10| The Science Behind Porn Consumption: Its Mostly Good w/ Dr. Nicole Prause

About Dr. Nicole Prause: Dr. Nicole Prause is a Sexual Psychophysiologist who studies the connection between the brain and the genitalia, with a focus on understanding sexual motivation and how it affects people. She was an Associate Research Scientist at UCLA and currently heads a company that focusses on brain stimulation and treating sexual desire […]

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About Dr. Nicole Prause:

Dr. Nicole Prause is a Sexual Psychophysiologist who studies the connection between the brain and the genitalia, with a focus on understanding sexual motivation and how it affects people. She was an Associate Research Scientist at UCLA and currently heads a company that focusses on brain stimulation and treating sexual desire problems.

The Highlights:

Using science based research to debunk some of the commonly claimed side effects of porn consumption, including:

Erectile dysfunction in otherwise healthy men;
Decreased desire for real life sex partners;
Porn being addictive, like a drug;
Physical changes in the brain;
Breeding negative attitudes towards women, including violence;
Creating insecurities within men;
Becoming lazy and;
Decreased attraction to real life women.
We also discuss the possible benefits of watching porn and shifting cultural attitudes

Show Summary:

In recent years, there has been a lot of media coverage regarding the negative effects of watching pornography on men’s wellbeing. Porn addiction advocacy groups and “NoFap” movements are condemning porn in increasingly high numbers. But what are these claims based in? Are they rooted in science, anecdotal evidence or driven by the agenda of some advocacy group? I was fortunate to connect with Dr. Nicole Prause to discuss the science behind the matter. The findings were somewhat surprising and in most cases, contrary to what is propagated in the media.

Nicole and her colleague, Dr. James Pfaus, recently published a study called “Viewing Sexual Stimuli Associated with Greater Sexual Responsiveness, Not Erectile Dysfunction”. As you can guess, the study investigated whether porn consumption leads to erectile dysfunction and decreased desire for real life sex partners. These are two of the most commonly claimed detriments of porn consumption and arguably the scariest.

Shockingly, this was the first scientific study ever conducted on the subject so it should be no surprise that it has shown these claims to be false. Shortly after it was published, another unaffiliated study on the same topic was released with the same findings, further validating the results.

In addition to these findings, we also discuss how attitudes towards pornography are changing, as well as about some of potential benefits of watching porn.

We further expand the conversation by going through a list of other commonly quoted detriments of porn consumption and Nicole provides her take on each. Here is what we cover:

Whether porn addiction like drug addiction
Whether watching porn physically alters the brain
Whether watching porn leads men who watch more and more extreme versions of it, ultimately resulting in negative behavior towards women, including violence
Whether porn makes men insecure, driving them even deeper into porn use and away from real life women
Whether porn makes you lazy; instead of going out to meet women, are you more likely to just stay at home and masturbate?
Whether watching porn makes you less attracted to real women because you begin to formulate some porn-based ideal that is disassociated from reality

Nicole has more than ten years of research backing her answers and since there is so little scientific research conducted on this topic, you are not likely to find this information anywhere else.

Participate in Dr. Nicole Prause’s Next Study:

Nicole is gearing up to conduct clinical trials on using brain stimulation to alter sexual desire levels. If you are in the Los Angeles area and are curious about this study or want to participate, please visit http://liberoscenter.com/.

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