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That site is focused on promoting an agenda over honest science. It is discussed here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201307/your-brai

That site is focused on promoting an agenda over honest science. It is discussed here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/201307/your-brain-porn-its-not-addictive https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/2013...

Red_Tarsius 8y ago
> That site is focused on promoting an agenda over honest science. > Your Brain on Porn - It's NOT Addictive Reality disproves the sensationalistic headline: tens of thousands of people have declared to suffer from porn addiction (and other porn-induced dysfunctions) and you're trying to erase their own experiences. The article merely explains that brain signals of porn addicts don't strictly look like the ones of cocaine addicts. Misleading at best, deceitful at worst. Gary Wilson also replied to the article in the comments – which the author doesn't fully address. You bring up the word agenda, but I'm not sure what you're talking about. If anything, the porn lobby has a strong incentive to smear Gary Wilson's efforts, as this article seems to do. It wouldn't be the first time either: https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articles-about-the-studies/critiques-of-questionable-debunking-propaganda-pieces/libelous-claim-that-gary-wilson-was-fired-march-2018/ https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articl... Lastly, addiction is only one of its several potential downsides and people need to be warned about responsible porn use.
- lenticular 8y ago
  >Reality disproves the sensationalistic headline I linked to Psychology Today. Your evidence is from a site promoting some anti-porn hysteria that there is an epidemic of people crippled by porn addition. How is my article the sensationalistic one? Do you have evidence from unbiased, scientific sources, for example not yourbrainonporn? Yes, porn usage can cross into an addictive behavior. So can video games or TV or food.

Red_Tarsius 8y ago

> That site is focused on promoting an agenda over honest science. > Your Brain on Porn - It's NOT Addictive Reality disproves the sensationalistic headline: tens of thousands of people have declared to suffer from porn addiction (and other porn-induced dysfunctions) and you're trying to erase their own experiences. The article merely explains that brain signals of porn addicts don't strictly look like the ones of cocaine addicts. Misleading at best, deceitful at worst. Gary Wilson also replied to the article in the comments – which the author doesn't fully address. You bring up the word agenda, but I'm not sure what you're talking about. If anything, the porn lobby has a strong incentive to smear Gary Wilson's efforts, as this article seems to do. It wouldn't be the first time either: https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articles-about-the-studies/critiques-of-questionable-debunking-propaganda-pieces/libelous-claim-that-gary-wilson-was-fired-march-2018/ https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articl... Lastly, addiction is only one of its several potential downsides and people need to be warned about responsible porn use.

lenticular 8y ago
>Reality disproves the sensationalistic headline I linked to Psychology Today. Your evidence is from a site promoting some anti-porn hysteria that there is an epidemic of people crippled by porn addition. How is my article the sensationalistic one? Do you have evidence from unbiased, scientific sources, for example not yourbrainonporn? Yes, porn usage can cross into an addictive behavior. So can video games or TV or food.