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If headlines are to be trusted, porn is the single driving force behind all of society’s ills, from sexual assault to teen pregnancy rates to millennial men’s flaccid dongs . And yet, there’s little evidence that porn is actually responsible for, well, any of those things — nor is there much convincing evidence that it’s all that dangerous in the first place.
Lawmakers in Arizona, however, are super committed to fighting the major public health hazard that is videos of bored-looking blondes on RedTube pretending to go down on each other, now that the Arizona Senate has called for an effort to curb porn access among teenagers. “It is an epidemic in our society, and this makes a statement that we have a problem,” Arizona Sen. Sylvia Allen, a Republican, told the AP .
To an extent, the measure seems largely symbolic more than anything else: the initiative doesn’t ban pornography or even really limit its access. Such initiatives tend to be “non-binding resolutions that get used to score political points and rally the evangelical base,” says Mike Stabile, a spokesperson for the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a nonprofit organization representing the adult industry. Yet nearly 15 other states (particularly red states) have been quietly passing similar measures for some time. In 2016, for instance, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill sponsored by devout Mormon Sen. Todd Weiler, calling for the state to “recogniz[e] the need for education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level” regarding the risks of pornography, which he referred to as “addictive.” That same year, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump also signed a bill affirming his pledge to fight pornography should he be elected to office — a gesture that many perceived as highly ironic, given the fact that Trump appeared in three softcore porn videos produced by Playboy in the 90s and early aughts.)
Much like the Arizona bill, that Utah bill was sponsored by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), an anti-pornography organization that aims to expose “the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health crisis of pornography,” with a special emphasis on the latter. Formerly known as Morality In Media, NCOSE has been waging war on pornography for years, successfully calling for hotels to remove porn offerings from its on-demand services. (It is also the same organization that successfully called for Wal-Mart to remove Cosmopolitan from checkout lanes. NCOSE did not return Rolling Stone ‘s requests for comment.)
Despite these recent aggressive efforts to crack down on pornography, there isn’t a ton of convincing evidence that exposure to internet pornography actually yields deleterious effects on the brain, let alone that it’s addictive. Although one 2014 Cambridge study of self-identified sex addicts found that watching porn lights up the same areas of the brain that is activated when substance abusers see their drug of choice, the study had a very small sample size of about 19 subjects, and the authors conceded that the results were not enough to draw definitive conclusions about the dangers of internet pornography. (That’s not even to mention the fact that many addiction researchers question whether “sex addiction” is a legitimate disorder to begin with.)
Some neuroscientists have criticized the available research supporting porn addiction, drawing a firm distinction between addiction and compulsive behavior. Many have argued that such research tends to be highly partisan and infused with puritanical views of sex and masturbation, and that anti-porn legislation works to further reinforce these views. “ Parents, already dealing with shame and misinformation about sex, see a state legislature pass something like this, and start to believe this is a real issue, supported by science, rather than a discredited concept with no medical basis,” says Stabile.
There’s also the question of whether states like Arizona (which is ranked among the top 20 states with the highest gun death rates in the country) have bigger fish to fry than declaring war on internet pornography. Nicole Prause, PhD, a neuroscientist who has researched the effects of porn on the brain, has conducted analyses on many states passing anti-porn legislation. She concluded that many of these states, such as Louisiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, have “significantly bigger problems with gun deaths per capita and opioid prescriptions per capita” (though she notes that NIH data were missing for many states for 2017 opioid deaths). “The same states wasting their time with that fraudulent legislation are the states least able to address their actual health emergencies,” she said.
That’s not to say that porn is unequivocally awesome, or that watching a ton of it doesn’t yield any deleterious effects on your sex life — given the ubiquity of free internet porn and the widespread availability of hardcore content, it’s safe to assume that for some men, it probably does. And indeed, some research suggests that watching hardcore porn over an extended period of time has been correlated with a nearly sixfold increase in the likelihood of young men self-reporting sexually aggressive behavior, as well as men trying to coerce their partners into performing various sexual acts they’d seen in porn. On the flip side, however, there’s also research to suggest that for many couples, watching porn can be correlated with increased sexual communication and can help improve sexual satisfaction.
Given this mixed bag of research, it’s probably safe to assume that like most things in life, the answer to whether porn is “good” or “bad” is a lot more complicated than legislators and media watchdog groups would suggest. One thing that’s worth noting, however, is that these groups seem a hell of a lot more invested in cracking down on online porn than they do in promoting other sexual health initiatives, such as, say, the widespread availability of contraceptives and informative and inclusive sex education curricula — two things that could probably go a lot further toward helping young people have safer and better sex than wagging a finger at PornHub would.
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I want to start off by saying that pornography in and of itself is not a ‘bad’ thing. We have preconceived notions about porn being something bad. Men feel guilty about it. Women feel threatened by it. I want to talk a little bit about why porn is good, and why porn is bad. At the core, I believe that everything in moderation is the best format to follow. And a little bit of porn should be fine, as long as it’s not interfering with your sex life, social life, finances, job, relationship, family, responsibilities and so on. (Read: Most mental health professionals will in fact determine whether or not something is considered an addiction , or if someone is addicted based on the aforementioned variables of responsibilities. If something is being affected, such as any or all of job, relationship, family, money, chances are the individual has a problem or addiction, and will likely be treated as such by the mental health professional.)
