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Use and Harms of Pornography (Research)
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Title: Use and Harms of Pornography
Publication: Fprever Families
Author: Amber Brewer and Rachel Jamieson
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A Confusing World To say the least, pornography is a controversial and confusing subject. Researchers, politicians, pornography producers, pornography consumers, those acquainted with consumers, and those passively exposed to erotic media (through everyday movies, advertisements, and internet pop-ups) have differing opinions and values toward pornography. Supporters of pornography argue, “It’s my choice and my right. […]
Effects of Pornography on Relationships (Research)
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Title: Effects of Pornography on Relationships
Publication: Utah State University
Author: Naomi Weeks
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Pornography is not a new issue in relationships; however, the expansion of the Internet appears to have increased pornography viewing and exacerbated pre-existing tendencies (Cooper, Boies, Maheu & Greenfield, 1999; Young, 2008). One key factor in this increase is the convenience, affordability, and the anonymous nature of Internet pornography (Cooper, 1998; Young, 2008; Young, Cooper, […]
Technical, Business, and Legal Dimensions of Protecting Children from Pornography on the Internet: Proceedings of a Workshop (Research)
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Title: Technical, Business, and Legal Dimensions of Protecting Children from Pornography on the Internet: Proceedings of a Workshop
Publication: The National Academies Press
Author: Collection of Authors
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The Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content met in 2002 at a conference. As a result the collection of papers was released as this book.
Treatment and Healing of Sexual and Pornographic Addictions, by Dr. Victor B. Cline
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Title: Treatment and Healing of Sexual and Pornographic Addictions
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Author: Dr. Victor B. Cline
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Article by Dr. Victor B. Cline, a psychotherapist specializing in family/marital counseling and sexual addictions. He is also Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Utah. MIM editor’s note: In this article, Dr. Victor B. Cline describes strategies that he has found useful in treating sexual addicts, particularly those addicted to pornography, and that […]
A new light on the harms of porn (Opinion)
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Title: A new light on the harms of porn
Publication: Indigo Jo Blogs
Author: Matthew Smith
Date: 04/07/2010
“A few months ago I read a book called Living Dolls by Natasha Walter, who argued that the “new feminism” she thought was emerging in the 1990s had given way to a culture in which girls were being pressurised to be sexualised at younger and younger ages, with anyone resisting being seen as a prude, […]
Pornography and Socially Responsible Investing (Opinion)
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Title: Pornography and Socially Responsible Investing
Publication: The Witherspoon Institute
Author: Blake Robinson
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Socially responsible investing, once associated with causes like combating South African apartheid, has the potential to become a serious way to combat the harms pornography causes in our society.
If you’ve heard the word porn in church recently, in a small group or from the pulpit, chances are you hardly blinked. Thanks to ministries like Promise Keepers and Operation Integrity, the research of sex addiction expert Patrick Carnes and neuroscientist William Struthers, and individuals courageous enough to admit they have a problem, American churches […]
There is nothing new, of course, about pornography. But this is the first generation to grow up seeing rape and sexual violence before even losing their virginity. Such an unprecedented change has occurred in less than a decade, and raises disturbing questions. What is online porn doing to boys’ and girls’ sexual development? What can […]
Social Bonds and Internet Pornographic Exposure among Adolescents (Research)
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In recent years concern has grown that exposure of children and adolescents to Internet pornographic content might be harmful for their social and psychological development. Parents, academics and researchers have been documenting pornography from the supply side, assuming that the availability of the content is enough to explain consumption. The current paper explored the user […]
In the treatment of sexual addiction and compulsivity, the family unit is often neglected. Yet this disorder has a major impact not only on the identified patient, but also on the spouse or partner (the coaddict) and on the family as a whole. Moreover, the family unit is the context in which the sexual addict […]