How to recognize biased articles: They cite Prause et al., 2015 (falsely claiming it debunks porn addiction), while omitting over 50 neurological studies supporting porn addiction

Introduction A number of articles and interviews have attempted to push-back at the TIME article (“Porn and the Threat to Virility”) and the Utah resolution declaring internet porn a public health problem. What might be a few “dead giveaways” that such an article is nothing more than a propaganda piece? Psychologists David Ley and/or Nicole […]

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Empirical support for “The Great Porn Experiment” – TEDx Glasgow (2012): Page 2

Introduction This page, and a second page, provide empirical support for claims put forth in The Great Porn Experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow (and The Demise of Guys, by Philip Zimbardo). Each PowerPoint slide and associated text is accompanied by (1) the original supporting citations/sources, followed by (2) supporting studies and clinical evidence published […]

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Perinatal Western Diet Consumption Leads to Profound Plasticity and GABAergic Phenotype Changes within Hypothalamus and Reward Pathway from Birth to Sexual Maturity in Rat (2017)

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2017; 8: 216. Published online 2017 Aug 29. doi:  10.3389/fendo.2017.00216 PMCID: PMC5581815 Julie Paradis,1 Pierre Boureau,1 Thomas Moyon,1 Sophie Nicklaus,2 Patricia Parnet,1,*† and Vincent Paillé1,*† Abstract Perinatal maternal consumption of energy dense food increases the risk of obesity in children. This is associated with an overconsumption of palatable food that is consumed […]

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Empirical support for “The Great Porn Experiment” – TEDx Glasgow (2012): Page 1

Introduction This page, and a second page, provide empirical support for claims put forth in The Great Porn Experiment | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow (and The Demise of Guys, by Philip Zimbardo). Each PowerPoint slide and associated text is accompanied by (1) the original supporting citations/sources, followed by (2) supporting studies and clinical evidence published […]

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Can porn use blunt my emotions?

What does the post-porn emotional rebound look like? Regular users who give up porn often report unexpected changes, such as improved sexual performance and satisfaction, increased confidence and desire to socialize, better concentration, more satisfying romantic relationships and so forth. Yet they also frequently remark on another change: They feel more emotion. This is often […]

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Age 19 – Lost my virginity, back to my “natural me,” after a 2-year struggle

After months of ups and downs, relapses and urges, flatlines and “superpowers”, I’ve earned a great source of experience and it has definitely changed my life forever. If someone had told me, not at the beginning but even six months ago, that I would reach 90 days without Porn and Masturbation, then I wouldn’t have […]

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