An old New Zealand study that we hadn’t seen before confirmed some interesting things about porn use, which today’s sexologists seem to have forgotten. Here are the key points: If men silently read the same pornographic material repeatedly in the lab, their measurable sexual response declined. Novel material, on the other hand, perked a gent’s […]
Excerpts: Males were found to consume pornography more frequently and in a more problematic manner, potentially reinforcing gender stereotypes about female sexuality. In contrast, while females reported lower levels of pornography use, they experienced significant associated concerns, such as increased likelihood of experiencing online sexual abuse or victimization and heightened feelings of loneliness. In a […]
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Porn industry allies, including tribes of pro-porn researchers, have been pushing the idea that people reporting symptoms of PPU (problematic porn use) merely suffer from moral incongruence (meaning they have ethical concerns about porn use). The implication is that these people are “religious” and thus that religion, not porn use, is their “real” problem. Years […]
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Archives of Sexual Behavior Chaise RF, Cardoso CP, Wingert FF, Piltcher TT, Rocha KB, López MJM.. 2024 Oct 18. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-03002-4. Online ahead of print. Abstract The advent of the Internet has made pornography more accessible to many people, including teenagers. This systematic review aimed to synthesize data on factors associated with the consumption […]
Regardless of your politics, this video addresses valid concerns supported by peer-reviewed evidence. https://vod.foxnews.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/694940094001/5dc832cf-cd46-4887-b685-796348634de3/d3e3e37c-3498-4fca-8302-559be4db385d/main.mp4 Definitely worth a listen and reflection. […]
Archives of Sexual Behavior Letter to the Editor by Paul J. Wright · Robert S. Tokunaga · Debby Herbenick Received: 15 July 2024 / Revised: 3 October 2024 / Accepted: 21 November 2024 In this scholarly analysis, experts Wright, Tokunaga and Herbenick point out the weaknesses in a recent Romanian paper, which claimed that porn […]
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Excerpts: Pornography predicts adolescent sexual behavior more significantly than internet addiction. Adolescents tend to imitate what they see because of the peculiarity of their stage in human development. Abraham UWAOMA & Hammed, ADEOYE (PhD) ,Christiana UWAOMA, Babcock University Journal of Education, 10(1), 15–2`3. (2024) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14292313 Abstract The study was designed to examine internet addiction and […]
A Skeptical Look at NPR’s Dismissive Answer [Note: this article is a year old. We were so disgusted by NPR’s shoddy journalism (using as its source a close ally of the porn industry’s “Free Speech Coalition”) as well as its treachery in willfully ignoring key facts of which it was repeatedly informed, that we didn’t […]
Laila Mickelwait is the author of “Takedown: Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking”. At around 1 hour and 38:50 minutes she and Theo discuss PIED (porn induced erectile dysfunction) and the damage porn does to some relationships. Listen here Thanks to Mickelwait’s efforts, Visa, MC and Discover […]
Have you been sidetracked by porn, online dating and social media? If so, you may find this discussion worthwhile. Of course, the next step is to take steps toward real connection with other humans. How can you shift away from being online toward time with real people? […]