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The question is not whether you’ll change; you will. Research clearly shows that everyone’s personality traits shift over the years, often for the better. But who we end up becoming and how much we like that person are more in our control than we tend to think they are.
Posted November 11, 2011
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Excessive use of online porn can be thought of as a manifestation of both Internet addiction and sex addiction . In fact, porn addiction is one of the most commonly reported sex addiction problems, especially among younger individuals and among what Carnes calls "Phase 1" sex addicts, the lighter version that doesn't involve others.
Porn addiction develops much like a drug addiction. After an initially rewarding experience with pornography , individuals may experience uncontrollable urges to obtain sexual satisfaction through that form of entertainment (1). The connection between internet porn and sexual gratification is positively reinforced, and the urges become more frequent and more powerful. These connections can become so strong that simply sitting down at a computer elicits a sexual response.
As with drug addiction the problems arise when urges to view porn conflict with an individual's daily responsibilities. Instead of leaving for work on time, the addict may decide to stay at home and watch porn: Some porn addicts report staying at home for porn sessions that can last as long as 8-10 hours. The shame and guilt that often accompany these compulsive sexual experiences are also thought to greatly affect the experience of sex addicts and to reinforce the positive experience they receive from their shameful act. Many porn addicts report that they end up in a distressing situation in which their shameful sexual release is the only positive experience they get to have.
It should be noted that the majority of people who use online pornography do so recreationally, with little ill effect (2). As is the case with drug addiction, it is only a subgroup of people that becomes "addicted" and suffers serious consequences (e.g. lost jobs, disturbed marriages).
Whether we are talking about pornography, gambling, or shopping, our golden rule for diagnosing behavioral addictions has been: no impairment, no addiction.
Internet porn addiction can also bring about a different psychological toll than the shame we discussed earlier. As tolerance develops, individuals may also begin to need more deviant material to achieve the same high. This is again similar to the increased quantity and variety need experienced by many drug users and it's where rape fantasies , fetishes, and child pornography often come into play. Exposure to such material can grossly distort beliefs about human sexuality and ruin interpersonal relationships. Patients who progress in this fashion often report feeling unsatisfied with their sexual experiences and unsatisfied with their partners (2).
I noted that shame is a major component of the addiction cycle. This is especially true for sexual addiction. Social norms tell the addict that there is shame in buying an adult magazine and that there is shame in soliciting a prostitute. Internet porn substantially reduces the risk of getting caught, and therefore of being shamed. Many individuals who experience porn addiction are able to hide their activity from their partners and remain anonymous on the web. Online porn is easily accessible, it's available all the time, and getting free porn is easy. When you add complete anonymity into the mix, you get a recipe for a potentially serious addiction (2).
Relapse is common during recovery as patients often experience withdrawal symptoms when their normal consumption of pornography is reduced. In this case, like in many others, relapse is to be thought of as a misstep, and not a failure. In addition to these standard methods, patients can often benefit from the use of Internet filters and "accountability" software that sends a report of their online activity to a partner or therapist. Again, it's important to recognize that although porn addiction is serious, there are solutions out there and help resources in general are growing with the recent jump in awareness brought about by high-profile cases.
© 2011 Adi Jaffe , All Rights Reserved.
1. Griffiths, M. (2001) Sex on the internet: Observations and implications for internet sex addiction, The Journal of Sex Research, 38(4)
2. Cline, V.B. (2002) Pornography's Effects on Adults and Children
Adi Jaffe , Ph.D. , is a lecturer at UCLA and the CEO of IGNTD, an online company that produces podcasts and educational programs on mental health and addiction.
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Porn is an estimated $97 billion global industry and much of it is free to watch. So what’s the real cost of free porn? And who really pays in the end?
The amount of free porn on the web today is difficult to exactly measure. With a single click, people of any age can access the most hardcore, extreme content imaginable.
Think about this: today, it actually more challenging to avoid finding porn online than it is to actively seek it out.
It used to be that consumers had to physically walk into a store, and show an ID to prove they were over 18 to purchase an explicit magazine or movie that was likely produced in a professional studio. Even in the early 2000s, as the internet was growing in popularity and accessibility, consumers had to subscribe or pay fees to enter porn sites. Sounds way different than porn today, right?
With the rise of the internet, and as more and more free porn sites began to emerge, pornographers felt pressure to compete and reach more consumers. Much of the porn industry has since shifted its business model to host content on free tube sites while it cashes in big time on advertising.
This seems like a pretty good deal, right? Consumers get unlimited access to a vast sea of graphic content whenever and wherever they please, never paying a dime—no strings attached—unless they want to go “premium.”
But here’s the dark truth: porn always comes with a cost , and falling for the idea that consuming free porn is completely harmless and cost-free is exactly what the porn industry wants consumers to think.
It’s tough to believe that an estimated $97 billion global industry isn’t making a profit somehow, and that someone, somewhere isn’t being exploited in the process.
So what’s the real cost of free porn? And who really pays in the end?
In order to meet the demand and provide content that’s free, producers have to keep their costs low. This means porn studios don’t make as much money as they used to, and porn performers are making less money than ever, respectively.
