I wonder if he’s even talking about stuff that is “legally” called porn. Gratuitous cheesecake is so easy to get an eyeful of today. Just go to the mall.
Janet Reno did a study in 1997 that reflected 85% of Rapist were addicted to Pornography!
I believe he’s talking about the raw, unadulterated porn sites that feature intercourse and fellatio. The sponsors, of course of this degradation, are the cash for admittance to the websites and satan.
Or the beach. Or California. Or Europe.
Yes, I’m wondering what his definition of “porn” is. And, no doubt, we live in a trashy sex-obsessed culture (not so different from many before us), but that doesn’t necessarily equate to massive addictions to pornography.
That’s the other problem. It makes other stuff that’s bad seem less worse by relative comparison, and thus more acceptable. Even calling it ‘cheesecake’ when in the past people would view it as dressing like a whore.
I wonder if he’s even talking about stuff that is “legally” called porn. Gratuitous cheesecake is so easy to get an eyeful of today. Just go to the mall.
Perhaps not even legally, I have seen cases of guys who didn’t even have to pay or buy magazines for the sake of getting it, just look at women who are naked via photos online.
I do agree with your general point, however, what is “porn” varies from person to person, but the only way to tell is if the person has to spend rediculous amounts of time on it, or if the guy has to do some rediculous concealment of what he is doing, or if the guy can’t keep his thoughts discrete (a.k.a. keep his fantasies totally in his head)
There’s no practical way, in my experience, that we can legally quantify porn, or the fact that people can be addicted to it, however, we can say that if someone can’t go a day without something, or is willing to miss out on work, family activities, or spend hours upon something, whatever it is, be it video games, naked pictures of pretty women or sex acts, or simply even eating oneself sick with cheesecake, it’s safe enough to call it an addiction.
In fact, for clinical reference, you can look up the 12-step program and their qualifiers for better detail of what it takes to clinically diagnose someone as being addicted to something.
http://www.12step.com/12stepprograms.html
I will admit, that the 12-step program list of addictions is huge, and probably doesn’t even cover them all. However, perhaps the worst addictions are those where you are addicted to something that has a good and a bad use or overuse, such as those relating to porn, sex, or food, simply because if one were trying to do any of those things the correct way, there is the temptation to relapse, or go back into the excessive drive the person use to possess.