Effects of Pornography on the Brain

Many of us like to dismiss pornography as something harmless, with a “Guys will be Guys” attitude. Others believe that it is destructive to families and demeaning to women. It is not my intention to propagate either view, but to inform you of the findings of neuroscience regarding the effects of pornography on the brain.

In “The Brain Science behind Pornography Addiction and the Effects of Addiction on Families and Communities", Judith Reisman, presents certain findings.

• Emotionally arousing images imprint and alter the brain by resulting in an involuntary, but lasting, biochemical memory trail.
• Pornography also commonly triggers the viewer’s "fight or flight” sex hormones producing intense arousal states
• These intense arousal states are similar to the “high” produced by abuse of street or prescription drugs. The difference is that these highs are produced by the viewer’s own brain.
• The erotic images also serve to blend the conscious state of libidinous arousal with the unconscious emotions of fear, shame, anger and hostility
• The erotic fantasies become deeply imbedded and addicting many of those exposed.
  

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