Research finds that porn-related problems are predominantly caused by religious conflict. Clinically, this means people need help, but not necessarily with the porn.
have conducted a meta-analysis of research on pornography and concluded that porn use does not predict problems with porn, but that religiosity does.
I think there’s some important nuance here that isn’t conveyed in the headline. Like I once knew someone who would compulsively browse porn even in inappropriate/risky situations like while they were at work; they did clearly have some kind of problem. But the nature of the problem seemed to be more along the lines of a sometimes-unhealthy coping mechanism for their preexisting mental health struggles than a situation where they started looking at porn and that decision was the cause of the problem, and would have caused the same problem for someone else.
These researchers have not heard about gooners.
I think there’s some important nuance here that isn’t conveyed in the headline. Like I once knew someone who would compulsively browse porn even in inappropriate/risky situations like while they were at work; they did clearly have some kind of problem. But the nature of the problem seemed to be more along the lines of a sometimes-unhealthy coping mechanism for their preexisting mental health struggles than a situation where they started looking at porn and that decision was the cause of the problem, and would have caused the same problem for someone else.