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My Husband Live-Chats with Porn Girls

November 9, 2012 By She Said He Said 47 Comments

Watching porn is one thing. Live -chatting with sex workers is another.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Men and Pornography, The Good Life Tagged With: adult film stars, Boundaries, chatting with porn stars, cheating, commitment, infidelity, jealousy, live chat, marriage, Men and Pornography, online chat, online porn, porn addiction, Porn Stars, relationships, sex, sex chat

Why We Crave Porn

November 8, 2012 By Josh Merel 19 Comments

Although we treat porn as a commodity, it is actually a deeply desired human interaction.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Men and Pornography, The Good Life Tagged With: adolescent boys, adult film stars, Alan Poul, animal, capitalism, cheating, connection, consent, desire, emotions, fantasy, Freedom, human, Internet porn, marriage, masturbation, Men and Pornography, Monogamy, objectification of women, porn, porn addiction, pornography use, prostitution, psychology, relationships, sex, sex education, sex workers, sexual health, society

The Utility of Rape Porn

November 7, 2012 By Justin Cascio 73 Comments

Under what circumstances is it acceptable to simulate non-consensual or violent sex?

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Would the Buddha Look at Porn?

November 6, 2012 By Keith Andresen 33 Comments

On the question of porn, Buddhist American Keith Andresen is torn between culture and faith.

Filed Under: Men and Pornography, The Good Life Tagged With: American culture, BDSM, buddha, Buddhism, civil rights, Compassion, consent, degradation, fantasy, humiliation, Internet porn, Men and Pornography, mindfulness, porn addiction, pornography, prostitution, relationships, sex, sex workers, Suffering, The Good Life

Confessions of a Recovered Porn Addict

November 5, 2012 By Ben Belenus 20 Comments

To prepare myself for writing today I watched some Internet porn.

Filed Under: Addiction, Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Men and Pornography, The Good Life Tagged With: addiction, goddess, Internet porn, intimacy, jerking off, lust, manifesting our fantasies, masturbation, men, Men and Pornography, porn actresses, porn addiction, pornography, recovery, relationships, reward, sex addiction, sex workers, sexual fantasy, sexuality, spirituality

Pornography Ended My Marriage

November 4, 2012 By Kristin S. Luce 88 Comments

Is porn a good thing?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Pornography, The Good Life Tagged With: cheating, Child porn, children's sexuality, defining pornography, Elephant Journal, erotica, ethics, Fidelity, horror, intimacy, marriage, masturbation, Men and Pornography, porn addiction, prostitution, relationships, romance, sex education, sex work, sexuality, The Good Life, values, vulnerability

pleasureland

October 28, 2012 By Rick Belden 12 Comments

One man’s pleasureland is another man’s nightmare.

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How Can You Be Spiritual and Sexual?

October 16, 2012 By Ben Belenus 16 Comments

Even spiritual people receive mixed messages that complicate becoming sexually mindful.

Filed Under: Sex & Relationships, Spirituality & Ethics, The Good Life Tagged With: adult survivors of sexual abuse, adultery, Affairs, emotional intelligence, health, masturbation, patriarchy, porn addiction, religion, sexual health, sexual repression, sexuality, shadow self, spiritual journey, spirituality, yoga

Men and Pornography: 10/20

September 27, 2012 By The Good Life @ GMP 70 Comments

Is porn a good thing?

Filed Under: Calls for Submissions, The Good Life, The Good Men Project Content Calendar Tagged With: Elephant Journal, Feminist Porn, Fifty Shades of Grey, online sex, porn addiction, pornography, relationships, sex, sex positive, sexuality

The Truth about Porn and Relationships

September 26, 2012 By Bill Cloke 115 Comments

Dr. Bill Cloke on how to recognize and treat porn addiction before it destroys your relationship.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sex & Relationships Tagged With: couples counseling, cybersex, dopamine, intimacy, marital counseling, marriage, marriage counseling, online porn, porn addiction, relationships, sex, signs of addiction, Therapy, trust

On Prostitutes and Pimps, Perpetrators and Victims

January 18, 2012 By the Editors 2 Comments

This comment was from Erin on the post “Why Your Daughter May Be the Most Popular Drug on the Street”

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: Culture, hos, Pimps, porn addiction, prostitutes, sex, sex addiction, white slavery

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