Scientists: There’s No Such Thing As ‘Porn Addiction’

To every man person who has ever wanted pity for being perpetually horny, today is not your day: a recent academic review of articles on porn addiction has concluded that being addicted to porn is, medically, not A Real Thing.

According to a new study published in Current Sexual Health Reports only 27% of all peer-reviewed articles on porn addiction contained any actual data, and only two out of five articles characterized “high frequency sexual behavior” as an actual psychological addiction. What’s more, only one psychophysiological study was published in the past year (one!), which, considering that every single medical addiction is based on neurological impulses, is fairly damning.

Rather, a highly active sex drive is a good thing, according to lead researcher David Ley. Not only did viewing pornography have many positive side effects, according to UPI, “there was no sign pornography was connected to erectile dysfunction, or that it caused any changes to the brains of users.”

But here’s the most interesting finding drawn from the review, emphasis ours:

Clinicians should be aware people reporting “addiction” are more likely to be male, have a non-heterosexual orientation, have a high libido, tend toward sensation seeking, and have religious values that conflict with their sexual behavior and desires, Ley said.

Feel free to draw your own conclusions from that graf.

[UPI]
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