Spanish government poster about porn’s risks

This government poster summarizes some of the research that has revealed risks to adolescents from porn use. The adverse impact of porn on adolescents and their sexuality includes such things as: unrealistic sexual expectations, normalizing sexual violence, engaging in riskier sex, compromising their privacy on the internet, affecting their sexual satisfaction by encouraging sex that […]

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The Lived Experiences and Well-Being of Female Partners Following Discovery or Disclosure of Their Male Partner’s Compulsive Sexual Behaviours: An Australian Phenomenological Study

Sex Res Soc Policy Seyed Aghamiri, F., Luetz, J.M. & Hills, K. T.(2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-01043-x Abstract Introduction There has been an upsurge of research articles in the last two decades about sexual addiction (SA) and compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB). In the literature, SA/CSB is mainly presented as comparable to other behavioural addictions and similarly involves a […]

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The role of pornography in shaping young adults’ sexual scripts and sexual behavior: A longitudinal study with university students.

Excerpt: This longitudinal study from Germany showed that both male and female university students who watched more pornography were more likely to hold sexual scripts for consensual sex that put them at a greater risk for sexual aggression and vulnerability to sexual victimization, such as engaging in casual sex, alcohol use, and the ambiguous communication […]

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Pornography is Torture (video)

This video about the treatment of women in porn is tough to listen to, and not for the faint of heart. However, the evidence is growing that, notwithstanding porn-industry propaganda, women in porn generally do not feel “empowered.” Rather they typically experience a variety of severe harms, on a par with torture victims. […]

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Pornography Use and Associated Factors in Adolescents: A Cross‑Jurisdictional Approach (Spain vs. Mexico)

Comments: Once again the rather suspect “Moral Incongruence Model,” which purports to show that religiosity drives PPU, fails entirely. Excerpt: In the present study, less religiosity favored the use of pornography. Archives of Sexual Behavior Villena-Moya, A., Chiclana-Actis, C., Granero, R. et al. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03000-6 Abstract Pornography use is common among adolescents. However, there has […]

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Mental health and perceived consequences in a clinical sample of women featured in video-based pornography

European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation Comment: Women featured in pornography often experience cyberbullying, physical injuries, and emotional distress as a consequence.  Fabienne El-Khoury Lesueur,Véronique Héroin,Marion Fareng, December, 2024 Abstract Context Several reports have shed light on the potentially traumatic filming conditions, and violence experienced by women featured in pornography (WP). However, there is a […]

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Pornography, Violence and Sexual Technology: Pychological, Neurological and Cultural Impacts in Contemporary Society

Excerpts: Easy access to violent and pornographic content via the Internet, television, and other media has radically transformed the ways in which individuals, particularly young people, relate to the surrounding reality…. This phenomenon not only normalizes violent and hypersexualized behaviors but also reinforces their widespread acceptance. PsyArXiv Preprints By Tiziano Costanzo, 2024 Abstract   The […]

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Problematic Pornography Use, Mental Health, and Suicidality among Young Adults

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health Altin, M.; De Leo, D.; Tribbia, N.; Ronconi, L.; Cipolletta, S. 2024, 21, 1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091228 Abstract The relationship between suicidality and problematic pornography use (PPU) is not clear, and the limited research data that exists show contradictory results. The present study aims to explore the associations between these two […]

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