“And I mean ‘impotent’ here in a clinical as well as a metaphorical sense; no symptom of compulsive pornography use seems to be so widespread as complaints of erectile dysfunction and other sexual disorders. Many porn addicts seem to remain virgins far longer than their peers, struggling to form meaningful relationships with the opposite sex or develop much enthusiasm for sexual activity.” In the end, digitally available porn “is driven primarily by that trademark of curiosity, the thirst for novelty, in which the gaze objectifies and devours its object almost immediately, and must move
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