[lbo-talk] Porn worse than Crack!

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Sun Jan 9 18:59:55 PST 2005


On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:


> "Pornography really does, unlike other addictions, biologically cause direct
> release of the most perfect addictive substance [...] That is, it causes
> masturbation, which causes release of the naturally occurring opioids. It
> does what heroin can't do, in effect."
>
> - Jeffrey Satinover, a psychiatrist and advisor to the National Association
> for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, as testified in front of the
> Senate Commerce committee's Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee

Okay, let me see if I have this straight: something that leads to the release of naturally existing opioids is a "dangerous addiction". We'd better outlaw marriage then, right? (Chocolate too!)

How did nutballs like this make it through medical school?

Miles



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