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Talking with adolescents can influence self-esteem and curtail pornography viewing in the future.
As the internet expands, so do the opportunities for viewing pornography. No longer is it limited to the dirty magazine under the mattress or the secret VHS tape. Read more

My father, Andrew Jefferson Offutt V, grew up in a log cabin in Taylorsville, Ky. The house had 12-inch-thick walls with gun ports to defend against attackers: first Indians, then soldiers during the Civil War. At 12, Dad wrote a novel of the Old West. Read more

Are the following three situations examples of pornographic consumption?
1. A male medical student closely studies the anatomy of the female body in a textbook by way of preparing for a gynecology exam.
2. A model poses nude for a form-painting art class, in a somewhat provocative pose. Read more

Finding light in the darkness of pornography addiction

In a society that largely champions sexual expression, including pornography, it is heartening to hear someone acknowledge its detriments. That’s why I was initially glad to see sociologist Mark Regnerus’s recent article in First Things.

“Revelations of pornography use end an unknown number of relationships, including plenty of marriages and many courtships,” wrote Regnerus, known for his research on sex, relationships, and family. “Contrary to what is sometimes asserted, women have the right to be annoyed or upset by porn. It’s not a good thing.” Read more

Forty-three percent of American men (and 9 percent of women) now report using pornography within the past week. It’s not an adolescent thing, either, as data from the new Relationships in America survey reveals. For men, porn use peaks in their twenties and thirties before beginning to diminish slowly. Indeed, sixty-year-old men are only slightly less likely to have viewed pornography within the past week than men in their twenties and thirties. Read more