So, with that said, we are long overdue to begin to wonder how the internet’s biggest industry Porn, which continues to infiltrate our relationships , our sex lives, our bedrooms, not to mention the lives of teenagers who have the highest porn viewing statistics, and so much more continues to thrive, when it seems to have so many negative connotations? How can 63 million viewers be so wrong*? As a sex educator, I feel that a lot of it has to do with our attitudes about sex. Naturally, when we don’t feel comfortable talking about something, that we already feel we know so little about, and ill-equipped to talk about, read: yes, I am talking about Sex, its presence, in a highly graphic manner is going to intrigue us. Hence we are enticed to watch such movies and videos. But on the flipside, the messages we were sent growing up about masturbation, sex and nudity, and the silence we were fed when it came to anal sex, girl-on-girl or man-on-man sex, group sex or orgies, and sodomy may also lead to anxiety about what we see, which can lead to the on the better end, aforementioned feelings of guilt, and full blown addictions on the worst-case-scenario end.
For couples, porn can be a positive thing. Porn can be an igniter, a sexual interest peaker, initiator, instigator, something to shake things up, or make things more exciting. Couples who use it may do so as they might sex toys, erotic stories, trips to the adult store and more to keep life in the bedroom more exciting. Porn can be an effective addition to role-playing and fantasy play, to erotic storytelling or just plain and simply getting the mind out of the doldrums of the day to day life and bring some excitement at the end of the day.
For singles, men and women alike, porn can be a welcome helper at the end of a long day, filling in when imagination takes a nose dive for those busy career types who’s brain is fried at the end of the day, who haven’t had a sexual partner in weeks and are in need of an outlet of the sexual sort.
Yes, for many, porn is simply a nice, quick, available outlet made even more handy and accessible by the throes of our current technology to help give us a boost when imagination is running dry. Yet, for many, porn can become a debilitating, life threatening addiction, draining one’s bank account, depleting one’s self worth and self esteem , breaking up relationships, friendships, families, jobs and ultimately life.
Those mental health professionals who work with sex and porn addicts, on the other hand, may not see it like I do. The addiction model doesn’t necessarily recognize that a little porn here and there may be good for you sometimes and that it may be okay. Throw in the fact that most porn is degrading, not just to women, but to men too. It is hard pressed to imagine that even a little porn, that porn in moderation is good. If moderate porn watching is the gateway drug, then porn addiction is just a slippery slope away.
For couples involved in this, it can be very painful. Too often, women hear that they need to lighten up about their husband’s porn use, but when one partner is viewing porn and then lying about it, or denying how much or how often they are using or viewing it, then it is something that maybe should not be taken lightly. Because of its accessibility, be honest with yourself. If you feel concerned about your partner’s porn use, having a heart to heart with your loved one can shed lots of light. Get educated – it may just be that bringing the conversation to the forefront and open up new avenues to a fun sex life. But also, use your intuition, get educated on porn, and don’t do anything you don’t want to do. Then make a decision. If this is something you can live with, if you’ve made a compromise and things seem to be fine, or is this something you cannot live with, something that has the signs of escalation? If you and your partner are not seeing eye-to-eye about the porn use, it’s best to seek the help of a professional . Go with your gut and don’t let this potentially light and fun activity turn into a slippery slope.
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* http://www.thepinkcross.org/page/internet-porn-statistics
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Lose the marriage and the life that you know to addiction to porn and then come back and tell me that it is not a bad thing.
@Shera, yah if you’re married, but what if you’re single by choice or by fate, sex is still a call of nature, part of nature; who doesnt feel sexual but those abnormal, castrated or eunuchs. I dont know but for females, there is this monthly fertile cycle, where sexuality is felt on high, probably reserved by nature for sexual mating, so aside from gross masturbating, should viewing porn once in a while will be helpful than burning with your own desires and commit something you would not want. If Im talking about monthly nature fertile cycle for women, the normal porn viewing should be around those times of the month, and then beyond that its identified as addiction or going out of the person’s control or by his own freewill or willful porn viewing. I dont know, hope God considers scientific logic or reasons for sinning. Just a 2cents.
Mirana M. I am putting my point here is that sex is part of life as a monthly fertile cycle of women. If we do sex with our partner it is great but if we hire escorts model or call girls from outside that also increases the chances of getting viruses. Also, watching porn videos brings a big change in the mind and makes anyone lusty which results in indulging in bad habits also. So according to me, it’s bad if we do out of limit.
And I’m with you there. Pornography isn’t some innocent past time, it’s smut. No “a little bit of porn cannot be good, any involvement in porn will eventually lead you deeper into it…and that means into deeper acts of depravity. If you look at what is happening in the world today with an honest heart you will see this. There are teenage girls whose boyfriends are pressuring them into the perverted acts that they see in these porn films – acts they say they do not want to perform. Not only this, but they want to film the acts as well. The humiliation, degradation and violence that women suffer (yes, I’ve seen many clips from porn movies in my research and I can tell you with certainty that no woman can possibly enjoy the vicious hair pulling, choking, name calling, slaps, punches, and violent thrusting that is inflicted on them. No woman enjoys being spit on or having a man or multiple men ejaculate in her face. Most people who watch porn are in it for their own selfish pleasure and don’t see the expressions on their faces read their body language if they even get to see their faces. Former prostitutes in the porn “industry have said that they agree to one particular act (vaginal) and during filming the male sodomize her and would not stop though she requested it. The director would not stop filming and would threaten not to pay her if she didn’t “finish the scene”. I even saw a clip where the young woman repeatedly said “no” and the beast continued to molest her. The expression on that young girls face was one of shock and disbelief.)
Go and view Ted Bundy’s last interview with Dr. James Dobson. He states in that interview that it was pornography that led him to become a serial killer. He started out with playboy magazines and masturbation (which is NOT healthy) and fanta
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