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New Zealand running star Nick Willis highlights plight of women and girls being exploited in pornography industry

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New Zealand running star Nick Willis shifted the focus of his shock admission to pornography addiction to “the women and girls” who are being exploited by the industry.

The 32-year-old Olympic silver medallist revealed at the weekend via his Facebook page that he had been “porn-free” for two and a half years.

The post received global attention given his status in athletics. “Porn makes you think you are having sexual needs met, but really they are hollow and leave you feeling empty and lonelier than before. Basically, pornography is a very unnatural (and very temporary) solution that people use to satisfy a natural desire. Pornography will not and cannot love you back,” Willis wrote.

On his Facebook page he provides a link to:

http://humantraffickingsearch.net/wp/the-connection-between-sex-trafficking-and-pornography/

“Traffickers force girls into pornography for psychological control” and he adds:

“I think it is extremely important to shift the focus of this issue to the real victims, the women and girls who are being exploited because of the high demand for porn.

“Even if someone thinks there’s no harm for themselves in viewing a little porn here and there (despite the extensive research that refutes this), there are real victims being exploited to provide that viewing content.”

Source

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/77603134/New-Zealand-running-star-Nick-Willis-highlights-plight-of-women-and-girls-being-exploited-in-pornography-industry

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

New Plymouth man Gary Timothy Fenwick sentenced for toilet filming

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Gary Timothy Fenwick, 45, was sentenced in the New Plymouth District Court after pleading guilty to secretly filming people in toilets.

A self-confessed porn addict and voyeur who secretly filmed people in toilets using hidden cameras has been revealed after losing a bid for permanent name suppression.

In the New Plymouth District Court Gary Timothy Fenwick pleaded guilty to two charges of making an intimate visual recording in July.

He has had interim name suppression since he first appeared in court.

The charges related to the 45-year-old setting up hidden cameras in the unisex toilets at two entertainment venues in New Plymouth……….

Judge Chris Sygrove said concerns raised by Fenwick about the impact on his wife if his name suppression was lifted and his identity made public did not meet the high threshold required.

“In my view the extreme hardship is not met,” Sygrove said.

He described the offending as “sick and depraved” and that it had involved a high level of planning.

Fenwick had also previously opposed a media application to record him in court.

Sygrove said there was no evidence that Fenwick had traded the images.

He had since been getting psychological help to address his issues.

Sygrove sentenced Fenwick to four months community detention, six months supervision and ordered him to do 100 hours of community work.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/71958996/new-plymouth-man-gary-timothy-fenwick-sentenced-for-toilet-filming

– Taranaki Daily News

Earlier stories:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/71264759/toilet-filmer-doesnt-want-to-be-filmed-in-court

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/70285875/Porn-addict-pleads-guilty-to-filming-in-public-toilets

Note:

One of the Objectives from s. 2 of its Constitution, is to focus is:

(d) To focus attention on the harmful nature and consequences of sexual promiscuity, obscenity, pornography, violence, fraud, dishonesty in business, exploitation, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and other forms of moral corruption, for the purpose of moral and spiritual improvement.