The Turkish Journal on Addictions

Eliminate Chronic Internet Pornography Use to Reveal Its Effects (2016), by Gary Wilson

Author/s: Gary Wilson DOI: 10.15805/addicta.2016.3.0107 Year: 2016 Vol: 3 Number: 2 LINK TO ABSTRACT LINK TO PDF OF FULL PAPER Abstract There’s growing evidence that today’s streaming pornography videos are sui generis, with unique properties such as inexhaustible sexual novelty at a swipe, effortless escalation to more extreme material, and accessibility by youthful viewers, and […]

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Analysis of “Perceived Effects of Pornography on the Couple Relationship: Initial Findings of Open-Ended, Participant-Informed, Bottom-Up Research” (Kohut et al., 2017)

YBOP COMMENTS: Is the intention behind this Taylor Kohut study to (attempt to) counter the over 80 studies that show porn use has negative effects on relationships? The two primary methodological flaws (tactics?) of this study are: 1) Study did not contain a representative sample. Whereas most studies show that a tiny minority of females […]

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Studies linking porn use to “un-egalitarian attitudes” toward women

Update: Pornography, sexual orientation and ambivalent sexism in young adults in Spain (2024) Large sample of 2,346 people aged 18–35 years old. Men who consumed pornography had higher median values of [Hostile Sexism] than those who did not. Mean values of [Benevolent Sexism] were observed to be lower for both women [β(95%CI):-2.16(-2.99;-1.32)] and men [β(95%CI):-4.30(-5.75;-2.86)] who […]

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Why did my porn use escalate?

STUDIES: Signs of addiction and escalation to more extreme material? Over 60 studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, and even withdrawal symptoms (all signs and symptoms associated with addiction). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE: “I gave up porn when it became too disturbing” (Chicago Tribune, 2018) Through the last years of […]

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

Reality Check about Porn Addiction 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. Let’s start with sexual dysfunctions. Studies assessing young male sexuality since 2010 report historic levels of sexual […]

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Dismantling David Ley’s Response to Philip Zimbardo: “We Must Rely on Good Science in Porn Debate” (2016)

The following is YBOP’s response to David Ley’s Psychology Today blog post “We Must Rely on Good Science in Porn Debate (2016).” Ley’s post is his response to Philip Zimbardo’s Psychology Today blog post “Is Porn Good For Us or Bad For Us?” (2016). While Ley’s title says we must rely on “good science,” it […]

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“Critique of Prause Study” – by Rory C. Reid, Ph.D., LCSW (July 2013)

YBOP COMMENTS: The following “critique” was published only a few days after Gary Wilson published his Psychology Today critique of Steele et al., 2013 (often called the Prause study): “Nothing Correlates With Nothing In SPAN Lab’s New Porn Study (2013)”. As any reader can see, Rory Reid’s so-called critique is not a critique. Instead, it […]

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Your Brain on Porn: How Internet Porn Affects the Brain (2015)

“How Internet Porn Affects the Brain” is a 2015 updated version of the original YBOP 6-part series. A Polish translation of this presentation Supporting materials for this presentation Current state of the research Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 55 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). All provide strong support for the addiction model as […]

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