45 - David Ley - Porn, Masturbation and Sexual Integrity

David’s latest book, Ethical Porn for Dicks: A Man’s Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure (2016) can be ordered here:
https://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Porn-Dicks-Responsible-Pleasure/dp/0996485236/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

David’s The Myth of Sex Addiction (2012) can be found here:
https://rowman.com/isbn/9781442213067/the-myth-of-sex-addiction

David’s 2012 book, Insatiable Wives: Women who Stray and the Men who Love Them can be found here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Insatiable-Wives-Women-Stray-Love/dp/1442200316

David’s column for Psychology Today can be found here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/experts/david-j-ley-phd

David’s writings for the Good Men Project can be found here:
https://goodmenproject.com/author/david-j-ley/

You can follow David on Twitter: @DrDavidLey

Further References

My deep dive into circumcision:
https://areomagazine.com/2019/09/24/a-wrong-against-boys-an-impossible-conversation-about-circumcision/

Ang Lee’s film Lust, Caution (2007)

David on the no-fap community:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/women-who-stray/201503/the-nofap-phenomenon

Timestamps

1:45 Is there such a thing as sex addiction or porn addiction?
20:10 Is there a correlation between pornography use and sexual violence?
25:42 Moral panics around fiction
30:05 Young people watching pornography when they know nothing about real sex
35:55 Aesthetics versus pleasure
43:40 When our body’s impulses don’t correspond with our wishes; disconnects between mind and body
55:20 Men’s and women’s differing responses to porn
58:38 Towards a concept of sexual integrity
1:00:59 The no-fap community
1:06:30 Masturbation