Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction, according to clinicians and researchers testifying before a Senate committee Thursday.
Mary Anne Layden, co-director of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Cognitive Therapy, called porn the “most concerning thing to psychological health that I know of existing today.”
“The internet is a perfect drug delivery system because you are anonymous, aroused and have role models for these behaviors,” Layden said. “To have drug pumped into your house 24/7, free, and children know how to use it better than grown-ups know how to use it — it’s a perfect delivery system if we want to have a whole generation of young addicts who will never have the drug out of their mind.”
The above paragraphs have gotten to me… hence i blog…
With over 95% of viewers being male, porn’s effect on intimacy is complicated.It acts as a barrier to intimacy, habitually viewing pornography sets up HUGE walls between couples: guilt, unrealistic sexual expectations, addictive behaviours, and the break down of trust, to name just a few.
Here are just a few dangers…
Addiction… You are like… NO WAY PAUL… I’ll never be addicted to porn…
Consider the following stats on porn*:
- Pornographic websites: 4.2 million (12% of total)
- Daily search engine requests for porn: 68 million (25% of total search engine requests)
- Daily porn emails: 2.5 billion (8% of total emails).
- Internet users who view porn: 42.7%
- Websites offering illegal child porn: 100,000
- Monthly Internet Porn Sales: $4.9 billion
- Every second: 28, 258 internet users are viewing porn
- Every 39 minutes: a new porn movie is created in the United States
*Stats are by Jerry Ropelato at Internet Filter Review.\
Addiction itself develops through progressively dangerous stages: addiction, escalation, desensitization, and then acting out sexually. The dangers of pornography are evident with every stage more destructive than the one before. Sure looks like we got a generation addicted…
Destruction of intimacy
Guys retreat emotionally from their girlfriends, wives… bolstered by guilt for ‘mentally cheating’ on her, eventually you feel isolated and… then maybe your married and you have lost any intimacy that you were experiencing with your wife, and discover that pornography initially excites but, without fail, disappoints.
Decreased Excitement and Satisfaction:
Research has shown that repeated exposure to pornography not only results in a diminished sexual arousal but also a decreased satisfaction with the sexual partner and the partner’s sexuality. Why because you want her to do what they did in the porno! NEWSFLASH: Girls are more than just the objects of your sexual desire! Maybe you have noticed that over time you can only get excited at more explicit images, videos… thats why the stuff you started watching no longer ‘does it for you’
Despair:
The dangers of pornography come with a hidden price tag! Many men involve themselves in porn to try to fill some need, or simply out of a curiosity—and then quickly discover they are being controlled by a destructive habit. By this stage, intervention from the outside is usually necessary. Confiding in a trusted friend or counselor is the first step of the journey to become free. Unfortunately for men who try to hide their addiction, there is a spiraling dynamic of guilt, emptiness, isolation, and perverted thinking that takes place. The end of such a spiral is despair.
Warped Thinking and Desensitisation:
Pornography leaves the impression that sex is unrelated to love, commitment or marriage; and that irresponsible sex has no undesirable penalties. Desensitisation of rape as a crime, misconceptions about the popularity of certain sexual practices, and a decrease in the care of female sexuality are additional effects of repeated viewing of pornography.
So guys… Cut it out… before you get lost in the web… cut it out before you end up getting burned took deep…
