>>20906133There is no scientific evidence that shows that such an addiction actually exist. From what I've read, porn is just too lax to be classified as a potential addictive substance. For example, there is no real withdrawal effect or emotional depression that follows consumption and that can only be overcome through further consumption. Additionally, excessive consumption is in most cases a coping mechanism for negative emotions, so it is not the porn material per se that leads to the behavior. "Pornography addiction" is not included in the recently revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual because of a lack of scientific data. Fewer than two in every five research articles (37 percent) about high frequency sexual behavior describe it as being an addiction. And only 27 percent (13 of 49) of articles on the subject contained actual data, while only one related psychophysiological study appeared in 2013. The research found very little evidence - if any at all - to support some of the purported negative side effects of porn "addiction". There was no sign that use of pornography is connected to erectile dysfunction, or that it causes any changes to the brains of users. Popular antiporn advocates argue that porn use is a public health issue, not a free speech issue. The fear-based arguments often throw around buzzwords like dopamine bursts and desensitization to describe what allegedly happens in the brains of people who watch too much porn. The problem is that there has been extremely little research that actually looks at the brains and behaviors of people using porn, and no good, experimental research that has looked at the brains of those allegedly addicted to porn.
