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Internet porn is an experiment in dehumanization (The LA Times)
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Title: Internet porn is an experiment in dehumanization
Publication: The Los Angeles Times
Author: David Horsey
Date: 12/15/2014
You do not have to be a prude to worry about porn. Thanks to the Internet, Americans have been pushed, unwittingly, into a vast social experiment testing whether unfettered access to the most freakish and foul pornography will warp sexual relations for generations to come. The days of boys sneaking peeks at Playboy on a […]
Top Five Warning Signs of Internet Pornography Addiction
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Title: Top Five Warning Signs of Internet Pornography Addiction
Publication: PRNewswire
Author: The American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Date: 10/28/2014
SEATTLE, Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With Internet usage skyrocketing to three billion users worldwide this year—nearly 40% of the world population from 1% in 1995—mental health professionals are struggling with an issue that has risen just as quickly: Internet pornography addiction, one of the most common addictions today. Sister Marysia Weber, DO, an osteopathic family physician certified by the […]
Is Male Porn Use Ruining Sex?
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Title: Is Male Porn Use Ruining Sex?
Publication: Psychology Today
Author: Robert Weiss
Date: 01/20/2014
Are men becoming totally out of sync with real-world romantic relationships? Recent statistics show that approximately 12 percent of all websites are porn-related, 25 percent of all search engine requests are sex-related, and 35 percent of all Internet downloads are pornographic, so porn is pretty darn ubiquitous. And these numbers don’t even count all the […]
Violence, Teenagers, and Gonzo Porn (Opinion)
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Title: Violence, Teenagers, and Gonzo Porn
Publication: Bad Housekeeping
Author: Clara Bennathan
Date: 01/08/2014
This article was written by a 17-year-old student. The porn industry is the primary source of sex ed for the boys who will grow up to be the decision-makers, thinkers, writers, husbands and fathers of tomorrow. A brief overview of what they are being taught/brainwashed to believe; That it is their birthright as males to […]
Internet Pornography & the First Amendment (Opinion)
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Title: Internet Pornography & the First Amendment
Publication: The Witherspoon Institute
Author: Morgan Bennett
Date: 10/10/2013
Current jurisprudence protecting pornography as “artistic expression” contradicts the Founders’ understanding and the underlying purposes of the First Amendment’s protection of speech, and it fails to protect Americans from the social and personal trauma caused by pornography. The second in a two-part series. Introduction In yesterday’s article, I gave an overview of new brain research that has exposed […]
The New Narcotic (Opinion)
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Title: The New Narcotic
Publication: The Witherspoon Institute
Author: Morgan Bennett
Date: 10/09/2013
New neurological research reveals that porn is as potently addictive as heroin or cocaine. A growing body of research supports such an assertion as it relates to a new “narcotic”: internet pornography. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that in 2008 there were 1.9 million cocaine users. According to the Central Intelligence […]
Sexual Assaults in the Military: Porn is Part of the Problem (Opinion)
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Title: Sexual Assaults in the Military: Porn is Part of the Problem
Publication: The Witherspoon Institute
Author: Peter J. Smyczek, Kenneth Artz
Date: 06/14/2013
If our military is to lower its rate of sex crimes, it must limit its members’ consumption of pornography and educate them about its risks. To extract itself from this sexual assault wash cycle, the Air Force, in which we serve, along with other branches of the military, must take swift action to recognize many […]
Personalized pornography: the explosive growth of ‘sexting’ among teens (Opinion)
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Read original article: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/personalized-pornography-the-explosive-growth-of-sexting-among-teens/ August 27, 2013 (Unmasking Choice) – The embarrassing political troubles of the unfortunately but aptly named former Congressman Anthony Weiner has catapulted the term “sexting” into cultural consciousness once again, prompting a sudden discussion on what, exactly, “sexting” is—and whether we should be worried about it. Dr. Keith Ablow, FOX News’ […]
Chicago Tribune August 13, 2013 | Dennis Byrne Full article here. I’m pointing here to the individual and social costs of an addiction that has grown so dramatically since the Internet has made it so widely available and affordable. Especially among young people. Malorie Blackman, a British author of popular children’s books, would like to […]
‘The day my 11-year-old found violent porn on the web’ (Opinion)
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Title: ‘The day my 11-year-old found violent porn on the web’
Publication: LifeSiteNews
Author: Kirsten Anderson
Date: 20130403
READ ARTICLE HERE NOOSA, Australia, April 3, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – Another parent has gone public with a story of innocence ripped away from her preteen son after his friend pressured him to view violent pornography on his internet-enabled phone. “Last week my son told me he had watched something horrible online,” wrote Lizi Patch on […]