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Understanding Sexual Addiction

Understanding Sexual Addiction. Todd Bowman, PhD. Recent findings in sexual addictions. From “ The Social Costs of Pornography ” , Stoner, Jr. & Hughes (Eds), 2010. Only 3% of pornographic websites require proof of age before granting access to sexually explicit material.

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Understanding Sexual Addiction

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  1. Understanding Sexual Addiction Todd Bowman, PhD

  2. Recent findings in sexual addictions From “The Social Costs of Pornography”, Stoner, Jr. & Hughes (Eds), 2010 • Only 3% of pornographic websites require proof of age before granting access to sexually explicit material. • Two-thirds of pornographic websites do not include any adult content warnings. • Approximately 75% of pornographic websites display visual teasers on their homepages prior to asking if viewers are aware of legal age.

  3. Recent findings in sexual addictions From “The Social Costs of Pornography”, Stoner, Jr. & Hughes (Eds), 2010 • The US accounts for about $13 billion of the $97 billion made worldwide each year in the pornography industry. • There are more than 11,000 pornographic films shot in the US each year (a little more than 30 per day); Hollywood produces about 400 in a good year (or a little more than 1 per day). • According to the American Matrimonial Association, 58% of divorces are the result of internet pornography. That equates to more than 1 in 4 American marriages ending due to pornography (or 575,000 per year).

  4. Recent findings in sexual addictions From “The Social Costs of Pornography”, Stoner, Jr. & Hughes (Eds), 2010 • 22% of adolescent females (13-19) and 36% of young women (20-26) have sent nude photos or videos of themselves. • High pornography users were found to score higher on acceptance of the rape myth, acceptance of violence against women, adversarial sex beliefs, reported likelihood of committing rape and forced sex acts, and sexual callousness.

  5. Internet Pornography Statistics According to Google analytics, searches for the terms “porn”, “XXX” and “sex”: • In 2008, 70 million hits per month • In 2011, 68 million hits per day • In 2014, 84 million hits per hour • According to Barna: • One in two Christian men are actively struggling with pornography and other problematic sexual behaviors • 53% Christians said pornography is a major problem in the home

  6. Children Internet Pornography Statistics • Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old • Largest consumer of Internet pornography 12 - 17 age group with 15-17 year olds having multiple hard-core exposures • 80% 8-16 year olds having viewed porn online • Children’s character names linked to thousands of porn links (Including Pokeman and Action Man)

  7. What contributes to the threat of increased exposure to pornography? • The Triple Threat • Accessible • Affordable • Anonymous • Dr. Al Cooper, psychologist who studies Internet Addiction • Another factor has been added to this • Accidental • Dr. Mark Laaser, Director of the Christian Alliance

  8. Why Can’t People Just Quit? • Biological & • Psychological Addiction

  9. What it is Biologically? • A Pathological Relationship to a Mood Altering EXPERIENCE

  10. Deconstructing sexual addictions • As defined by Carnes (1986): A pathological relationship with a mood-altering experience. • Pathological- Involving, caused by, or of the nature of a physical or mental disease • Relationship- pertaining to connection (specifically the attachment system); it is an intimacy disorder • Mood-altering experience- self-soothing techniques aimed at reducing distress apart from attachment relationships

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