Covenant Eyes support@covenanteyes.com https://video.covenanteyes.com en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Covenant Eyes episodic no https://video.covenanteyes.com/files/rv0.0/sitelogo.gif https://video.covenanteyes.com http://video.covenanteyes.com/the-essential-reason-porn-is-wrong <p>There are many reasons why people say we should avoid pornography. Some, for instance, will point out that pornography is very addictive, that it warps our brains. And this is true. In fact I talk more about that in this video here, if you want to know more about that.</p> <p>Other people might point out that the porn industry is itself a kind of sex slavery—a business dominated by misogynist men who prey on women who have forgotten their own dignity or women who come from sexually and relationally broken pasts. For many people in the industry, this is true. In fact, I talk about that in this video, if you’re interested.</p> <p>We could probably come up with a list a mile long about why porn is a problem, but neither of these are the essential reason why porn is wrong. These are just the accidental reasons, the consequential reasons.</p><p><a href="http://video.covenanteyes.com/the-essential-reason-porn-is-wrong"><img src="http://video.covenanteyes.com/60445028/63914663/660b8dd246836244b714007ca31f34f4/standard/download-2-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.covenanteyes.com/photo/63914663 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:21:56 GMT The Essential Reason Porn Is Wrong There are many reasons why people say we should avoid pornography. Some, for instance, will point out that pornography is very addictive, that it warps our brains. And this is true. In fact I talk more about that in this video here, if you want to know more about that. Other people might point out that the porn industry is itself a kind of sex slavery—a business dominated by misogynist men who prey on women who have forgotten their own dignity or women who come from sexually and relationally broken pasts. For many people in the industry, this is true. In fact, I talk about that in this video, if you’re interested. We could probably come up with a list a mile long about why porn is a problem, but neither of these are the essential reason why porn is wrong. These are just the accidental reasons, the consequential reasons. There are many reasons why people say we should avoid pornography. Some, for instance, will point out that pornography is very addictive, that it warps our brains. And this is true. In fact I talk more about that in this video here, if you want to... Covenant Eyes 03:51 <p>There are many reasons why people say we should avoid pornography. Some, for instance, will point out that pornography is very addictive, that it warps our brains. And this is true. In fact I talk more about that in this video here, if you want to know more about that.</p> <p>Other people might point out that the porn industry is itself a kind of sex slavery—a business dominated by misogynist men who prey on women who have forgotten their own dignity or women who come from sexually and relationally broken pasts. For many people in the industry, this is true. In fact, I talk about that in this video, if you’re interested.</p> <p>We could probably come up with a list a mile long about why porn is a problem, but neither of these are the essential reason why porn is wrong. These are just the accidental reasons, the consequential reasons.</p><p><a href="http://video.covenanteyes.com/the-essential-reason-porn-is-wrong"><img src="http://video.covenanteyes.com/60445028/63914663/660b8dd246836244b714007ca31f34f4/standard/download-2-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> Addiction Addiction Recovery Am I addicted to porn Covenant Eyes how to stop watching bad stuff Porn Addiction Porn is wrong Pornographic Film Pornography porn recovery http://video.covenanteyes.com/the-health-benefits-of-masturbation <p>Learn more at: <a href="http://cvnteyes.co/2qf2C2l">http://cvnteyes.co/2qf2C2l</a></p> <p>I speak at a lot of conferences, and when I do, many in my audiences are young men—some in high school or college—and when I talk about the negative impact of pornography and masturbation, it’s not uncommon for me to get a lot of questions afterwards from these guys. You see, a lot of these guys have been told that not masturbating is actually unhealthy.</p> <p>Since the days of psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Alfred Kinsey, there’s a picture people have of the sexual impulse that it is this boiling, tumultuous force that needs an outlet or it will explode in harmful ways.