
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Mary Sharpe from The Reward Foundation talks to @LeeAlanHall about the damage online porn does to health and relationships. She also tells how the multi-billion dollar porn industry suppresses research on these issues from reaching the public. They do this by using the famous ‘playbook’ PR tactics to create doubt about how porn can cause […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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