Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”

[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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How Abstinence Affects Preferences

Here’s some research done a while ago by Dutch data scientist Alec Sproten for his own satisfaction. It’s entitled “How Abstinence Affects Preferences.” Main Findings Abstaining from pornography and masturbation increases the ability to delay rewardsParticipating in a period of abstinence renders people more willing to take risksAbstinence renders people more altruisticAbstinence renders people more […]

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Sexologists falsely claim that the well-known “7-day without ejaculation testosterone spike” study was retracted. It wasn’t.

There’s a semi-viral tweet by a porn-industry friendly sexologist, David Ley, going around claiming that a well-known study from China has been retracted. The problem is that the underlying research hasn’t actually been retracted. If you find this confusing, you aren’t alone. Scientists who conduct research on problematic porn users (and related topics) often face […]

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No more DE

[January, 2023] 60 days ago started my reboot. Addicted to PMO for 13 years. Had weak erections and DE and used not to enjoy sex. Would wank almost daily. The books that changed my life was Power Over Pornography by Brian Brandenburg and Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson . I’m more confident can […]

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Slate Magazine Joins Illustrious List of Outlets Promoting Porn Industry Propaganda

Slate Magazine amplifies porn-industry-connected disinformation without even acknowledging glaring conflicts of interest in its sole professional informant According to Gallup polling, Americans are near a record low in trust in mainstream media—with only 7% of people in recent polls indicating a “great deal” of trust and confidence in the media (and 27% “a fair amount”)—compared […]

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