A recent survey of a
Reddit community called NoFap, which is committed to
abstaining from porn and masturbation, has helped researchers open the door to
a better understanding of the effects of pornography on our lives. While none
of the results are conclusive, there are highlights of why it may be a good
idea to stick to Netflix next time you open up your laptop:
Read More http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/11/10-reasons-why-you-should-quit-watching-porn.html#ixzz2qeyZ7ifDWith the ubiquity and easy
access of porn these days, it shouldn't come as a surprise that people are
beginning to study the effects of it on our sex lives. According to a
website calledprojectknow.com, 420 million web pages are
dedicated to porn, meaning the non-porn Internet roughly consists of..well,
Wikipedia. Scientists at Cambridge University recently studied the brain scans of porn
addictsand
found that they looked exactly like those of drug addicts. With such an
inexhaustible supply of porn at our disposal, there is a growing concern that
it is beginning to effect our brains, our relationships, and even our bodies
(beyond, of course, your mother's idle threats of blindness and hairy palms).
Arecent survey of a Reddit community
called NoFap,
which is committed to abstaining from porn and masturbation, has helped
researchers open the door to a better understanding of the effects of pornography
on our lives. While none of the results are conclusive, there are certainlysome statistics that should give a moment's pause. Here are some of the
highlights of why it may be a good idea to stick to Netflix next time you openup your laptop:
So there
it is men. While the evidence may not be scientifically thorough, there's
certainly enough to suggest that porn has a negative impact on our lives. It
might be a good time to give that overworked hand some rest, or, at the very
least, use it to dial the phone number of a real live human woman and ask herout on a date.
3. 12
percent of NoFappers report watching 5 or more hours of Internet porn every
week. 59 percent report watching between 4 and 15(!!) hours of porn every week.
Read More http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/11/10-reasons-why-you-should-quit-watching-porn.html#ixzz2qeyZ7ifDWith the ubiquity and easy
access of porn these days, it shouldn't come as a surprise that people are
beginning to study the effects of it on our sex lives. According to a
website calledprojectknow.com, 420 million web pages are
dedicated to porn, meaning the non-porn Internet roughly consists of..well,
Wikipedia. Scientists at Cambridge University recentlystudied the brain scans of porn
addictsand
found that they looked exactly like those of drug addicts. With such an
inexhaustible supply of porn at our disposal, there is a growing concern that
it is beginning to effect our brains, our relationships, and even our bodies
(beyond, of course, your mother's idle threats of blindness and hairy palms).
A recent survey of a Reddit community
called NoFap,which is committed to abstaining from porn and masturbation, has helped
researchers open the door to a better understanding of the effects of pornography
on our lives. While none of the results are conclusive, there are certainly
some statistics that should give a moment's pause. Here are some of the
highlights of why it may be a good idea to stick to Netflix next time you openup your laptop:
1. Forthose addicted to porn, arousal actually declined with the same mate, while
those who regularly found different mates were able to continual their arousal.
It's known as the Coolidge Effect, or novelty-seeking behavior. Porn, after
all, trains the viewer to expect constant newness.
3. 12
percent of NoFappers report watching 5 or more hours of Internet porn every
week. 59 percent report watching between 4 and 15(!!) hours of porn every week.
Read More http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/11/10-reasons-why-you-should-quit-watching-porn.html#ixzz2qeyZ7ifDWith the ubiquity and easy
access of porn these days, it shouldn't come as a surprise that people are
beginning to study the effects of it on our sex lives. According to a
website calledprojectknow.com, 420 million web pages are
dedicated to porn, meaning the non-porn Internet roughly consists of..well,
Wikipedia. Scientists at Cambridge University recently studied the brain scans of porn
addictsand
found that they looked exactly like those of drug addicts. With such an
inexhaustible supply of porn at our disposal, there is a growing concern that
it is beginning to effect our brains, our relationships, and even our bodies
(beyond, of course, your mother's idle threats of blindness and hairy palms).
A recent survey of a Reddit community
called NoFap,
which is committed to abstaining from porn and masturbation, has helped
researchers open the door to a better understanding of the effects of pornography
on our lives. While none of the results are conclusive, there are certainly
some statistics that should give a moment's pause. Here are some of the
highlights of why it may be a good idea to stick to Netflix next time you openup your laptop:
3. 12 percent
of NoFappers report watching 5 or more hours of Internet porn every week. 59
percent report watching between 4 and 15(!!) hours of porn every week.
Read More http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/11/10-reasons-why-you-should-quit-watching-porn.html#ixzz2qeyZ7ifDWith the ubiquity and easy
access of porn these days, it shouldn't come as a surprise that people are
beginning to study the effects of it on our sex lives. According to a
website calledprojectknow.com, 420 million web pages are
dedicated to porn, meaning the non-porn Internet roughly consists of..well,
Wikipedia. Scientists at Cambridge University recentlystudied the brain scans of pornaddicts and
found that they looked exactly like those of drug addicts. With such an
inexhaustible supply of porn at our disposal, there is a growing concern that
it is beginning to effect our brains, our relationships, and even our bodies
(beyond, of course, your mother's idle threats of blindness and hairy palms).
Arecent survey of a Reddit community
called NoFap,which is committed to abstaining from porn and masturbation, has helped
researchers open the door to a better understanding of the effects of
pornography on our lives. While none of the results are conclusive, there are
certainly some statistics that should give a moment's pause. Here are some of
the highlights of why it may be a good idea to stick to Netflix next time youopen up your laptop:
So thereit is men. While the evidence may not be scientifically thorough, there's
certainly enough to suggest that porn has a negative impact on our lives. It
might be a good time to give that overworked hand some rest, or, at the very
least, use it to dial the phone number of a real live human woman and ask herout on a date.