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sigmund Freud, The Origins of Psychoanalysis. Letters to Wilhelm Fliess: Drafts and Notes 1887-1902, ed. Marie Bonaparte (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2009), 238-239.</p> <p>Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996).</p> <p>Jean Stengers and Anne Van Neck, Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror, trans. Kathryn Hoffmann (New York: PALGRAVE, 2001), 58.</p> <p>“Happy news! Masturbation actually has health benefits,” The Conversation, last modified December 4, 2013, http://theconversation.com/happy-news-masturbation-actually-has-health-benefits-16539.</p> <p>Michael F. Leitzmann, Elizabeth A. Platz, Meir J. Stampfer, Walter C. Willett, and Edward Giovannucci, “Ejaculation Frequency and Subsequent Risk of Prostate Cancer,” JAMA 291, no. 13 (April 7, 2004): 1578-1586, doi: 10.1001/jama.291.13.1578.</p> <p>Stuart Brody, “The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities,” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 4:1 (April 2010).</p> <p>R. Morgan Griffin, “Male Masturbation: 5 Things You Didn’t Know,” WebMD, last modified August 30, 2013, <a href="http://www.webmd.com/men/guide/male-masturbation-5-things-you-didnt-know">http://www.webmd.com/men/guide/male-masturbation-5-things-you-didnt-know</a>.</p> <p>Stuart Brody, “The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities,” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 4:1 (April 2010):1336-1361, doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01677.</p> <p>Barry S. Hewlett, Intimate Fathers (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991), 11-46.</p> <p>Barry S. Hewlett and Bonnie L. Hewlett, “Sex and Searching for Children among Aka Foragers and Ngandu Farmers of Central Africa,” African Study Monographs 31, no. 3 (October 2010): 107-125, http://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/media/PDF/sex_paper_final_10-2010.pdf.</p> <p>Samuel S. Janus and Cynthia L. Janus, The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993).</p> <p>Alan Mozes, “Study Tracks Masturbation Trends Among U.S. Teens,” U.S. News, last modified August 1, 2011, <a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/">http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/</a> 2011/08/01/study-tracks-masturbation-trends-among-us-teens.</p> <p>C. S. Lewis, The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3, ed. Walter Hooper (New York: HarperCollins, 2007).</p><p><a href="http://video.covenanteyes.com/the-health-benefits-of-masturbation"><img src="http://video.covenanteyes.com/60445025/63869331/b0d918cb7e7d2bd59c39fcf2fa18fe3c/standard/download-2-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.covenanteyes.com/photo/63869331 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:01:32 GMT The Health Benefits of Masturbation Learn more at: http://cvnteyes.co/2qf2C2l I speak at a lot of conferences, and when I do, many in my audiences are young men—some in high school or college—and when I talk about the negative impact of pornography and masturbation, it’s not uncommon for me to get a lot of questions afterwards from these guys. You see, a lot of these guys have been told that not masturbating is actually unhealthy. Since the days of psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Alfred Kinsey, there’s a picture people have of the sexual impulse that it is this boiling, tumultuous force that needs an outlet or it will explode in harmful ways. Sigmund Freud, The Origins of Psychoanalysis. Letters to Wilhelm Fliess: Drafts and Notes 1887-1902, ed. Marie Bonaparte (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2009), 238-239. Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). Jean Stengers and Anne Van Neck, Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror, trans. Kathryn Hoffmann (New York: PALGRAVE, 2001), 58. “Happy news! Masturbation actually has health benefits,” The Conversation, last modified December 4, 2013, http://theconversation.com/happy-news-masturbation-actually-has-health-benefits-16539. Michael F. Leitzmann, Elizabeth A. Platz, Meir J. Stampfer, Walter C. Willett, and Edward Giovannucci, “Ejaculation Frequency and Subsequent Risk of Prostate Cancer,” JAMA 291, no. 13 (April 7, 2004): 1578-1586, doi: 10.1001/jama.291.13.1578. Stuart Brody, “The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities,” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 4:1 (April 2010). R. Morgan Griffin, “Male Masturbation: 5 Things You Didn’t Know,” WebMD, last modified August 