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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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Critique of claims surrounding “Sexual Responsivity and the Effects of Negative Mood on Sexual Arousal in Hypersexual Men Who Have Sex With Men” (2020)

Link to abstract of above paper As men who have quit porn and recovered from sexual dysfunctions during partnered sex demonstrate, porn-induced ED appears to be primarily due to conditioning their sexual response to online porn rather than real partners. Their difficulties are not due to “hypersexuality.” In fact, men who report the problem are–just […]

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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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Withdrawal symptoms

Studies Reporting Withdrawal Symptoms in Porn Users

Pro-porn activists often assert porn addiction is a myth on the theory that compulsive porn users do not experience either tolerance (habituation, escalation) or withdrawal symptoms. Not so. In fact, not only do porn users and clinicians report both tolerance and withdrawal, over 60 studies report findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation […]

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Divorced men are ‘more likely’ to have erectile dysfunction because they’ve had ‘unsatisfactory’ sex lives or become ‘too used to porn’, says psychologist. Psychologist Felix Economakis (2019)

Link to article Chartered psychologist Felix Economakis made the claim about divorced men Erectile dysfunction could also be caused by watching pornography, he said Comes after London-based clinic Numan found 80 per cent have problems By Luke Andrews For Mailonline 17 November 2019 A sexual health expert says divorced men are more likely to suffer […]

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The Lowdown On Getting Erectile Dysfunction. Men’s Health. Nick Knight, MD, PhD. (2019)

COMMENTS: The counter-narrative to reality was provided by Justin Lehmiller, who’s a bit biased. He’s a regular paid contributor to Playboy Magazine and close ally of Nicole Prause; a member of RealYBOP (a group formed to steal YBOP’s trademark); and on the board of the SHA – the group collaborating with xHamster to promote its […]

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“Porn Messed Up My Brain”: The Modern Mann podcast interviews young man who recovered from porn-induced erectile dysfunction (2019)

‘Quitting porn is the hardest thing I’ve ever done’ Sebastian Schub was 19 when he first experienced erectile dysfunction. But he wasn’t a big drinker. There was no clear medical cause, such as heart disease. However – like most men his age – he was an avid user of porn tube sites. Googling his symptoms, […]

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Can watching pornography cause impotence? Dr. David Greenfield, (2019)

Link to article Ask Dr. David Greenfield if there’s a problem with pornography online and he’ll tell you there is – but not for reasons of prudishness or because of arguments against the adult industry per se. Rather, because pornography online – available, anonymously and for free, anytime, anywhere via our cellphones – is giving […]

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