You may not think porn is a "problem," and we sure don't think porn is a "problem," but Brigham Young University does. And, some professors and counselors will hold a February 18 "Cyber Secrets" conference, to "help people to stop dabbling in pornography, or to help prevent people from dabbling in the first place," as Women's Service and Resources director LaNae Valentine told Wired on Valentine's Day.
"This is a serious issue that effects both men and women," Valentine said, "and I feel we are complacent about the issue. We are becoming desensitized to messages in our culture, and we are slowly going to sleep."
Assistant clinical professor and psychologist Rick Moody added that about ten percent of the roughly 50-60 people a week who visit BYU's counseling center have a problem with porn. "(A)nd those are just the ones coming in," he told Wired. He said therapists at the center meet with three groups each week, with 15-20 people in each group to help solve their "pornography problems," with a fourth group likely to begin this week.
Moody said people become addicted to porn as a way to cope with other problems they face.
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