Questioning Pornography

In this episode I speak with social worker Aaron Kennell on how he's seen pornography inhibit healthy relationships and influence Domestic Violence. 

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A plethora of research indicates that internet pornography use can often cause sexual dysfunctions in young men, as their sexual arousal response becomes conditioned to porn rather than to partnered sex. This episode is a brief summary of some key research papers on porn-induced sexual dysfunction.

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Research Highlighted:

Pornography Induced Erectile Dysfunction Among Young Men (uri.edu)

Further Research: 

Studies linking porn use or porn/sex addiction to sexual dysfunctions and poorer sexual and relationship satisfaction – Your Brain On Porn

Studies linking porn use or porn/sex addiction to sexual dysfunctions and poorer sexual and relationship satisfaction – Your Brain On Porn

Recovery Forums: 

Reboot Nation – Road to Recovery

NoFap® Porn Addiction Recovery

Recommended Reading: 

Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction eBook: Wilson, Gary: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Dr. YanYan Zhou discusses her recent dissertation: “The Mixed Effects of Sexual Explicitness and Violence Severity on Viewers’ Emotion, Memory, and Attitudes towards Sex and Violence”. She explains how people’s brains respond to viewing varying degrees of violence and sexual explicitness in pornography, and how this may mediate the influence pornography has in people developing violent attitudes or behaviours.

Referenced Studies:

Gary Wilson, a key leader in educating people about pornography’s harms, passed away recently on May 20th, 2021. Alexander and I decided to record a brief tribute, where we discuss Gary Wilson’s work and the impact it had on us.

1) Gary Wilson's TED Talk

2) Your Brain on Porn Website

3) Your Brain on Porn Book

Last episode we spoke about some of the negative effects that pornography can have on kids. In this episode, we explore one part of a potential solution to that problem: implementing Age Verification legislation for online pornography. We interview Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne and Murray Perkins, two leading experts on the issue of Age Verification. Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne recently proposed a bill in Canada which would legally require pornography websites to verify the age of all their users, therefore protecting kids from being exposed to pornographic contact. Murray Perkins served as a key consultant for Age Verification legislation in the UK. 

If you wish to be kept up to date on how Senator Miville-Dechêne's bill progresses, visit this page.

These days, porn functions as the primary source of Sex-Ed for kids. How will this influence kids’ views and expectations surrounding sex? Explore this question with us by listening to testimonies from young adults and examining findings from various scientific studies.

2016 UK study on kids thinking porn is realistic and wanting to try out the acts they see

Katie Couric podcast with Trish

71% of men have slapped, choked, gagged or spat on their partner during sex . . .

69% of women experienced slapping, choking, gagging, or spitting during sex . . . 

Meta-analysis of 59 studies on correlation between pornography consumption and child-on-child sexual assault

36-month longitudinal study on correlation between violent pornography consumption and child-on-child sexual assault 

Nancy Greene interview

Heidi Olson talk