Careful, Addicted to Pornography (News)
Socyberty by Nurul Sakinah December 27, 2011 Currently estimated at more than 420 million adults regularly accessing pornographic sites. The rapid development of technology, particularly the internet, it makes pornography can be accessed easily and cheaply without sounding sleazy. Unfortunately, the site’s special adults also accessed by children. In 2004, the board of experts in [...]
Coping With Sex Addiction (News)
The Telegraph Sally Williams January 7, 2012 ‘I close the curtains, take the phone off the hook, turn off my mobile, and if I have plans – say a dinner with a friend – I just cancel. Then I log onto various websites and look at images, look at movies. It’s pure, unadulterated physical enjoyment. [...]
Porn use makes teen girls five times more likely to have group sex: study (News)
Life Site News by Ben Johnson Dec 22, 2011 One in 13 girls aged 14-to-20, or about 7.7 percent, who participated in a recent study from Boston University’s School of Public Health said they have engaged in “Multi-Person Sex” (MPS), reports the Daily Mail. Researchers believe imitation of pornography is a leading cause. The study [...]
Addicted to Online Porn (News)
Marine Corps Times By Jon R. Anderson Mar 31, 2010 The Marine staff sergeant knew things were spinning out of control. What he once thought was a harmless flirtation with online porn had become a full-blown obsession. But looking at photos and videos of men and women having sex wasn’t hurting anyone, he tried to [...]
Ominous News for Porn Users: Internet Addiction Atrophies Brains (News)
Psychology Today by Marnia Robinson & Gary Wilson June 25, 2011 Here’s some headline news for anyone who has been trained that Internet porn use is harmless: Physical evidence of addiction processes is showing up in the brains of avid Internet video-gamers. What’s more, use of online erotica has greater potential for becoming compulsive than [...]
Group sex is the latest ‘trend’ for teenage girls, disturbing report reveals (News)
by Daily Mail Reporter Mail Online Dec. 19, 2011 Girls as young as 15 are taking part in group sex, with more than half being coerced into doing it, a study has revealed. Researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health found one in 13 teenage girls reported having a ‘multi-person sex’ (MPS) experience – [...]
Pornography and Attitudes Supporting Violence Against Women: Revisiting the Relationship in Nonexperimental Studies (Research)
Gert Martin Hald, Neil M. Malamuth, and Carlin Yuen University of California, Los Angeles, California University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark New York University Law School, New York City, New York Abstract: In this study, we examined the unique contribution of pornography consumption to the longitudinal prediction of criminal recidivism in a sample of 341 child [...]
Developmental Pathways into Social and Sexual Deviance (Research)
By John A. Hunter, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Neil M. Malamuth Springer Science/Business Media, LLC 2009 Abstract: Path analysis was used to assess the contribution of four exogenous developmental variables (sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to violence, exposure to pornography— each occurring prior to age 13) and four personality constructs (“psychopathic and antagonistic attitudes,” “psychosocial deficits,” [...]
Watching Pornography in Public a Sign that a Person is Addicted (News)
Help Nov. 29, 2011 Psychologists have claimed that a sure fire way of determining whether a person’s pornography intake has become too much is whether they view the material in public. Whilst psychologists have said that utilising a one-size-fits-all policy may not be the best way to go about it, finding that a person is [...]
Adolescence, Pornography and Harm (Research)
Australian Institute of Criminology Dr. Colleen Bryant Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice No. 368 February 2009 Abstract: The probability that a young person will have exposure to pornography prior to the age of 18—the legal age in Australia at which it is permissible to view and purchase such materials—is very high. Concern [...]
Exposure to Sexually Explicit Web Sites and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors (Research)
Journal of Adolescent Health by Debra K. Braun-Courville, M.D. and Mary Rojas, Ph.D Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 156-162, August 2009 Abstract: Purpose Mass media play an important role in the socialization of youth. Given its expanding nature and accessibility, the Internet may be at the forefront of this education. However, the extent of [...]
Sexy Media Matter: Exposure to Sexual Content in Music, Movies, Television, and Magazines Predicts Black and White Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior (Research)
From Pediatrics: The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics Authors: Jane D. Brown, PhD, MA, Kelly Ladin L’Engle, PhD, MPH, Carol J. Pardun, PhD, MA, Guang Guo, PhD, Kristin Kenneavy, MA, Christine Jackson, PhD, MA PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 4 April 1, 2006 pp. 1018 -1027 Abstract: OBJECTIVE. To assess over time whether [...]
Exposure to Internet Pornography among Children and Adolescents: A National Survey (Research)
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY; BEHAVIOR Volume 8, Number 5, 2005 © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. MICHELE L. YBARRA, M.P.H., Ph.D. and KIMBERLY J. MITCHELL, Ph.D. Abstract: Estimates suggest that up to 90% or more youth between 12 and 18 years have access to the Internet. Concern has been raised that this increased accessibility may lead to a rise [...]
Pornography’s Effects on Adults and Children (Research)
by Victor B. Cline, PhD (c) 2002 Abstract: Whether pornography has any significant harmful effects on consumers continues to be a controversial issue, not only for average citizens but also for behavioral scientists. Some social commentators claim that pornography is mainly a form of entertainment, possibly educational, sometimes sexually arousing, but essentially harmless. Or, [...]
He’s Just Not that Into Anyone (Opinion)
New York News and Features By Davy Rothbart Jan. 30, 2011 *This article contains strong language. I met the woman at a Broadway show, but the night’s best piece of acting, I’d say, came from me, back at her East Village apartment, after we’d been having sex for about 25 minutes, with Neil Young wailing [...]
