Comment: Well thought out, evidence-based article about the impact of today’s porn. also addresses recovery strategies. Quite long, so get comfortable before reading. With the rise of the digital age, porn has never been more accessible. It’s found on TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones. Within seconds, you could be watching porn right now. And unlike […]
Read More… from HOW PORN IMPACTS OUR BRAINS, SOCIETY & RELATIONSHIPS
Earlier on Thursday, I wrote an article detailing how the popular porn site Pornhub had blocked itself from 13 different states, most of which are in the south. It did this over the claim that the laws these states passed requiring age verification put many people’s privacy in danger. The states, however, were arguing that […]
Read More… from The Porn Industry Is Definitely After Your Children
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 […]
Read More… from Spanish government poster about porn’s risks
Clever PhD student calmly, perceptively reviews some key research on the risks of problematic porn use. In this informative video, Zachary Cortex analyzes scientific research (MRI studies) that reveal aspects of how problematic porn use may affect your brain. […]
Read More… from “Neuroscience of P*** Brain Damage. Ban It?”
Don’t miss this brilliant interview exposing the hazards of today’s explicit online content calmly and without any moralizing. Noah Church also addresses porn-induced sexual dysfunction (often called PIED) as well as the recovery process. The participants address parents’ concerns and also offer suggestions for how to educate children in order to reduce their risk of […]
Read More… from Childhood in the Age of Explicit Online Content (Porn), with Noah Church
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 […]
Read More… from Pornography Is Neither Harmless Nor Fantasy (by A. Volkov)
[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 […]
Read More… from Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”
“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 […]
Read More… from Post-Porn Culture (2012)
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 […]
Read More… from Slate Magazine Joins Illustrious List of Outlets Promoting Porn Industry Propaganda
[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 – […]
Read More… from Porn is killing sex and what to do about it