Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Pornography addiction refers to excessive or obsessive viewing of pornography. The term is used primarily by those actively seeking to reduce or eliminate the use of pornography, typically from a conservative social or political viewpoint. Not everyone is convinced that pornography addiction exists, or that the harmful effects ascribed to it are real. Some groups have created checklists or self-tests by which a person can examine themselves for "signs" of this alleged form of addiction. Points include: looking forward to one's next on-line session with hopes of attaining sexual arousal more interest in masturbation than sexual relations with one's spouse Dr. Victor Cline mentiones a model of pornography addiction with 4 assumed progressive steps: Addiction - The porn-consumers got hooked. Escalation - With the passage of time, the addicted person required rougher, more explicit, more deviant... sexual material to get their "highs" and "sexual turn-ons." Desensitization - "Material (in books, magazines, or films/videos) which was originally perceived as shocking, taboo-breaking, illegal, repulsive, or immoral, in time came to be seen as acceptable and commonplace. Acting out sexually - "...an increasing tendency to act out sexually the behaviors viewed in the pornography, including compulsive promiscuity, exhibitionism, group sex, voyeurism, frequenting massage parlors, having sex with minor children, rape, and inflicting pain on themselves or a partner during sex." [1] See also: addictive behavior Links Breaking Pornography Addiction Treatment and Healing of Sexual and Pornographic Addictions - Dr. Victor B. Cline This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.