As profits in the industry have fallen, porn performers are under pressure to film more extreme acts because they pay more. A “standard” scene may pay $1,000 or less, while a violent or more extreme scene can pay up to $4,000 in some rare cases. It’s not difficult to see why performers are pressured to book extreme scenes even if they don’t feel comfortable, because they can’t risk losing popularity in the industry and not making enough money to survive.
Many performers today are young amateurs, lured in with the promise of making bank and having complete control of the scenes they participate in. But that’s not exactly how it goes for most.
As consumers demand fresh, more extreme content , performers can sometimes be manipulated into producing films far beyond what they originally agreed upon in order to meet the demand. These scenes take such a toll on their bodies that many are drugged, beaten, and hospitalized in the process.
There have even been multiple unexplained deaths in the porn industry in recent months—some of which are mental health-related—making it clear that there is obviously more going on behind the scenes than producers let on.
It’s apparent porn producers show very little, if any, regard for the mental, physical, and emotional toll they take on their performers. Not only are the conditions and demands placed upon porn performers harsh and heavy while they’re in the industry, but it can also be very difficult for performers to leave the industry or lead a normal, healthy life long after their careers in the industry end .
The price of porn, whether accessed for “free” or not, can be the lives and health of real people. How is this acceptable?
The goal of the porn industry is to get consumers hooked young. They want to be the go-to when it comes to learning about sex and getting a sexual release—as unhealthy as that may be—and turn consumers into a lifetime customer.
The cost of porn to consumers is their sexual health. Research shows that when a consumer views porn, a rush of pleasure chemicals is released in the brain, reinforcing that behavior. Over time, the reward pathways in the brain can become rewired, causing a consumer to go back to porn time and time again and even lose or lessen the ability and desire to connect with a real partner .
So basically, the goal of the porn industry is to increase consumers’ appetites for more porn and make them committed to their content, not a real person. This is their recipe for turning consumers into perpetual customers, with such a powerful dependence on porn that real relationships pale in comparison to the unrealistic, unattainable fantasy expectations porn creates. Yeah, not cool, and not healthy.
The cost of porn to consumers is harmed relationships. Many partners report feeling betrayed , angry, and confused when they find out their partner has been consuming porn. This can lead to a deterioration of trust in a relationship, and even a consumer’s sexual function with their partner.
Porn alters consumers’ perceptions of themselves and others. It sets an expectation that to be deserving of love, first and foremost you have to be deserving of sexual desire , and sexual desire equals acting and looking like a porn performer. Can you see how this leads to decreased self-esteem and prevents healthy relationships?
The emotional, social, societal, physical, and mental cost of porn is high, even if the content is free of charge. The porn industry uses consumers and their loved ones as currency in their business of exploitation. To them, it doesn’t matter how unhealthy their content is for customers or how much it costs those left in the wake, so long as their own agenda is met and they financially gain from clicks, views, and downloads.
People’s clicks, views, and downloads are also currency in the trafficking world, and serve to “legitimize” or “normalize” the real abuse people face for the cost of entertainment.
People are not products, and yet the industry sells the idea that it’s “acceptable” to purchase a person with every replay and every view. Real human beings are seen as the supply to meet an unhealthy demand for explicit entertainment.
It’s time we stop buying the porn industry’s lies, and refuse to consume the violent content they produce that’s harmful to performers, individuals, relationships , and our world as whole.
Porn can’t exist without an expensive cost. We believe that real people, real love, and real relationships should never have to pay the price, and will always be worth more than what porn sells on a screen.
We’re sending out this message to the porn industry as a whole: you might be selling, but we’re not buying. We’ll continue fighting to stop the demand. Are you with us?
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New studies suggest internet viruses are still raging on, stealing credit card numbers, holding computers hostage for cash, and even blackmailing us at our most vulnerable.
And while most people assume the golden age of online viruses and malware was in the 1990s and the first 2000 decades, large attacks have still happened on major porn sites within the last two years.
New techniques pop up everyday as this 2020 report on recent ddos attacks by Kaspersky shows. Malicious ads, messages disguised as pretty girls, porn tags, and homescreens have all been weaponized. Below features a dive into all of the recent breaches as well as what websites are best positioned against these
When creating our list, we avoided all the hundreds of hours of porn going on in the background and instead paid attention to these important factors:
We chose PornHub Premium as our top site for its ability to remove ads (which may be infected with trojan horse software), inability to create unique tags (which also may be encrypted), and lack of messaging features. As well as it’s stellar reviews on both the free and premium versions of the website.
This site is one of the most widely recognized porn brands and even makes mainstream news occasionally with creative campaigns. However, a 2017 hacking incident made waves, by tricking users into clicking a fake ad. It made such a mess, the company enhanced its security features in the year following.
PornHub Premium now has https encryption technology to stop other people from hacking and viewing your surfing activities. They also use a thief party biller for subscriptions, which keeps things discreet. There is a PornHub VPN, which hides your identity, and according to viewers, customer service investigates every complaint as soon as possible.
It is worth noting, sites with paid memberships offer more protection in general. This is because certain features such as ads are turned off, or they have more capital to invest in security. Learn if your favorite site has an upgrade option in our article of 100 best premium porn sites .
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