The discursive construction of self-diagnosed "pornography addiction".
Addiction is a term recently extended to problem sexual behaviours. Proponents of pornography addiction (PA) argue that pornography is comparable to drugs in its impact on brain processes and behaviour, producing effects similar to substance abuse disorders. Critics, however, assert that PA lacks di...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 86 - 99 |
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University of Toronto Press
Apr2024
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