Problematic Pornography Use: Legal and Health Policy Considerations (2021)

Sharpe, M., Mead, D. Problematic Pornography Use: Legal and Health Policy Considerations. Curr Addict Rep (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00390-8 Abstract Purpose of Review Reports of sexual violence, especially towards women and children, are rapidly increasing. At the same time, rates of problematic pornography use (PPU) are accelerating across the world too. The purpose of this review is […]

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The Pornography “Rebooting” Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of Abstinence Journals on an Online Pornography Abstinence Forum (2021)

Comment: Excellent paper analyzes more than 100 rebooting experiences and highlights what people are undergoing on recovery forums. Contradicts much of the propaganda about recovery forums (such as the nonsense that they’re all religious, or strict semen-retention extremists, etc.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Arch Sex Behav . 2021 Jan 5. David P Fernandez  1 , Daria J Kuss  2 […]

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Czech Republic Youth and Porn Use: Statistics and Solutions – Jeronym Krištof (video)

This is a video presentation that was given recently at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Summit by Jeronym, a 19-year-old activist from the Czech Republic. For his final high school theses, he decided to write on the negative effects pornography has on adolescents and society. As part of this project, Jeronym conducted an extensive […]

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Pornography and its impact on the sexual health of men (2021)

Kirby, M. (2021),  Trends Urology & Men Health, 12: 6-10. Abstract Increased internet access has been accompanied by increased numbers of adolescent and adult men viewing online pornography, and there is growing concern about how this may affect their sexual development, sexual function, mental health and intimate relationships. This paper briefly reviews men’s relationship with […]

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Paul Wright, PhD Calls Out Porn Researchers’ Questionable Tactics (2021)

Paul Wright PhD is a highly regarded, prolific pornography researcher. Apparently, he’s tired – as are many others in this field – of the deceptive tactics employed by some of the notoriously agenda-driven sexology researchers in the field (and their biased refereeing of papers). He highlights two of their stratagems in separate Letters to the […]

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Introduction – Becoming Sexual in Digital Times: The Risks and Harms of Online Pornography (2020)

Internet Pornography: Psychoanalytic Reflections on its Effects upon Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Alessandra Lemma , BSc., MA, MSt (Oxon), MPil (Cantab), DClinPsych Pages 118-130 | Published online: 01 Apr 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/00797308.2020.1859283 ABSTRACT This introduction summarizes the research on the impact of online pornography on sexual health and relationships in young people. I suggest that […]

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Problematic Pornography Use in Japan: A Preliminary Study Among University Students (2021)

COMMENTS: A bit suspect. 24% answered “yes” to having impaired control of their porn use, and 4 out of 5 of those were male. Yet only 6% answered “yes” to “Have you faced daily-life problems due to difficulty in controlling pornography use?” How could a college student assess if porn use had caused problems unless […]

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Cognitive Processes Related to Problematic Pornography Use (PPU): A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies (2021)

J. Castro-Calvo, V. Cervigón-Carrasco, R. Ballester-Arnal, C. Giménez-García, Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2021, 100345, ISSN 2352-8532, Comments: Really well written, and helpful in understanding many of the neuropsychological studies listed on YBOP’s brain studies page. This is a review of 21 porn studies assessing 4 neuro-psychological “processes” which are altered in drug and behavioral addictions: 1- […]

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Pornographic Socialization as “Selective‑Exposure”: Let it Go, Let it Go II (2021) by Paul J. Wright

Wright, P.J.  Arch Sex Behav 50, 393–399 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-01922-z “Let it go, let it go Can’t hold it back anymore Let it go, let it go Turn away and slam the door” (Elsa – Disney’s Frozen) In another Letter in this issue, I wrote a brief exposé on the many perils of the current approach […]

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Overcontrol in Pornography Research: Let it Go, Let it Go… (2021) by Paul J. Wright

Wright, P.J. Arch Sex Behav 50, 387–392 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01902-9 “Let it go, let it go Can’t hold it back anymore Let it go, let it go Turn away and slam the door” (Elsa – Disney’s Frozen) The wisdom of Elsa’s self-admonition to let go of her attempts at overcontrol struck me as an important life-lesson […]

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