Find Article Here Many strangers give Dr William Struthers a quizzical look when he tells them what he does for a living. Some women even turn their eyes away in embarrassment. The American biopsychologist studies sexual arousal, but specifically what parts of the human brain light up, and what chemicals are unleashed, when people watch [...]
Alain De Botton December 26, 2012 Find original article here: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/12/26/why-we-should-limit-internet-pornography/ All parties, on left and right, believe in freedom. The question is whether there are ways of having too muchfreedom, or of using it in the very wrong way, so that it starts to hurt other things we care about, like prosperity, safety and happiness. The [...]
Rachel Alexander October 25, 2012 Find original article here: http://www.rightwingnews.com/entertainment/porn-addiction-at-crisis-level/ More than 50% of men now look at pornography regularly, thanks to easy access and constant bombardment of images on the internet. No one wants to talk about it. Society generally looks the other way at pornography, dismissing it as harmless “men’s entertainment.” The reality is that it [...]
Ethlie Ann Vare October 22, 2012 Find original article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethlie-ann-vare/porn-addiction_b_2001888.html David Kessler, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, posits in his book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, that the modern food industry intentionally layers fat, sugar and salt in its products to trigger our craving for more [...]
By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science April 19, 2012 Find original article here: http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/19/11288958-watching-porn-may-shut-down-part-of-your-brain?threadId=3398777&commentId=64831432&fb_source=message#c64831432 Watching pornography would seem to be a vision-intensive task. But new research finds that looking at erotic movies can actually quiet the part of the brain that processes visual stimuli. Most of the time, watching movies or conducting any other visual task sends [...]
Author: Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo and Nikita Duncan Date Published: 05/25/2012 Find Original Article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/health/living-well/demise-of-guys/index.html (CNN) – Is the overuse of video games and pervasiveness of online porn causing the demise of guys? Increasingly, researchers say yes, as young men become hooked on arousal, sacrificing their schoolwork and relationships in the pursuit of getting a tech-based buzz. Every compulsive [...]
The Telegraph Sally Williams January 7, 2012 ‘I close the curtains, take the phone off the hook, turn off my mobile, and if I have plans – say a dinner with a friend – I just cancel. Then I log onto various websites and look at images, look at movies. It’s pure, unadulterated physical enjoyment. [...]
Life Site News by Ben Johnson Dec 22, 2011 One in 13 girls aged 14-to-20, or about 7.7 percent, who participated in a recent study from Boston University’s School of Public Health said they have engaged in “Multi-Person Sex” (MPS), reports the Daily Mail. Researchers believe imitation of pornography is a leading cause. The study [...]
Marine Corps Times By Jon R. Anderson Mar 31, 2010 The Marine staff sergeant knew things were spinning out of control. What he once thought was a harmless flirtation with online porn had become a full-blown obsession. But looking at photos and videos of men and women having sex wasn’t hurting anyone, he tried to [...]
Psychology Today by Marnia Robinson & Gary Wilson June 25, 2011 Here’s some headline news for anyone who has been trained that Internet porn use is harmless: Physical evidence of addiction processes is showing up in the brains of avid Internet video-gamers. What’s more, use of online erotica has greater potential for becoming compulsive than [...]
