This is a very disturbing story. As I’ve mentioned before, I was in a relationship with someone who was a heavy porn user, and it definitely warps and distorts the sexual experience. (Pretty much every woman I know nods her head when I talk about this.) This story is interesting because it ties porn addiction to actual dopamine levels, making it a very powerful stimulus-reward system.
But that’s not the worst of it. The hard-core sex available on line is violent and sadistic, and the content rewires your brain to seek more extreme novelty. (Which is why a friend’s ex is about to go to jail for child pornography.)
Anyway, a very interesting story. And if you have young boys in the house, you should definitely watch it. (If my kids were still young, I think I’d add a keystroke logger to their online tools.)
