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The Panic Over Porn

Anti-porn advocates sometimes try to pass off a moral argument as a public health one. The evidence does not support their claims.

Christopher J. Ferguson
Dec 14, 2021
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Concerns about pornography have ebbed from their heyday in the 1980s, with the Reagan administration’s much maligned “Meese Commission,” but they persist today, with apprehensions that porn can increase sexual aggression, lead to erectile dysfunction, or addiction. The evidence shows these concerns are overblown.

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A guest post by
Christopher J. Ferguson
Professor of Psychology at Stetson University. Author of "How Madness Shaped History" and "Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong."
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