“Anti-porn crusader details legal victory against ‘porn prof’ who tried to use the court to shut him down” (LifeSiteNews)

Gary Wilson was sued by Nicole Prause, who viciously smeared him in an attempt to discredit his ongoing research into how pornography is harmful. He won. (*) August 26, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — For years, the evidence that porn is utterly destructive has been mounting. Pornography has not only been mainstreaming sexual violence, but been spurring […]

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Documenting Patterns of Intimidation, Bullying and Defamation: Towards Public Accountability for the Actions of Dr. Nicole Prause (by anonymous)

We recently discovered this 27-page account of Nicole Prause’s unethical behaviors and tactics. The author is writing anonymously (presumably from fear of retribution). From the content, it appears the document is a few years old; a whole lot more malicious behavior has occurred in the last 2 years. Unlike the overwhelming Prause pages (page 1, […]

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Studies linking porn use or porn/sex addiction to sexual dysfunctions and poorer sexual and relationship satisfaction

Reality Check about Porn Addiction and sexual satisfaction Regardless of what you may read in some journalistic accounts, multiple studies reveal a link between porn use and sexual performance problems, relationship and sexual dissatisfaction, and reduced brain activation to sexual stimuli. Sexual satisfaction is so important in our lives. Let’s start with sexual dysfunctions. Studies […]

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Which Conditions Should Be Considered as Disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Designation of “Other Specified Disorders Due to Addictive Behaviors”? (2020)

COMMENTS: A review by addiction experts concludes that pornography-use disorder is a condition that may be diagnosed with the ICD-11 category “other specified disorders due to addictive behaviors”. In other words, compulsive porn use looks like other recognized behavioral addictions, which include gambling and gaming disorders. Excerpts from the paper: Note that we are not […]

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Studies suggesting that non-pedophilic porn users can escalate into child porn

There’s a fair amount of evidence that today’s porn is so stimulating that many users habituate to (grow bored with) whatever porn genre(s) they start with, and search for material they find more arousing. This tends to lead them to more extreme material because shock and anxiety increase arousal. As judgment is altered during an […]

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Is Nicole Prause Influenced by the Porn Industry?

Introduction Is Nicole Prause Influenced by the Porn Industry? In 2013 former UCLA researcher Nicole Prause began openly harassing, libeling and cyberstalking Gary Wilson. (Prause has not been employed by an academic institution since January, 2015.) Within a short time she also began targeting others, including researchers, medical doctors, therapists, psychologists, a former UCLA colleague, […]

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The Free Speech Coalition allegedly provided porn stars as subjects for a Nicole Prause study she claims will debunk porn addiction

Introduction Nicole Prause is a former academic with a long history of harassing and defaming authors, researchers, therapists, reporters, men in recovery, academic journal editors, multiple organizations, and others who dare to report evidence of harms from internet porn use. She appears to be quite cozy with the pornography industry, as can be seen from […]

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Critique of claims surrounding Steele et al., 2013 (“Sexual Desire, not Hypersexuality, is Related to Neurophysiological Responses Elicited by Sexual Images”)

You can skip the history and go directly to our analysis. HISTORY OF THIS JULY, 2013 CRITIQUE This article was first published in July, 2013 as a reply blog post to a “Psychology Today” blog post featuring an interview with Dr. Nicole Prause, co-author of the EEG study discussed here. On March 6th, 2013, fellow Psychology […]

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Porn Science and Science Deniers (Interview with Wilson)

Note: The discussion of the ongoing harassment and defamation by porn science deniers begins here, at minute 28. Links relevant to the discussion: Main YBOP research page (over 1,000 porn studies) Nicole Prause’s Unethical Harassment and Defamation of Gary Wilson & Others Nicole Prause’s Unethical Harassment and Defamation of Gary Wilson & Others (Page 2) […]

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