Porn Addiction and Sex Addiction: What’s the Difference? (Opinion)

Posted on April 4, 2013, in Addiction, Marriage, Opinion, Relationships

READ ARTICLE HERE Is there a difference between the person who carries on with one secret sexual affair after another and the person entranced by Internet pornography? Are sexual behaviors like affairs, sex with prostitutes, and anonymous sex a greater risk of harm to an individual or a relationship, or is pornography the greater risk? [...]

Watching porn may shut down part of your brain (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Brain Science, Relationships, Women

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 [...]

More churches offer counseling for sex addiction (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Marriage, Relationships, Religion

Abby Acone Oct 6, 2012 Find original article here: http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/More-churches-offer-counseling-for-sex-addiction-172990681.html It is a staggering number— each year, the U-S porn industry makes $14 billion — and more money than the entire NFL. And as those profits rise, it’s leading to leading to a public health problem that most people don’t want to acknowledge— sex addiction. Action [...]

Japan’s love affair with pornography killing “real sex” drive (OPINION)

Posted on August 28, 2012, in Opinion, Relationships, Societal

Japan Daily Press: http://japandailypress.com/japans-love-affair-with-pornography-killing-real-sex-drive-209572 By Cynthia Ruble August 20, 2012 I had a hunch. Then, I did a search “pornography sexual drive.” Up came articles about how pornography is killing the sex drive of American men. An article in New York Magazine told stories of men who were having dates with porn stars on the [...]

Safeguarding Yourself, Your Partner, and Your Marriage: Principles to Discussing Pornography in Dating and Beyond (Opinion)

Posted on July 30, 2012, in Marriage, Opinion, Relationships

Safeguarding Yourself, Your Partner, and Your Marriage: Principles to Discussing Pornography in Dating and Beyond[1] By Thomas Alvord[2] Posted here. Pornography is pervasive and pernicious. Nearly 70% of college-aged men and 10% of college-aged women have viewed pornography in the last month.[3] Over 50% of divorces involve one spouse having an excessive interest in internet pornography.[4] Pornography [...]

Is Porn Ruining Your Relationship? (News)

Posted on July 3, 2012, in News, Psychological, Relationships

Author: Caitlyn Hitt Date Posted: July 3, 2012 Find Original Article here: http://www.yourtango.com/2012155740/could-internet-porn-be-ruining-your-relationship Face it, there’s a good chance your man looks at porn. But what is it doing to your relationship? Feminists have argued for decades that porn teaches men to view women as sex objects and devalues the act of having sex. But did you know it causes [...]

Is porn really destroying 500,000 marriage annually? (Opinion)

Posted on February 1, 2012, in Marriage, Opinion, Relationships

If these numbers are accurate, here’s a very sobering statistic. Every year for the past decade there have been roughly 1 million divorces in the United States. If half of the people divorcing claim pornography as the culprit, that means there are 500,000 marriages annually that are failing due to pornography.

Inside Porn Addiction – Influence on Sexual Intimacy (RESEARCH)

Posted on February 1, 2012, in Relationships, Research, Statistics

Have you ever wondered how many couples use pornography to enhance their sexual relationship? I haven’t seen too many statistics on the topic so in my last blog I included a question in the survey that asked about the frequency with which couples use pornography in their relationship.

The Women Who Love Men Who Love Porn (Opinion)

Posted on January 7, 2012, in Children, Men, Opinion, Relationships, Societal, Women

Fearless Blog December 20, 2011 Let’s be real. Everyone’s uncomfortable right now. I know, and I’m sorry. But the purpose of Fearless has become to talk about the things that no one will talk about. So let’s do this. Deep breaths.{disclaimer: this isn’t about my relationships. k? I don’t want this to look like I’m [...]

Group sex is the latest 'trend' for teenage girls, disturbing report reveals (News)

Posted on December 19, 2011, in Children, News, Psychological, Relationships, Societal, STD, Teens

by Daily Mail Reporter Mail Online Dec. 19, 2011 Girls as young as 15 are taking part in group sex, with more than half being coerced into doing it, a study has revealed. Researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health found one in 13 teenage girls reported having a ‘multi-person sex’ (MPS) experience – [...]