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Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports
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Traditional factors that once explained men's sexual difficulties appear insufficient to account for the sharp rise in erectile dysfunction, delayed ejaculation, decreased sexual satisfaction, and diminished libido during partnered sex in men under 40. This review (1) considers data from multiple domains, e.g., clinical, biological (addiction/urology), psychological (sexual conditioning), sociological; and (2) presents a series of clinical reports, all with the aim of proposing a possible direction for future research of this phenomenon. Alterations to the brain's motivational system are explored as a possible etiology underlying pornography-related sexual dysfunctions. This review also considers evidence that Internet pornography's unique properties (limitless novelty, potential for easy escalation to more extreme material, video format, etc.) may be potent enough to condition sexual arousal to aspects of Internet pornography use that do not readily transition to real-life partners, such that sex with desired partners may not register as meeting expectations and arousal declines. Clinical reports suggest that terminating Internet pornography use is sometimes sufficient to reverse negative effects, underscoring the need for extensive investigation using methodologies that have subjects remove the variable of Internet pornography use. In the interim, a simple diagnostic protocol for assessing patients with porn-induced sexual dysfunction is put forth.
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“Park et al. (2016) suggest that a contrast effect is involved: the reaction of the dopamine system is inhibited by the failure of the real woman to match the endless novelty and availability of the on-line pornographic images.”
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“Park et al. (2016) review a number of studies showing this effect: erectile capacity maintained in the context of watching pornography, while erectile dysfunction is shown in the context of a real partner (Voon et al., 2014).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Park, B., Wilson, G., Berger, J., Christman, M., Reina, B., Bishop, F., Klam, W., & Doan, A.
- Affiliations
- Flight Surgeon, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, Norfolk, VA 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92592, USA
- The Reward Foundation (GB)
- Naval Medical Center San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Doan, Andrew
- ORCID
- Berger, Jonathan
- Venue
- Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2016-08-05
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 17
- ISSN
- 2076-328X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5039517
- OpenAlex
- W2491036077
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 186
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 12
- FWCI
- 27.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- online pornography, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, delayed ejaculation, sexual arousal, sexual conditioning, male sexual health, motivation system, diagnostic protocol, sexual satisfaction, sexual desire
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