• September 19, 2024

What is pornography?

Pornography is a broad term that includes everything from images of people having sex to videos of individuals in their underwear. The bulk of online pornography features both physical and sexual violence. For some people, there is a gray area between erotica and porn. There is a clear difference: the porn industry is focused on…

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The benefits and drawbacks of pornography

Internet pornography is a form of what scientists refer to as a “supernormal stimulus—that is, an artificial exaggeration of the environmental factors from which we have naturally evolved to become sexually aroused,” according to author and psychologist Professor Deirdre Barrett, who teaches at Harvard Business School. Put differently, watching pornography makes you feel more arouse…

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