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Thank You Nick For The Truth – Harmful Impact of exposure to pornography

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Olympic star Nick Willis’ struggle with porn addiction – Herald on Sunday 6 March 2016

In an exclusive interview with the Herald on Sunday, the champion 32-year-old middle distance runner has opened up on his obsession with pornography and his shame in dealing with it. His obsession began when “as a young, lonely teenager trying to figure out his place in the world.exposed to porn as a teenager.

See full story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11600782

Comments: The Society for Promotion of Community Standards applauds Nick Willis for his courage in exposing the harms of pornography. Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ, a registered charity, in a media release issued today says it takes ‘a real man’’ to have the honesty to front up to the harm porn does. He points out that pornography leads to addictions, broken marriages, increased sexual violence, child sexual abuse, sex trafficking and prostitution. “Nick’s honesty and bravery will be the catalyst for a national conversation of the harm of pornography and will hopefully be an incentive for other men who struggle to seek help” says McCoskrie.

Olympic silver medallist Nick Willis told the Herald on Sunday that the strength of his wife helped him beat an addiction threatening their relationship and his ability to be a father. SPCS applauds Nick’s wife of eight years, Sierra Willis, for helping him break free from his addiction..

The Harmful impact of Porn:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/pornography-addiction-leads-to-same-brain-activity-as-alcoholism-or-drug-abuse-study-shows-8832708.html

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10886042

Family First NZ Media Release. 6 March 2016

https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2016/03/olympic-star-porn-addiction-almost-killed-me/

https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2016/03/thank-you-nick-for-the-truth-porn-harms/

Diet of porn leading the young to take risks: major British study

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Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and viewing women as objects after being raised on a “diet of pornography”, a major British study has found.

For the first time, the Children’s Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in “risky behaviours”.

It emerged that children who regularly viewed pornography were more likely to have underage sex, develop “casual and hedonistic” attitudes, experiment with drink and drugs and indulge in sexting, when explicit pictures are taken and sent to others using camera phones.

Boys were much more likely to be exposed to pornography than girls, it was found, resulting in “beliefs that women are sex objects”.

Source: Daily Telegraph UK.

Published by NZ Herald 5 May 2013

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10886042

Pornography addiction leads to same brain activity as alcoholism or drug abuse, study shows

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Cambridge University scientists reveal changes in brain for compulsive porn users which don’t occur in those with no such habit

People who are addicted to pornography show similar brain activity to alcoholics or drug addicts, a study has revealed.

MRI scans of test subjects who admitted to compulsive pornography use showed that the reward centres of the brain reacted to seeing explicit material in the same way as an alcoholic’s might on seeing a drinks advert.

The research by Cambridge University assessed the brain activity of 19 addictive pornography users against a control group of people who said they were not compulsive users.

Lead scientist Dr Valerie Voon, an honorary consultant neuropsychiatrist, told the Sunday Times: “We found greater activity in an area of the brain called the ventral striatum, which is a reward centre, involved in processing reward, motivation and pleasure.

“When an alcoholic sees an ad for a drink, their brain will light up in a certain way and they will be stimulated in a certain way. We are seeing this same kind of activity in users of pornography.”

Source: Published 23 September 2013

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/pornography-addiction-leads-to-same-brain-activity-as-alcoholism-or-drug-abuse-study-shows-8832708.html

Spark’s Lightbox television service continuing to mislead viewers, says censor

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A row between the chief censor and internet television service Lightbox has deepened, with the latest spat over the labelling of adult western Deadwood.

Chief censor Andrew Jack said the Spark-owned company was “continuing to mislead its customers” with “inaccurate” content warnings.

Lightbox chief executive Kym Niblock said Lightbox was meeting the needs of its customers and expressed disappointment Jack had taken his concerns to the media without contacting the company.

Jack said Lightbox had labelled Deadwood with a “provisional R16” rating that failed to include specific warnings about its violent and sexual content from its official R16 classification.

He had previously complained about what he described as inadequate content warnings on ballet-themed drama series Flesh and Bone, which is also shown on Lightbox. [Read more…]

Chief censor labels warning on Lightbox drama Flesh and Bone ‘inadequate’

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A row has erupted between chief censor Andrew Jack and Spark television subsidiary Lightbox over warning labels on programmes.

Jack accused Lightbox of failing to properly warn its viewers of the “stronger content” in one of its imported US drama, Flesh and Bone.

He also released correspondence showing Lightbox had already decided to “suspend” submitting programmes to the Film and Video Labelling Body (FVLB) for classification.

Lightbox chief executive Kym Niblock said on Thursday morning that Spark might stop submitting Lightbox programmes to the FVLB, amid confusion over the legal obligations faced by internet television providers. [Read more…]