Commentary by insightful researcher Paul Wright. He proposes that scientists who study porn use and “moral incongruence” need to take content type into account as well. He asks if porn users’ distress is heightened by viewing less socially acceptable content. Excerpts below. On Religion, Morals, and Problematic Pornography Use: The Potential Importance of Content Type […]
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15 May 2026 GENEVA – UN experts today raised the alarm over the large-scale sexual exploitation of women and girls facilitated and monetised by Pornhub and its parent company Aylo Holdings, as well as the role of payment networks, and search engines. The experts stressed that businesses cannot evade responsibilities for being complicit in human […]
Excerpt: Pornography and its links to sexual dysfunction Frequent pornography use has been associated with erectile difficulties and reduced sexual desire in some samples, particularly among younger men, although causal mechanisms have not been conclusively established. The most commonly reported sexual dysfunctions in the general population are premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, decreased libido, and arousal […]
Comment: Note that 67% of representative sample comprised the group showing the most problems. Understanding how people develop habits around viewing adult content can help identify potential psychological risks later in life. Researchers identified three distinct patterns of how adults start viewing sexually explicit material, revealing that establishing a regular habit at a young age […]
The porn industry has long supported shills who promulgate its preferred narrative about porn use. But recently a truly twisted “Journal statement on ‘sex addiction’” was published by academic publisher Taylor & Francis. Fortunately, a thoughtful author (on behalf of himself and a long list of colleagues) has taken the rare step of skillfully calling […]
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Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones examines the neuroscience of porn addiction and its wreckage across an entire generation. Forty-two billion porn site visits occur every month — 92% through the smartphone in your pocket — and the average Australian child encounters it at age 11. Marshall Ballantine-Jones is a specialist in online sexualisation education with over 25 […]
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Comment: Visitors who are interested in the current state of the research on CSBD/PPU will appreciate this thorough account of the current research. There’s much work still to be done. It’s essential that problematic online porn use gets carved out of CSBD, that is, not lumped in with partnered sex and treated as an impulse-control disorder. […]
People who exhibit certain negative personality traits tend to spend more time consuming violent pornography and engaging in problematic online sexual behaviors. This pattern suggests a reinforcing cycle where people drawn to aggressive content may further normalize their own antisocial tendencies. These results were recently published in the journal Sexual Health & Compulsivity. The internet […]
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Story at a Glance: •Modern children’s content (especially fast-paced YouTube shows like CoComelon) is engineered to maximize watch time through rapid cuts and constant dopamine triggers, creating addictive patterns in toddlers that lead to overstimulation, irritability, and severe tantrums, and when screens are removed. •This deliberate design exploits the brain’s orienting response, rewiring developing nervous […]
As parents struggle to know how to protect their children from the dangers of social media, leading psychologist Jonathan Haidt urged moms and dads to set rules about their kids not using their devices in their bedroom. “The really bad stuff happens when a child has their own touch screen device in the bedroom,” Haidt […]
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