Did you LOSE RESPECT for Nick Willis when he publicly campaigned against pornography?

Gained Respect for Nick. Porn is a cancer, that hijackes the brain. Moral values are changing, the younger crowd has been conditioned/brainwashed by pop culture to see this as a norm, but it's insidious. Porn to op: "I'm looking forward to completing your training...in time...you will call me...master." "With each passing movement you make yourself more my servant."

I love this post so much. It is so true. I am really surprised by this thread. I assumed everyone knew porn was bad for you and that you shouldn't watch it. Now we have a thread where people are mocking Nick for speaking against it.

I blame Al Goldstein.

There is more to life that jerking off. Please seek help.

NoFap and anti-porn is a cult based on garbage science. Sadly, you can't reason with these people. They have 'seen the light' and now zealously seek to save the souls of others. Obviously any addiction is harmful. There is a difference between jerking off every day after hours of hardcore porn tube surfing, to watching the occasional porno when you haven't got a partner as relief. If Nick Willis was fapping to porn every day when he had a cute wife, then yes he had a self-harmful addiction.

NoFap is an example of the alliance between Conservatives and feminists, and add to it some tapping in to the 'angry young manosphere' demographic. Average young men are finding it ever harder to find partners due to the options now available to women (thanks to Tinder and other things), so they are taught the lie that if they give up their only source of sexual relief, they will suddenly have women chasing them. When they discover it didn't work, they turn into bitter incels or jihadists.

All built on quack science, largely by Gary Wilson (RIP), a guy who couldn't even qualify as a nurse.

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Your brain on porn: It’s NOT addictive

Dr. David Ley

There has been a tremendous amount of hyperbole about porn use, with many authors claiming that viewing porn triggers dangerous neurochemical changes in the brain. Dr, David Ley provides groundbrea…

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Speaking out against pornography is much more than just religious priggishness. The negative effects on the brain are pretty well documented at this point. Grow up.

Science based on opinion is the problem. We are now to believe that depression and anxiety can only be cured by medical weed. in my lifetime weed has gone from the gateway drug to a time now where people at work are rubbing heroin all of their bodies for pain and smoking weed for anxiety and this doofus is talking about the addiction of masturbation.

I have MORE REPECT for Nick Willis now.

This is pragmatism. Just because it's the lesser of two evils, doesn't make it any less evil. Porn is a trap that slowly ensnares it's victim.

I ultimately just thought it was too much information. I'm glad he was able to better himself. I don't think any grown adult needs to talk publicly about sexual kinks or addictions.

Like do we really want to hear Dr Fauci get on stage and tell us he was a hyper compulsive milf porn viewer for years but has now beat it?

Keep it to yourself and your Therapist.

Yep cigarettes, vaping, thc oil , alcohol, sugar, caffeine, excessive exercise(running more than 30 mpw) these all are evils or lesser evils to the natural body

Just here to remind everyone there is no such thing as a “porn addiction” in the medical/mental health world. The science isn’t there yet - despite many previous posters saying otherwise.

Porn is freedom from relationships and the stress they bring. I can dedicate myself to work and running and hobbies. Rub one out and go to sleep. Simple. Sorry DJT, I will vote for you but not follow you down the anti-porn road.

By now everyone knows my biases, but I am surprised this is still up. It is old news and been hashed out over years. Seriously? 51 posts , now mine 52, on this?

I'd be willing to bet a year's salary. Willis still partakes of porn

Oh, you trust psychologists?

The article drips with bias "sophisticated analysis" the authors of this study were "very clever".

So, the proposed mechanism of action for porn addiction MAY BE different than what has been previously theorized.

I was primarily talking about the porn industry, not the porn viewers, that were the cause of trafficking, rape and other sexual misdeeds.

Anything that produces dopamine is potentially addictive. Period.

Thinking porn can even kind of replace genuine human interaction is really sad.

What about porn in moderation?

Watching porn, or going to strip clubs a couple of times would always make me feel lonely, and I had enough of loneliness even before puberty. Then when the question of objectifying women and looking for stimulation in models and actresses came up, I thought, hey that's bad for me. I have sons and I wouldn't want them to get hung up on porn.

Of course, sexy women are ubiquitous, it's like food addiction, it's always there, and moderate voyeur opportunities exist without looking for them. I don't want more exposure than what is in everyday life. Sometimes I want to draw back from even that.

Maybe porn is good if your voyeurism is out of control.

Anyway about Nick, whatever floats your boat. I am not him and he isn't me.

If an anti-porn article from years ago bothers you so much, perhaps it could be useful to just take a day off every once in a while.