“Many of these clinicians are themselves self-identified porn addicts, who are treating others who self-identify as addicts,” Ley said. Their work, published this month in the journal Current Sexual Health Reports, points to poorly conducted experiments, conclusions based on anecdotes, and limited samples.ĭavid Ley, the study’s lead author, told Healthline that the limited research that exists on visual sexual stimuli (pornography) is usually written by people working in what he calls a “lucrative” industry. So say the authors of an analysis of previous research on the subject. The dirty truth about pornography and sex addiction is that they probably aren’t real. Authors claim that the pornography industry and the sex rehab industry are behind flawed research.
