Mark Manson puts porn to the test. The results: I can only answer for myself. For me, yes, porn had a noticeable impact on my sex life and I’m much better off not watching it. And I know there are a number of guys on the forum who had far more dramatic benefits than I […]
Porn Addiction
Psychology Today: “Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Is a Growing Problem”
Psychology Today notes how porn use can impede sexual function. Fortunately, there is a solution. Recent behavioral addiction research suggests that the loss of libido and performance occur because heavy users are numbing their brain’s normal response to pleasure. Years of overriding the natural limits of libido with intense stimulation desensitize the user’s response to […]
Video Series: How to Talk to Your Son About Porn
The good folks at Reuniting have kindly made a short video series available free to the public, “Things You Didn’t Know About Porn”. These videos are related to an earlier article reprinted at NoPornNorthampton, “How to Talk about Porn with Your 11-Year-Old Son”. From the introduction at Reuniting: This is a three-part YouTube series we helped create, based […]
First Things: “The Weight of Smut”
In the June/July issue of First Things, Mary Eberstadt discusses the latest scientific and psychological research on porn addiction and its social costs. While we don’t endorse this magazine’s conservative stance on gender roles and gay issues, we found this article valuable. The Weight of Smut As the impressively depressing cover story “America the Obese” […]
Norman Doidge, MD: “Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love”
The Witherspoon Institute has gathered a number of valuable papers together in The Social Costs of Pornography Consultation (2008). We particularly recommend a paper from Norman Doidge, MD: “Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love” (PDF). Some excerpts: The current porn epidemic gives a graphic demonstration that sexual tastes […]
Attention Christie Brinkley: Avoid Relationship Advice from the Valley Advocate
Earlier this month, Christie Brinkley’s divorce from husband Peter Cook was widely discussed in the media. Mr. Cook’s porn use became a matter of debate. One columnist for New York Magazine claimed it was immaterial, common practice, and not a big deal. We agree it’s common practice, but it is material and it is a […]
Through the Flame: “Life with a Porn Addict”
We are pleased to republish this post from a forum at ThroughtheFlame.org. While this is a fictional account, it conveys the impact of porn addiction on spouses all too well… Life with a PA – the Dark Side of the Moon A short(ish) fictional journey with the spouse of a PA By FairyG We’ve just […]
‘Through the Flame’ Online Forums Support People Recovering from Porn Addiction
Through the Flame is doing great work helping people overcome porn addiction. They kindly sent us this article about their activities… ThroughtheFlame.org is a free, online support group created for people affected by pornography. It is a growing community that aims to help people addicted to pornography or those living with someone who is. We […]
Influence of Porn on Sex Practices: Dispatches from the Field (explicit language)
Many of our opponents argue that porn has little influence on behavior. The blogger GruntDoc, for example, claims “these images are harmless. No image has ever gotten up off a page and caused harm to anyone.”Let’s check in with Jezebel on the subject. Jezebel is a busy website devoted to “Celebrity, Sex, Fashion. Without airbrushing”. […]
David Bornstein: “Pursuing Happiness”
A porn shop like Amazing.net might promise to “excite your life”, but what are the real roots of happiness? David Bornstein explores the subject for World Ark, the magazine of Heifer International.From “Pursuing Happiness”, by David Bornstein: Americans enjoy an “inalienable right” to pursue happiness. But, according to studies, over the past half centruy, despite our […]