Just ran across a great article in the New Scientist online journal. It talks about current research being done on the “soft addictions” (addiction to behaviors, such as gambling or sex, as opposed to chemicals). It’s a great article, and I’m going to quote it at length here, and offer some of my own commentary.
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6 Comments » The American Psychological Association has recently released a report from their task force, which has been studying the sexualization of girls, and the effect this is having not only on girls, but also on women and men. It’s a great report, and has some helpful information. Let me give a brief summary of some of
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How can you tell if an extra-marital affair is the result of sex addiction? It should go without saying that marital infidelity can be the result of many factors. But could the staying spouse also be a sex addict? How can you tell? What do you look for? Dr. Robert Huizenga has a brief article
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The Eight Lies of Pornography Where did you learn about sex? Who told you how it works, what to do, and what the opposite sex wants? In our workshops we often ask where participants learned about sex when they were growing up. Very few people recall learning anything substantive about sex from their parents, church,
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From a recent article on the growth of the porn industry, we get some bad news and some good quotes. First the bad news: the porn industry continues to grow at a frightening pace. California-based Adult Video News predicted revenue of US$12.6-billion in the year 2005 for the industry. Of that number, US$4.28-billion is predicted
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As a follow up to yesterday’s post, here are two more links with information from Dr. Judith Reisman, referred to there. 1. The first is an excerpt from her senate testimony, given in 2004. 2. The second is a link to her white paper, with some in-depth information about how pornography affects the brain. It’s
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Two posts in a row linking to the same site. I can’t help myself, they’re posting good stuff! The latest post from Mothers Against Pornography Addiction is a report on a book by John Harmer, The Sex Industrial Complex. Here’s what they say: Can pornography actually damage the teenage brain? That’s one of the assertions
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An anonymous author on the (very good) Mothers Against Pornography Addiction blog recently posted a bit of a rant about her frustration with the ongoing question of whether porn addiction is “real.” In the past 10 years, she points out, awareness has grown about this issue, but there still is an undercurrent of resistance to
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