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Porn isn't new, obviously. But there's a big difference between finding a stack of your grandpa's Playboys 30 years ago and having a never-ending stream of high
by marpstar 6y ago
Porn isn't new, obviously. But there's a big difference between finding a stack of your grandpa's Playboys 30 years ago and having a never-ending stream of high-resolution video. Worlds apart as far as the effects on the brain go. Read the research: https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/research/ https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/research/
- smt88 6y agoI have read that website and the studies on it. I went through it in some detail with a friend who went through a breakup due to her boyfriend's excessive porn use. The current scientific consensus[1] is the following: - porn addiction and sex addiction may be real; the issue is still up for debate, although there wasn't enough evidence to consider porn addiction its own disorder yet - excessive porn or sex are devastatingly harmful to some people, regardless of whether they're technically an addiction or not - there are different causes for excessive uses of porn, some of which look like compulsive disorders, while others look like "hypersexuality" (abnormally high sex drive) - there is no evidence that the increase in porn quality or availability are responsible for destructive porn usage 1. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/04/pornography https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/04/pornography
- lostmsu 6y agoThat site can not be used as a credible source, as it does not list any research contrary to its agenda.
- kcmastrpc 6y agoYes they do? https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articles-about-the-studies/critiques-of-questionable-debunking-propaganda-pieces/ https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/relevant-research-and-articl...
- lostmsu 6y agoIf I understood this page correctly, it is a list of critiques of opposite point studies. Which is better than total lack of references, but still biased on its own.