30, 2013, http://www.webmd.com/men/guide/male-masturbation-5-things-you-didnt-know. Stuart Brody, “The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities,” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 4:1 (April 2010):1336-1361, doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01677. Barry S. Hewlett, Intimate Fathers (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991), 11-46. Barry S. Hewlett and Bonnie L. Hewlett, “Sex and Searching for Children among Aka Foragers and Ngandu Farmers of Central Africa,” African Study Monographs 31, no. 3 (October 2010): 107-125, http://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/media/PDF/sex_paper_final_10-2010.pdf. Samuel S. Janus and Cynthia L. Janus, The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993). Alan Mozes, “Study Tracks Masturbation Trends Among U.S. Teens,” U.S. News, last modified August 1, 2011, http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/ 2011/08/01/study-tracks-masturbation-trends-among-us-teens. C. S. Lewis, The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3, ed. Walter Hooper (New York: HarperCollins, 2007). Learn more at: http://cvnteyes.co/2qf2C2l I speak at a lot of conferences, and when I do, many in my audiences are young men—some in high school or college—and when I talk about the negative impact of pornography and masturbation, it’s not... Covenant Eyes 05:02 <p>Learn more at: <a href="http://cvnteyes.co/2qf2C2l">http://cvnteyes.co/2qf2C2l</a></p> <p>I speak at a lot of conferences, and when I do, many in my audiences are young men—some in high school or college—and when I talk about the negative impact of pornography and masturbation, it’s not uncommon for me to get a lot of questions afterwards from these guys. You see, a lot of these guys have been told that not masturbating is actually unhealthy.</p> <p>Since the days of psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Alfred Kinsey, there’s a picture people have of the sexual impulse that it is this boiling, tumultuous force that needs an outlet or it will explode in harmful ways.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sigmund Freud, The Origins of Psychoanalysis. Letters to Wilhelm Fliess: Drafts and Notes 1887-1902, ed. Marie Bonaparte (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2009), 238-239.</p> <p>Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996).</p> <p>Jean Stengers and Anne Van Neck, Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror, trans. Kathryn Hoffmann (New York: PALGRAVE, 2001), 58.</p> <p>“Happy news! Masturbation actually has health benefits,” The Conversation, last modified December 4, 2013, http://theconversation.com/happy-news-masturbation-actually-has-health-benefits-16539.</p> <p>Michael F. Leitzmann, Elizabeth A. Platz, Meir J. Stampfer, Walter C. Willett, and Edward Giovannucci, “Ejaculation Frequency and Subsequent Risk of Prostate Cancer,” JAMA 291, no. 13 (April 7, 2004): 1578-1586, doi: 10.1001/jama.291.13.1578.</p> <p>Stuart Brody, “The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities,” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 4:1 (April 2010).</p> <p>R. Morgan Griffin, “Male Masturbation: 5 Things You Didn’t Know,” WebMD, last modified August 30, 2013, <a href="http://www.webmd.com/men/guide/male-masturbation-5-things-you-didnt-know">http://www.webmd.com/men/guide/male-masturbation-5-things-you-didnt-know</a>.</p> <p>Stuart Brody, “The Relative Health Benefits of Different Sexual Activities,” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 7, no. 4:1 (April 2010):1336-1361, doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01677.</p> <p>Barry S. Hewlett, Intimate Fathers (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991), 11-46.</p> <p>Barry S. Hewlett and Bonnie L. Hewlett, “Sex and Searching for Children among Aka Foragers and Ngandu Farmers of Central Africa,” African Study Monographs 31, no. 3 (October 2010): 107-125, http://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/media/PDF/sex_paper_final_10-2010.pdf.</p> <p>Samuel S. Janus and Cynthia L. Janus, The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993).</p> <p>Alan Mozes, “Study Tracks Masturbation Trends Among U.S. Teens,” U.S. News, last modified August 1, 2011, <a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/">http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/</a> 2011/08/01/study-tracks-masturbation-trends-among-us-teens.</p> <p>C. S. Lewis, The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3, ed. 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