American young adults and teens have sex less than their age-peers did. Teens even masturbate less than they used to.
How much is because more young adults live with their parents? And how much is because of the impact of the internet, smartphones, or porn on these digital natives?
Why do we find sex uninspiring? Maybe we expect it to compete with the endless excitement of the internet.
There’s a lot of passionate talk about pornography these days. The loudest voices involve a lot of false assumptions, a lot of fear and rage, a lot of predictions about porn’s destructive aspects. Some of us insist on looking at the science of it all—exactly how much (or how little) violence there is in porn, about porn’s effects from both the neuroscience and marital counseling side, about the nature of human sexual fantasy. We’re often shouted down. We’re often accused of being “pro-porn.” When I toured after my 2016 book (His Porn, Her Pain) was published, that was usually the…
What challenges will couples face in 2018 regarding sex, love, and intimacy? Dealing with infidelity, pornography, desire issues, and conflict management. What do these have in common?
NCMEC has finally told parents to stop using the phrase “stranger danger” with their kids–a phrase NCMEC itself has promoted for decades. NCMEC’s goal has always been to terrify parents, regardless of the true risks to their children.
Nothing could be more modern than the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: millions of world-wide members linked by a single website, the central promise of cyber-confidentiality, millions of phony profiles generated by algorithm, and the whole thing brought down by hackers—exposing not just the criminal business behavior, but the email addresses and IP information for millions of accounts, both real and fake. This ultra-modern story is also a reminder that the human heart hasn’t changed. I’m not talking about the good old-fashioned greed of unethical businessmen. I’m talking about the customers. People still want to connect. People still find…