In a typical office environment, as many as one-quarter of the employees may be pouring over online pornography at their workstations, pretending to be engrossed in work. It’s a practice that has been gaining momentum rapidly in recent years as the number of pornography-based Websites reaches multi-million levels.
Does this “love story” sound familiar to you? At first we were great together, so in sync that we’d often finish each other’s sentences. We called each other all the time, and went away for romantic weekends. I tolerated his taste in movies and he tolerated my obsession with all things Disney princess. After about [...]
Not so long ago most romantic and sexual relationships began with flirting, perhaps some wining and dining, and a lot of getting to know each other, perhaps even a date. But the rapid integration of technology into our dating, sex, and romantic lives has transformed the natural progression of romantic relationships, with Craigslist, pro-adultery websites [...]
What may at first seem like normal sexual interest expressed by a teenager can actually be a sign of a much more serious condition, such as sexual addiction or sexual compulsivity. As Internet sex sites rise into the millions and sexual material on television and other media forms hits all-time highs, teenagers are showing more [...]
A study suggests that men who purchase sexual acts or services, including strip club visits, lap dances or pornography online, could be more likely to have a dehumanized perspective of women and could have higher tendencies toward sexual violence.
Is sexting just a bad choice, or is it a manifestation of a true illness or addiction? The question over sexting and its place within diagnoses like sexual addiction continues to be a source of debate.
By Dorothy Hayden, LCSW www.sextreatment.com When I suggest that hypnotherapy might be useful in the treatment of a client’s sexual compulsion problem, the response is typically one of the following:
Business meeting, client lunch, view Web porn. It’s a pattern happening at offices more often than many people realize, says recent research. According to a report from Women Citizen, the office has become one of the top environments in which people view online pornography. Some former porn addicts, including Michael Leahy, author of Porn Nation, [...]
While causes for sexual addiction vary among the estimated 18 million Americans who have the addiction, the Internet is continuing to fuel conversations and research for its ability to hasten or escalate a person’s sexually addictive behaviors.
It’s a sign of the times, perhaps, and a sad one at that, when a member of Congress, Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, is urged by House Democratic leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Party, to step down in the wake of a sexting scandal involving [...]
