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It’s normal for kids to want to learn all about sex, especially during puberty and adolescence when reproduction becomes the brain’s top priority. For this we can thank the specifics of teen-brain development. Think of an adolescent jungle primate watching another band with such fascination that he (or she, in some species) leaves his companions, and endures the […]
by Mike McManus Coldwater, Mich. —When Pat Trueman led the fight against obscenity for the Reagan and Bush I administrations, there were 120 convictions in five years. “All major pornographers were put out of business or put in jail,” he told the Maryland Coalition Against Pornography recently. However, there has not been any prosecution for […]
A man has been remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court accused of sex offences against a 15-year-old girl and possessing extreme pornography. Alan Moore, of Windslow Drive, Carrickfergus, is the first person in Northern Ireland to be charged under the new extreme pornography law. It was brought in after a campaign by a woman […]
More than a Body: Mind Perception and the Nature of Objectification (Research)
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Abstract: According to models of objectification, viewing someone as a body induces dementalization, stripping away their psychological traits. We present evidence for an alternative account where a body focus does not diminish the attribution of all mental capacities, but instead leads perceivers to infer a different kind of mind. Drawing on the distinction in mind […]
Think of the way you would normally treat a human being. You might see her as a person with unique needs, goals, emotions, maybe even lofty plans for the future. Now think of the way that you might treat a mere object: Say, a table. You would not think of the table as having any […]
They are seen as social lepers but still loved by their spouses and parents. What these husbands and sons have done is considered criminal and reprehensible: collecting and viewing pornographic images of children. The illegal behavior is almost unfathomable for their relatives to comprehend. Offenders often end up in federal prison, while their loved ones […]
Ever heard of sexual anorexia? Well, that’s what the wretched souls who stay glued to porn sites for long hours suffer, says a new Italian study. Marnia Robinson, author of Cupid’s Poisoned Arrow, says a growing number of healthy young men who were Internet porn addicts developed an inability to be turned on by real partners. […]
A leading bishop last night urged people with shares in internet firms to confront them over their records on pornography. The Bishop of Bristol said his community had been rocked by the murder of Joanna Yeates in a sickening case that ‘no city on the planet’ should have to witness. The Rt Rev Mike Hill […]
A woman who fought for a ban on violent online pornography after her daughter’s murder has said she is disappointed it has not been more effective. Liz Longhurst welcomed the legislative change preventing the possession of some extreme pornography when it was introduced in 2009. In 2003 her daughter, Brighton music teacher Jane Longhurst, was […]
Who could fail to be moved by witnessing the devastated parents of murdered Jo Yeates as they emerged from court last week? As a parent myself, and to a young woman at that, my heart went out to them. Their pain was evident for all to see and yet none of us, unless we have […]